Higher Education Contribution Scheme Rates  
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Under HECS, you have to pay part of the cost of your higher education. Unless you are specifically excluded from paying HECS, you must pay if you are enrolled on the census date in a  higher education award which is funded by the Commonwealth Government and offered at:

• a higher education institute
• the Australian Defence Force Academy
• the National  Institute of Dramatic Arts
• the Australian Film,  Television and Radio School

Higher education award courses  include degrees, diplomas, associate diplomas,   graduate diplomas, graduate certificates, masters qualifying courses,  masters courses and PhD's.

Click  here to view the ATO's HECS website.

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