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No. 23 – April 2002
Bulletin
Student Flow Indicators for Students Enrolled in
Undergraduate Degree Programs at Québec Universities
ISSN : 1480-364X
Code : 28-2737A
Introduction
This bulletin reports selected student flow indicators for persons enrolled in undergraduate
degree programs at Québec universities.
The data has been retrieved from the files of the Recensement des clientèles universitaires
(RECU) system, which is managed by the Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec, in conjunction
with Québec universities.
The document contains twelve tables, one per field of study. In each table, there are four student
flow indicators: retention rate, success rate, duration of studies and dropout rate. The definition
of these indicators can be found below each table. These indicators cover all universities.
The indicators are provided for nine cohorts of Fall first-year undergraduate registrants (Fall
1992 to Fall 2000), and distinguish between women and men. The results are presented for new
entrants only, who are initially enrolled in a full-time program (i.e. with 12 credits or more in the
first Fall semester). In the Fall, new full-time enrollments at the undergraduate level represent
close to 90% of all new enrollments.
Methodological Considerations
Readers must be aware of certain constraints of the RECU data system in order to correctly
interpret these indicators.
One of the chief characteristics of the RECU system, up to now, has been its inability to track
students’ educational paths once they change institutions. For the period prior to Fall 2000 (i.e.
Summer 1982 to Summer 2000), the only identification key for persons reported to the system
was the student number, which is an identifier unique to each university both in its format and
definition. This lack of a standard identification code for all universities confined the follow-up
of cohorts to individual institutions. This limitation was removed in the Fall of 2000 with the
introduction of the student permanent code, which is an identifier issued by the Ministère to all
university students. However, the indicators presented in this document are derived from a
follow-up based on the student number (including the Fall 2000 cohort); hence the limitation
applies.
Moreover, the definition of a person enrolled at the undergraduate level is directly related to the
declaration in the information field entitled “student’s education program.” This information field
is filled out by the university for each file reported to the system. It refers directly to the degree
being pursued, no matter how students plan their courses or course blocks in order to earn it.
This is especially true at the undergraduate level, where pathways to graduation are many and
their file is significant, i.e. a major, honours, specialization or baccalaureate. In all other cases,
new enrollments are categorized as undetermined. The fields of study are based on the subject
assigned by the Ministère to the different program of study components (CLASS subject).
The records that were retained for the cohorts of new Fall enrollments contain two main
categories of people: on the one hand, the first-year students in the institution and, on the other,
returning students who began new programs in the cohort ‘s benchmark semester. The selection
of these records is supported by an examination of the nine semesters prior to the Fall semester
to which they are related, based on the student number.
The most recent data available to the RECU system for the preparation of the indicators was
collected from Fall 2001 provisional enrollments and diplomas awarded during the year 2000.
These figures thus constitute the most recent cohort “observation point.” This explains, for
example, that the success rate after six years has been determined for cohorts 1992 to 1994
alone.
For more information concerning these figures, please contact Jacques La Haye
(
[email protected]
).
New Enrollments
New Fall enrollments in undergraduate degree programs in Québec universities, as defined for
the purposes of the student flow statistics, have remained consistently above 30 000 from cohort
to cohort. The highest figure (33 394)belonged to the 1993 cohort.
From cohort to cohort, women form the majority of new enrollments, representing over 56% of
students. Since 1998, close to 60% have been women.
New undergraduate enrollments for the Fall are mainly in the social sciences (22 to 24%),
followed by the applied sciences (15 to 18%) while the administration and education sciences
occupy third place (14%). Applied sciences remains a field of study which few women choose,
although female representation has considerably increased since 1992, from 25 to 30%. At the
other end of the spectrum, relatively few men are interested in health sciences–barely 25% of
enrollments.
Student Flow Indicators
Across cohorts, indicators are surprisingly stable. Globally, the retention rate shows a constant
decline of approximately 20% after one year. The highest retention rate, 82.7%, occurred in the
1998 cohort. The success rate is no exception to this stability: rates of 61, 69 and 71% were
measured after four, five and six years respectively. Based on the great stability of retention
rates after one year, we can predict that the most recent cohorts will show little change.
