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Birmingham students leave university with eye-watering debts - and they are turning to a unique way to fund their studies, it has emerged.

Each undergraduate will leave with about £6,000 in interest accrued - not including the £9,250 of actual tuition fees that they have to pay.

Instead of allowing that interest to build up, 500,000 UK students have embraced a unique way to fund their uni fees — Sugar Daddies and Mommies.

SeekingArrangement, the world’s largest Sugar Daddy dating site, has revealed its annual report containing the universities with the most Sugar Babies enrolled.

The University of Birmingham is ranked twentieth in the listing, with 310 students, while Birmingham City University and Aston University also lie in the top 40.

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BCU has 210 students, with Aston boasting 40.

SeekingArrangement is the world’s largest Sugar Dating site, with 22 million members worldwide seeking mutually beneficial relationships.

The school with the most is the University of London, with 840 students.

The University of Portsmouth follows with 750 students, and the University of Salford trails closely in third with 670 students.

While student loans are offered to anyone pursuing higher education, the 6.3 percent interest rate is enough to stop anyone in their tracks. Although the future remains uncertain, one thing is for certain — university students will face £8.6 billion in interest alone on their loans.

With the possibility of owing more in interest than in actual loans, it makes sense that students are finding these elevated relationships beneficial.

The opportunities for mentorship and an expanded network are also enticing, experts say.