30 Students is a realistic figure to try and get through per year. there were 22 in my year (inaugural intake 2002 - taught by Han 1st Solo) I went back and instructed 2006 (Under Han as CFI!) with about 80 students. That was at Sandtoft where we had the run of the airfield/circuit and local training area.
As for the university taught side of the course, when I studied there was a lot of trial and error with the modules selected to be eligible for a BSc. We were fotunate in that a few of the aviation specific modules were taught by local ex-instrcutor airline pilots or the like. As i'm now a few years removed from university I would say there is a benefit to learning subject material outside the remit of aviation. Purely so you don't become a one string violin further down the line.