Generally speaking, women present more positive indicators than men. Women are more
perseverant (after one year, 83% compared to 80%), earn their diploma in significantly higher
proportions (after 6 years, 75% compared to 66%) and complete their bachelor’s degree earlier
than men (after 6 years, 9.3 semesters compared to 10 semesters).
Important nuances need to be made by field of study. In the health sciences, for example,
student performances are clearly above average, with a success rate of 88%. Law and education
are also fields where the success rate is high (80%). Other areas, however, show less
impressive results: this is the case with social sciences (66%), humanities (62%) and arts (58%).
The comparison between women and men also needs to be qualified by field of study. In health
sciences and law, for example, the performance of men is equal to that of women and in some
cohorts is even higher. In other fields, such as social sciences and education, the spread
between the success rates of women and men reaches 13 to 15% in favour of women. The
highest success rates after 6 years were achieved in health sciences by the cohort of women
from 1992 and by that of men from 1994 (88.7%). The cohort of men from 1994 who were
enrolled in arts had the lowest success rate after 6 years (50.2%).
FALL COHORTS HEALTH SCIENCES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 1 832 1 578 1 650 1 625 1 730 1 780 1 772 1 742 1 551 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 92.4 91.4 90.6 90.8 92.5 91.0 91.8 90.9 91.7 after 1 year 88.3 88.2 88.2 87.1 88.4 88.2 88.9 after 2 years 86.3 86.6 86.0 87.9 87.6 88.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 74.2 74.5 76.6 76.4 80.1 after 4 years 83.2 85.1 85.1 87.8 after 5 years 87.1 87.1 88.7 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.45 9.51
9.31 9.31
9.23 success after 4 years
9.99 9.80
9.83 9.69
success after 5 years
9.96 9.99
9.76 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
5.8 6.7 7.0 4.7 6.0 5.7 6.1 5.2 after 1 year 8.8 9.5 8.0 9.0 8.5 8.6 7.5 after 2 years 11.1 10.3 10.6 9.7 9.6 8.1 after 3 years MEN 522 519 490 522 593 599 672 665 553 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 91.0 92.5 91.0 91.0 93.3 92.0 92.4 92.5 94.6 after 1 year 87.6 86.0 88.0 88.8 90.0 88.4 89.3 after 2 years 84.7 87.7 87.3 89.3 86.6 88.2 after 3 years Success rate (%) 73.7 73.8 74.6 71.0 76.3 after 4 years 85.0 86.5 82.7 86.6 after 5 years 88.7 84.5 87.9 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.94 9.86
9.80 9.75
9.85 success after 4 years
10.45 10.44
10.42 10.41
success after 5 years
10.61 10.56
10.51 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
5.4 5.5 7.3 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.7 4.2 after 1 year 7.3 10.5 7.6 7.7 7.7 8.9 6.7 after 2 years 11.9 9.1 9.0 8.8 10.7 9.0 after 3 years TOTAL 2 354 2 097 2 140 2 147 2 323 2 379 2 444 2 407 2 104 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 92.1 91.7 90.7 90.8 92.7 91.3 92.0 91.4 92.4 after 1 year 88.1 87.7 88.1 87.6 88.9 88.2 89.0 after 2 years 85.9 86.9 86.3 88.3 87.3 88.5 after 3 years Success rate (%) 74.1 74.3 76.1 74.9 79.1 after 4 years 83.6 85.5 84.5 87.5 after 5 years 87.5 86.4 88.5 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.58 9.58
9.44 9.43
9.39 success after 4 years
10.11 9.98
9.99 9.88
success after 5 years
10.14 10.14
