Greece is top destination for university education

Greece is the top destination for tertiary education of Cypriots, according to the annual report, "Statistics of Education" for the school year 2007/08.
The report provides detailed information regarding the number of educational institutions, pupils/students, teaching and non-teaching personnel and expenditure, at each level of education, as well as Cypriot students abroad.
The report found that at all levels of education there were 1,296 educational institutions, 175,984 pupils/students and 15,982 teachers, giving a pupil/teacher ratio of 11.0.
Of the total number of pupils/students, 71.8% were enrolled in public schools and 28.2% in private schools.
The enrolments of pupils/students by level of education were as follows: pre-school and pre-primary 27,559, primary 56,522, secondary 65,890, tertiary 25,688 and special education 325.
According to the report, there were 22,530 students abroad in 2007/08. The main countries of study were: Greece (59.2%), United Kingdom (30.8%), US (2.3%), Bulgaria (1.8%), Hungary (1.3%), France (0.8%), and Germany (0.7%).
Tertiary non-university students abroad reached 1,598 or 7.1%; tertiary university undergraduate students 18,603 or 82.6%; tertiary postgraduate students (Master’s) 1,819 or 8.1%; and doctoral students (Ph.D) 510 or 2.3%.
The most popular fields of study were: business and administration 12.7%, health 10.7%, humanities 10.0%, social and behavioral sciences 9.0%, engineering 8.3% and teacher training and education science 6.9%.
Public expenditure on both public and private education in 2007 reached EUR 1,110.0 million, for all levels of education.
The current public cost per pupil/student in public schools by level of education was as follows: pre-school and pre-primary EUR 4,783, primary EUR 4,801, special EUR 38,661, secondary EUR 7,726 and tertiary EUR 14,283. The cost per student abroad was EUR 4,463.