
Find information on how to make a Protected Disclosure under the external procedures in place in the HEA.

Find information on how to make a Protected Disclosure under the external procedures in place in the HEA.
Funding, Governance and Performance

The HEA Higher Education Healthy Campus Charter and Framework was cocreated, through a consultative process, by Higher Education Institutions, the Department of Health, and the HSE.

Tracking graduate outcomes is crucial to improving the quality of education for students and outcomes for graduates.
Five higher education institutions benefit from Performance Funding totalling €5M.
12 February, 2026

13 January, 2026

We collect, analyse and disseminate student & graduate data returned to the HEA from all HEA-funded institutions annually.
The overall non-progression rate for full-time undergraduate new entrants in 2022/23 was 11%. The highest rate of non-progression amongst new entrants was (Level 7) at 25% and (Level 6) and 23%. STEM fields of study had much higher than average rates of non-progression than non-STEM fields at Levels 6 and 7. At level 8, Arts & Humanities, and Services all had higher than average rates of non-progression, at 12% and 21% respectively.
The mean salary for the Class of 2021 was €40,556 for males and €35,790 for females.
Over the 2021/22 to 2023/24 period 9% of higher education students in Ireland were Disadvantaged. This was consistent across all the academic years in the period. 17% of students were Affluent, 27% were Marginally Below Average, and 46% were Marginally Above Average.