9.96 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
5.7 6.4 7.0 4.8 5.8 5.5 5.7 4.9 after 1 year 8.5 9.8 7.9 8.7 8.3 8.7 7.3 after 2 years 11.3 10.0 10.2 9.4 9.9 8.4 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS PURE SCIENCES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 1 400 1 503 1 377 1 372 1 388 1 429 1 358 1 436 1 205 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 82.3 82.6 85.7 86.0 83.6 83.4 80.6 78.6 80.3 after 1 year 78.1 76.8 72.7 74.9 73.9 72.0 73.5 after 2 years 79.4 76.8 74.2 73.0 73.1 72.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 63.8 63.0 62.0 62.7 63.9 after 4 years 71.2 69.4 69.1 71.6 after 5 years 72.2 71.4 73.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.94 8.93
8.79 8.81
8.87 success after 4 years
9.48 9.30
9.27 9.39
success after 5 years
9.59 9.51
9.56 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.4 11.8 10.5 12.1 12.2 14.2 13.6 14.4 after 1 year 15.9 14.8 17.5 18.8 18.4 19.6 19.4 after 2 years 17.2 19.5 20.8 20.8 21.9 21.5 after 3 years MEN 1 110 1 179 1 180 1 302 1 312 1 499 1 544 1 451 1 361 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 82.5 80.8 83.0 81.7 80.3 79.9 78.4 79.4 79.0 after 1 year 73.5 72.1 68.6 69.0 68.4 71.4 71.8 after 2 years 72.6 71.1 68.9 67.9 71.7 68.9 after 3 years Success rate (%) 59.1 58.2 56.5 58.3 57.5 after 4 years 63.8 62.9 65.7 63.9 after 5 years 65.3 68.5 66.3 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.79 8.82
8.93 8.72
8.75 success after 4 years
9.25 9.43
9.28 9.25
success after 5 years
9.70 9.58
9.51 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
14.5 12.0 13.7 14.9 14.8 15.2 13.6 14.0 after 1 year 17.6 19.0 21.4 22.1 21.3 19.3 20.1 after 2 years 22.4 24.4 25.4 25.2 23.2 23.7 after 3 years TOTAL 2 510 2 682 2 557 2 674 2 700 2 928 2 902 2 887 2 566 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 82.4 81.8 84.4 83.9 82.0 81.6 79.4 79.0 79.6 after 1 year 75.9 74.5 70.7 71.9 71.0 71.7 72.6 after 2 years 76.1 74.0 71.5 70.3 72.4 70.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 61.6 60.6 59.1 60.5 60.5 after 4 years 67.4 65.9 67.4 67.5 after 5 years 68.5 69.9 88.5 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.87 8.87
8.86 8.76
8.81 success after 4 years
9.37 9.36
9.27 9.32
success after 5 years
9.65 9.55
9.54 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.9 11.9 12.1 13.5 13.5 14.7 13.6 14.1 after 1 year 16.7 16.8 19.4 20.5 20.0 19.5 19.8 after 2 years 19.7 21.9 23.1 23.2 22.5 22.6 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS APPLIED SCIENCES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 1 742 1 943 1 578 1 281 1 260 1 195 1 205 1 244 1 383 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 83.5 79.1 82.9 85.3 83.7 81.5 81.9 79.5 82.2 after 1 year 77.3 78.1 75.6 72.6 74.1 71.5 74.4 after 2 years 77.6 75.6 74.1 73.0 72.5 73.5 after 3 years Success rate (%) 57.9 55.6 54.3 54.9 54.8 after 4 years 70.5 71.6 71.6 71.7 after 5 years 74.3 74.9 74.5 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.85 9.78
9.66 9.76
9.89 success after 4 years
10.55 10.60
10.63 10.75
success after 5 years
10.80 10.90
10.96 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
