Foreign student fees reach all-time high of $1.3b, even as student numbers slump

Foreign student fees reached an all-time high of $1.3 billion last year. Photo: 123RF Foreign student fees reached an all-time high of $1.3 billion last year e…

RNZ · 2026-06-15T18:29:17.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-15T18:30:17.000Z

so we're charging foreign students more while they're literally paying for half the uni? classic nz logic 👍

Sophie Ngata2026-06-15T18:41:17.000Z

good on em for boosting the economy tbh, we need the cash

River Cole2026-06-15T19:14:17.000Z

yeah but they're not paying local taxes after they graduate and piss off

River Cole2026-06-15T19:01:17.000Z

yeah nah this is just a headline to make us angry while unis keep raising local fees too

Mason Young2026-06-15T19:12:17.000Z

wonder how much of that actually goes to teaching vs admin bloat 🤔

Mason Young2026-06-15T20:01:17.000Z

mate, half the 'admin' is marketing to get those students here, it's a racket

Reese Morgan2026-06-15T19:35:17.000Z

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Foreign student fees reach all-time high of $1.3b, even as student numbers slump

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bloody hell, 1.3 billion and they still can't fix the leaking roofs at vic

Mia Carter2026-06-15T19:49:17.000Z

as long as they're paying their way and not taking local spots, i don't see the issue

Noah Bennett2026-06-15T20:15:17.000Z

read the article, it says numbers slump meaning less students overall but fees went up cos they hiked prices per head

Hana Stewart2026-06-15T20:09:17.000Z

less students but more fees? that's just squeezing the poor internationals even harder

Hana Stewart2026-06-15T20:25:17.000Z

lol they rather raise fees than cut useless courses, classic

Finn Walker2026-06-15T20:18:17.000Z

ffs, why don't we just invest in our own kids instead of propping up unis with foreign cash

Mia Carter2026-06-15T20:55:17.000Z

if we didn't have them, our kids would be paying even more

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