The histogram shows how unevenly the HEIs of Ukraine are distributed in terms of the number of applicants studying under the state order.

According to the reported data (Fig. 4.5):

• 30 HEIs have an underestimated indicator – an indicator of the level of scale, which is equal to 0.8;
• 84 HEIs (56.8 %) have a scale indicator equal to 1;– 27 HEIs (18.2 %) have a scale indicator equal to 1.2; – 3 HEIs have the highest scale of 1.5.

Consider how the value of the level of scale affects the part of the fund that is distributed, according to the performance of a particular institution of higher education (FRA), which is one unit of the estimated contingent for all other similar indicators.

In the proposed wording, the difference in the impact on the performance of the HEI from the lowest to the highest is 0.5, and from the most numerous clusters the difference is 0.3. According to the proposed methodology of the current version of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 1146, the smallest HEI for each unit of the estimated contingent will receive 50 % less funds than the largest HEI. Whereas each HEI from the largest cluster will receive 30 % less for each unit of the estimated contingent than the largest HEI.

The situation is completely different in the case of implementation of the current version of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 1146: three HEIs (the largest) will have from the fund, which distributes, according to the performance of a higher education institution, FRA for each unit of the contingent is 70 % more funds than the HEI from the first cluster (the lowest HEIs). And the HEIs from the largest cluster will receive 50 % less funds for each unit from the settlement contingent than each of the three HEIs from the cluster (the largest HEIs). It should be emphasized that we are talking about one unit of the estimated contingent, and their number in each of the above HEIs, obviously, differ significantly, so the amount of funding will be tens of times the difference.