15.7 11.3 8.6 11.3 13.2 12.6 14.4 11.5 after 1 year 15.9 13.6 16.0 18.4 17.9 17.8 16.5 after 2 years 16.7 18.6 20.1 20.0 19.9 19.1 after 3 years MEN 4 207 4 365 3 908 3 783 3 649 3 518 3 652 3 990 3 973 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.3 79.7 81.1 81.6 80.5 80.7 79.1 78.7 77.8 after 1 year 71.6 71.7 72.1 70.6 69.0 68.3 69.3 after 2 years 71.4 71.3 69.0 68.0 68.7 68.4 after 3 years Success rate (%) 45.5 45.3 43.4 43.0 44.0 after 4 years 65.9 65.5 64.1 63.3 after 5 years 69.2 68.8 67.6 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
10.04 10.02
9.95 9.92
10.06 success after 4 years
11.08 11.13
11.08 11.10
success after 5 years
11.43 11.46
11.45 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.4 11.8 12.1 12.9 12.9 14.5 14.7 15.1 after 1 year 17.8 17.3 17.3 18.3 20.3 19.5 20.7 after 2 years 20.1 20.2 21.3 23.0 22.8 23.3 after 3 years TOTAL 5 949 6 308 5 486 5 064 4 909 4 713 4 857 5 234 5 356 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.9 79.5 81.6 82.5 81.3 80.9 79.8 78.9 78.9 after 1 year 73.3 73.3 73.0 71.1 70.2 69.1 70.6 after 2 years 73.0 72.4 70.3 69.2 69.6 69.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 48.7 48.0 46.1 45.8 46.8 after 4 years 67.1 67.0 65.9 65.5 after 5 years 70.5 70.3 69.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.98 9.98
9.86 9.87
10.01 success after 4 years
10.94 10.99
10.96 11.00
success after 5 years
11.26 11.32
11.31 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
14.1 11.7 11.2 12.5 13.0 14.0 14.7 14.2 after 1 year 17.2 16.4 17.0 18.3 19.7 19.1 19.6 after 2 years 19.3 19.8 21.0 22.2 22.1 22.2 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS SOCIAL SCIENCES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 4 697 4 806 4 376 4 408 4 449 4 763 4 871 5 021 4 798 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 82.3 81.8 79.9 80.4 81.7 81.1 79.9 78.6 80.2 after 1 year 74.7 75.2 76.1 74.9 74.4 73.1 72.1 after 2 years 70.9 74.3 72.4 72.0 72.3 69.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 65.0 65.1 64.0 65.2 61.9 after 4 years 69.5 69.0 69.3 66.7 after 5 years 70.6 71.0 68.5 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.48 8.61
8.75 8.55
8.64 success after 4 years
8.93 9.11
8.86 9.01
success after 5 years
9.29 9.04
9.21 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
12.9 14.9 13.7 12.6 12.5 13.1 12.6 12.4 after 1 year 20.3 19.2 17.6 17.9 18.2 18.0 18.6 after 2 years 23.2 20.5 21.3 21.1 20.9 22.3 after 3 years MEN 2 493 2 522 2 444 2 378 2 749 2 865 2 906 3 285 3 303 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.8 79.0 77.7 78.3 76.9 76.3 74.6 72.2 72.6 after 1 year 70.5 69.4 67.8 67.7 66.6 64.7 63.6 after 2 years 64.2 64.5 65.2 62.8 61.8 59.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 50.7 52.9 50.8 50.1 49.3 after 4 years 58.4 56.0 56.8 54.4 after 5 years 58.0 58.8 56.3 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.64 8.71
8.60 8.60
8.73 success after 4 years
9.18 9.07
9.20 9.20
success after 5 years
9.34 9.46
9.45 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
14.7 15.8 15.3 15.9 16.1 17.1 17.7 17.5 after 1 year 22.9 23.4 24.6 23.6 24.4 24.9 25.7 after 2 years 29.3 29.4 27.7 29.4 29.8 30.9 after 3 years TOTAL 7 190 7 328 6 820 6 786 7 198 7 628 7 777 8 306 8 101 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 80.8 80.8 79.1 79.6 79.9 79.3 77.9 76.1 77.1 after 1 year 73.2 73.2 72.9 72.2 71.4 69.7 68.6 after 2 years 68.6 70.5 69.7 68.6 68.1 65.6 after 3 years Success rate (%) 59.5 60.5 59.1 59.2 56.8 after 4 years 65.3 64.1 64.4 61.7 after 5 years 65.9 66.1 63.5 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.53 8.64
