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Comparing university tuition fees with PBRF performance

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This report examines the association between the price of bachelors-level tuition at New Zealand universities with the results of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluation.

Author(s): Dr Warren Smart, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting Division [Ministry of Education]

Date Published: February 2010

Appendix

Table 1 Distribution of relative price and quality of PBRF subject areas 2003
Higher price/Higher quality % Higher price/Lower quality % Lower price/Higher quality % Lower price/Lower quality %
Auckland University of Technology 0.0 37.5 0.0 62.5
Lincoln University 20.0 33.3 13.3 33.3
Massey University 0.0 3.1 12.5 84.4
University of Auckland 91.2 2.9 5.9 0.0
University of Canterbury 64.3 28.6 7.1 0.0
University of Otago 17.6 8.8 44.1 29.4
University of Waikato 46.4 50.0 3.6 0.0
Victoria University of Wellington  21.4 21.4 39.3 17.9
Total 34.5 21.1 16.6 27.8


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