Status: Spain 2002

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Key points

No. of participating organisations in the Spanish survey: 18 Total no. of students in 2002: 25,044 Total no. of student weeks in 2002, estimated: 162,786 Overall average length of stay in weeks: 6.5 l Average cost of a one-month course, excluding accommodation: Euro574 (US$650) Average cost of residential accommodation per week: Euro134 (US$152) Average cost of host family accommodation per week: Euro153 (US$173) Average commission paid on a language course: 20.7 per cent (from 15 to 25) Seven institutions paid commission on accommodation (from 5 to 25 per cent)

Means of recruiting students		Intensity of study (hours studied per week)
Agents 33% Other means 30% Local bookings 17% Internet 20%		From 3 to 40 Overall average = 19

Top student nationalities in Spain by student weeks, 2002
German 19.6% US 15% Scan+ Finn 11.1% British 10.9% Dutch 7.3%		Italian 5.4% Brazilian 4.9% French 3.9% Swiss 3.3% Austrian 2.7%

Student numbers by age range
8-11, 0.2% 12-15, 0.4% 16-18, 7.5% 19-24, 41.7%		25-30, 24.5% 31-50, 19.7% 51+, 6%

Observations
Germany, Scandinavia + Finland and the USA remained the three top student provider countries/regions in Spain for the second year in a row. Compared with the results of our 2001 Status survey, the average length of stay has increased from 4.3 weeks to 6.5 weeks. Prices remain comparable, excepting residential accommodation – at Euro 134 per week - which is		noticeably higher than the Euro85 rate recorded in 2001. Given the strength of the euro, the US$ conversion rate for prices makes Spain more expensive this year. Tuition costs of e514 in 2001 represented US$452, while Euro574 in 2002 was, at the time of going to press, equivalent to US$650. The percentage of business that came from agents, at 33 per cent, was just one per cent lower than in 2001.