8.70 8.57
8.67 success after 4 years
9.01 9.10
8.98 9.08
success after 5 years
9.30 9.19
9.30 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.5 15.2 14.2 13.9 13.9 14.6 14.6 14.5 after 1 year 21.2 20.7 20.3 20.0 20.5 20.8 21.5 after 2 years 25.3 23.9 23.7 24.2 24.4 25.8 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS HUMANITIES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 1 155 1 179 1 241 1 206 1 272 1 372 1 341 1 501 1 413 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 73.3 77.0 75.2 75.5 73.2 73.8 74.0 71.0 75.2 after 1 year 68.5 67.2 65.0 65.0 67.6 65.2 65.2 after 2 years 64.5 65.3 64.3 66.5 65.5 64.4 after 3 years Success rate (%) 56.1 57.4 58.4 57.4 56.7 after 4 years 61.2 62.8 62.3 61.6 after 5 years 64.7 64.2 63.2 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.57 8.53
8.52 8.52
8.59 success after 4 years
8.85 8.89
8.94 9.01
success after 5 years
9.13 9.17
9.20 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
17.8 17.7 18.9 19.0 18.8 17.7 17.7 16.5 after 1 year 24.3 26.1 25.1 26.6 23.8 24.0 23.5 after 2 years 30.2 29.1 30.2 27.4 27.6 28.0 after 3 years MEN 409 450 406 468 531 564 486 611 582 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 76.0 73.6 76.8 72.6 70.2 70.9 70.2 71.0 68.6 after 1 year 65.8 63.9 62.7 62.2 61.9 65.3 60.1 after 2 years 56.6 58.0 59.4 58.2 63.0 55.0 after 3 years Success rate (%) 49.2 47.5 47.1 51.6 45.5 after 4 years 52.5 52.3 57.8 50.5 after 5 years 53.9 58.6 52.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.59 8.57
8.40 8.42
8.36 success after 4 years
9.05 8.94
8.99 8.89
success after 5 years
9.17 9.11
9.18 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
19.8 16.7 18.4 21.5 19.7 19.1 16.9 22.2 after 1 year 24.6 27.8 28.1 28.5 28.2 25.2 30.6 after 2 years 34.8 34.3 34.6 33.1 30.3 35.7 after 3 years TOTAL 1 564 1 629 1 647 1 674 1 803 1 936 1 827 2 112 1 995 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 74.0 76.1 75.6 74.7 72.3 73.0 73.0 71.0 73.3 after 1 year 67.8 66.3 64.3 64.2 66.1 65.2 63.7 after 2 years 62.3 63.1 62.9 64.3 64.8 61.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 54.0 54.5 55.4 55.7 53.4 after 4 years 58.7 60.0 61.0 58.3 after 5 years 61.9 62.6 60.1 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.58 8.54
8.50 8.49
8.54 success after 4 years
8.90 8.90
8.95 8.98
success after 5 years
9.14 9.16
9.20 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
18.4 17.5 18.8 19.7 19.1 18.1 17.4 18.1 after 1 year 24.4 26.6 26.0 27.2 25.0 24.3 25.6 after 2 years 31.5 30.6 31.5 28.9 28.4 30.2 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS LAW
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 677 671 671 611 615 654 662 680 601 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.4 81.2 84.4 84.3 84.7 83.8 85.5 84.3 84.4 after 1 year 79.9 82.0 81.0 80.9 80.8 81.9 81.5 after 2 years 80.9 81.5 80.3 79.8 82.5 80.0 after 3 years Success rate (%) 75.0 75.2 73.9 79.1 77.7 after 4 years 79.1 78.4 81.8 79.0 after 5 years 80.2 81.9 79.7 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.76 8.75
8.68 8.63
8.64 success after 4 years
8.98 8.97
8.79 8.71
success after 5 years
9.14 8.80
8.78 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.7 11.3 11.8 10.7 11.8 10.9 13.2 11.5 after 1 year 15.9 15.1 14.5 15.6 15.4 15.3 15.5 after 2 years 17.0 16.1 16.5 16.6 15.9 16.6 after 3 years MEN 423 420 401 436 398 417 418 389 383 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 76.4 80.0 80.5 87.8 83.7 83.2 84.7 85.3 89.6 after 1 year 76.3 83.3 81.2 78.2 83.0 81.5 84.9 after 2 years 82.1 78.4 76.7 79.9 81.7 83.0 after 3 years Success rate (%) 74.4 72.7 76.6 79.2 80.9 after 4 years 74.8 78.9 81.2 83.0 after 5 years 80.4 82.3 84.1 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.85 8.49
8.59 8.51
8.39 success after 4 years
8.64 8.75
8.64 8.53
success after 5 years
8.89 8.74
8.63 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
16.0 14.2 9.6 11.1 13.9 9.8 10.8 6.0 after 1 year 19.2 12.2 14.3 18.0 12.7 12.6 9.9 after 2 years 14.7 17.6 20.6 14.8 14.4 12.3 after 3 years TOTAL 1 100 1 091 1 072 1 047 1 013 1 071 1 080 1 069 984 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.0 80.8 82.9 85.8 84.3 83.6 85.2 84.7 86.4 after 1 year 78.5 82.5 81.0 79.8 81.7 81.8 82.8 after 2 years 81.4 80.3 78.9 79.8 82.2 81.2 after 3 years Success rate (%) 74.7 74.2 74.9 79.1 79.0 after 4 years 77.4 78.6 81.6 80.6 after 5 years 80.3 82.0 81.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.79 8.65
8.64 8.59
8.54 success after 4 years
8.85 8.88
8.73 8.64
success after 5 years
9.04 8.78
8.72 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
14.6 12.4 10.9 10.9 12.6 10.5 12.3 9.3 after 1 year 17.2 13.8 14.4 16.5 14.4 14.3 13.3 after 2 years 16.0 16.7 18.1 15.9 15.3 14.9 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS EDUCATION
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 3 614 3 893 3 886 3 419 3 438 3 262 3 036 3 312 3 443 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 87.7 87.7 89.7 88.5 89.4 90.0 88.7 81.2 86.5 after 1 year 83.8 84.4 85.5 87.1 85.8 78.0 82.7 after 2 years 82.1 84.1 85.2 85.4 82.5 80.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 74.3 76.8 80.2 78.4 75.9 after 4 years 82.2 83.0 81.4 78.9 after 5 years 83.9 82.4 80.0 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.84 9.67
8.48 8.13
8.28 success after 4 years
9.93 8.65
8.33 8.48
success after 5 years
8.73 8.43
8.59 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
9.0 8.3 8.6 7.9 7.0 8.3 8.9 9.1 after 1 year 12.9 13.0 11.4 10.1 11.1 11.8 12.4 after 2 years 15.4 13.4 11.9 12.1 13.3 14.9 after 3 years MEN 834 875 863 987 1 085 1 079 889 1 013 1 192
Size of the cohort (N) Retention rate (%) 85.0 84.1 86.0 84.0 84.9 85.5 81.9 76.5 79.3 after 1 year 79.8 78.3 78.9 78.6 76.8 70.6 70.5 after 2 years 74.9 75.8 76.0 72.4 67.2 66.6 after 3 years Success rate (%) 61.1 60.0 61.6 58.8 58.3 after 4 years 68.3 67.9 63.9 63.3 after 5 years 69.6 65.2 64.6 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.61 9.61
9.07 8.17
8.45 success after 4 years
10.10 9.50
8.59 8.86
success after 5 years
9.68 8.75
9.02 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
12.2 10.7 12.1 11.0 10.8 13.5 16.3 13.9 after 1 year 16.6 17.5 16.7 16.8 19.0 23.1 22.3 after 2 years 21.6 20.0 19.9 21.9 26.7 25.7 after 3 years TOTAL 4 448 4 768 4 749 4 406 4 523 4 341 3 925 4 325 4 635 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 87.2 87.0 89.0 87.5 88.3 88.9 87.1 80.1 84.6 after 1 year 83.1 83.0 83.9 85.0 83.7 76.3 79.5 after 2 years 80.5 82.1 82.9 82.5 79.0 76.7 after 3 years Success rate (%) 71.2 72.6 76.0 73.8 71.4 after 4 years 78.8 79.6 77.3 74.9 after 5 years 80.6 78.3 76.0 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.79 9.65
8.59 8.13
8.31 success after 4 years
9.97 8.82
8.38 8.56
success after 5 years
8.92 8.49
8.68 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
9.6 8.8 9.4 8.6 7.9 9.5 10.6 10.3 after 1 year 13.5 14.0 12.7 11.7 12.9 14.5 14.9 after 2 years 16.8 15.0 13.9 14.3 16.4 17.6 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS ADMINISTRATION
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 2 673 2 748 2 408 2 217 2 186 2 123 2 068 2 325 2 567 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 79.7 81.9 82.6 82.6 80.6 80.9 79.9 81.1 79.6 after 1 year 80.3 79.9 78.9 77.8 78.3 76.9 77.1 after 2 years 78.4 78.2 77.9 77.0 77.0 77.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 70.3 70.6 69.5 70.0 68.8 after 4 years 74.7 74.7 74.8 73.5 after 5 years 76.2 76.3 75.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.31 8.33
8.50 8.44
8.68 success after 4 years
8.62 8.86
8.76 9.00
success after 5 years
9.01 8.92
9.19 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
8.8 9.6 9.7 9.8 10.1 11.0 11.7 12.0 after 1 year 13.0 13.3 13.6 14.1 14.8 15.4 15.6 after 2 years 16.0 16.5 16.2 17.2 17.0 17.4 after 3 years MEN 2 218 2 272 2 006 2 027 2 046 2 098 1 893 2 160 2 267 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.0 78.0 82.1 80.2 81.0 79.3 77.8 78.4 81.0 after 1 year 79.5 78.8 77.0 74.5 76.3 74.5 77.0 after 2 years 76.3 75.9 73.2 74.5 73.2 74.3 after 3 years Success rate (%) 65.1 62.1 63.8 63.5 63.9 after 4 years 69.1 70.2 68.5 69.8 after 5 years 71.9 70.6 72.0 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.06 8.36
8.51 8.54
8.55 success after 4 years
8.89 8.98
8.92 8.98
success after 5 years
9.16 9.15
9.22 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
11.1 9.4 9.7 10.6 11.5 12.0 12.5 10.4 after 1 year 14.0 13.9 15.6 17.0 15.8 17.4 15.2 after 2 years 17.1 18.4 20.2 19.1 19.6 18.6 after 3 years TOTAL 4 891 5 020 4 414 4 244 4 232 4 221 3 961 4 485 4 834 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 78.5 80.1 82.4 81.5 80.8 80.1 78.9 79.8 80.2 after 1 year 79.9 79.4 78.0 76.1 77.3 75.8 77.1 after 2 years 77.4 77.1 75.6 75.8 75.2 75.8 after 3 years Success rate (%) 67.8 66.3 66.8 66.9 66.5 after 4 years 71.9 72.6 71.7 71.8 after 5 years 74.1 73.6 73.8 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.19 8.34
8.51 8.49
8.62 success after 4 years
8.75 8.92
8.83 8.99
success after 5 years
9.08 9.03
9.20 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
9.8 9.5 9.7 10.2 10.8 11.5 12.1 11.2 after 1 year 13.5 13.6 14.6 15.5 15.3 16.4 15.4 after 2 years 16.5 17.4 18.2 18.1 18.2 17.9 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS ARTS
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 1 206 1 104 1 051 1 024 997 977 885 934 846 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.8 79.1 78.8 81.2 82.0 79.0 79.0 78.7 78.5 after 1 year 71.5 73.7 75.7 72.7 71.8 71.9 70.2 after 2 years 67.9 70.5 66.8 65.1 67.9 65.8 after 3 years Success rate (%) 55.9 53.2 50.8 55.2 51.5 after 4 years 60.7 58.8 62.2 58.6 after 5 years 60.7 63.6 62.3 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.70 8.85
8.97 8.93
8.83 success after 4 years
9.44 9.60
9.49 9.44
success after 5 years
9.82 9.64
9.88 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
15.9 15.4 14.1 13.1 14.8 15.1 12.8 14.7 after 1 year 23.8 22.3 19.1 20.2 22.4 20.7 21.2 after 2 years 27.9 24.4 26.1 29.3 24.6 26.7 after 3 years MEN 642 657 616 657 680 651 630 621 619 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.0 81.6 78.9 81.4 80.0 78.2 76.7 77.1 81.1 after 1 year 66.1 69.3 67.6 71.4 68.7 65.9 70.6 after 2 years 61.2 58.8 63.0 61.7 59.1 59.9 after 3 years Success rate (%) 38.8 42.7 39.7 41.5 43.3 after 4 years 48.4 48.3 48.5 50.7 after 5 years 50.2 51.7 53.8 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.99 8.82
9.05 9.12
9.06 success after 4 years
9.39 9.88
9.78 9.78
success after 5 years
10.13 10.21
10.19 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
14.2 15.9 13.9 15.3 15.2 16.7 14.5 13.1 after 1 year 28.9 24.8 26.3 22.4 23.3 25.0 22.1 after 2 years 32.4 34.0 30.7 31.1 31.2 32.1 after 3 years TOTAL 1 848 1 761 1 667 1 681 1 677 1 628 1 515 1 555 1 465 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.5 80.0 78.8 81.3 81.2 78.7 78.0 78.1 79.6 after 1 year 69.5 72.0 72.5 72.2 70.5 69.5 70.4 after 2 years 65.3 65.8 65.3 63.7 64.4 63.3 after 3 years Success rate (%) 49.0 49.0 46.2 49.8 48.1 after 4 years 55.8 54.4 56.7 55.3 after 5 years 56.3 58.8 58.7 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.79 8.84
9.00 8.99
8.92 success after 4 years
9.42 9.70
9.59 9.57
success after 5 years
9.94 9.84
10.00 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
15.3 15.6 14.0 14.0 15.0 15.8 13.5 14.0 after 1 year 25.7 23.3 22.0 21.1 22.8 22.4 21.6 after 2 years 29.7 28.3 27.9 30.0 27.3 29.0 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 378 291 234 240 225 282 285 248 257 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.8 81.1 86.8 78.8 79.1 77.3 77.5 75.0 70.8 after 1 year 78.6 72.9 74.7 70.2 72.6 70.2 64.2 after 2 years 70.8 69.3 71.3 73.7 67.7 64.6 after 3 years Success rate (%) 63.1 64.2 63.9 58.5 54.1 after 4 years 66.7 69.8 62.9 59.1 after 5 years 71.2 64.1 60.7 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.63 7.85
7.92 8.26
7.90 success after 4 years
8.08 8.44
8.65 8.40
success after 5 years
8.60 8.82
8.62 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
11.0 7.7 13.8 12.9 16.0 14.7 14.9 16.7 after 1 year 15.0 20.4 20.9 22.7 21.4 21.8 22.6 after 2 years 24.2 24.4 24.1 22.8 25.4 26.8 after 3 years MEN 197 180 157 168 177 179 205 206 198 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 76.6 75.6 78.3 79.2 74.0 75.4 72.7 69.9 69.7 after 1 year 73.9 73.2 70.1 71.5 66.3 68.9 63.6 after 2 years 71.4 70.1 67.6 66.3 64.1 61.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 59.3 56.4 56.1 51.9 53.0 after 4 years 63.7 59.5 59.2 57.1 after 5 years 61.0 60.7 58.6 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.81 8.18
8.10 8.40
7.96 success after 4 years
8.76 8.40
9.05 8.39
success after 5 years
8.60 9.22
8.60 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
15.0 12.7 16.7 16.9 15.6 19.0 16.5 19.7 after 1 year 17.2 21.4 23.2 22.3 24.9 22.3 25.8 after 2 years 25.0 25.4 28.5 28.3 26.7 28.8 after 3 years TOTAL 575 471 391 408 402 461 490 454 455 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 77.4 79.0 83.4 78.9 76.9 76.6 75.5 72.7 70.3 after 1 year 76.7 73.0 72.6 70.7 70.0 69.6 64.0 after 2 years 71.1 69.7 69.8 70.6 66.1 63.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 61.4 61.2 60.6 55.5 53.6 after 4 years 65.5 65.5 61.2 58.2 after 5 years 66.9 62.6 59.8 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.71 7.96
7.99 8.32
7.93 success after 4 years
8.34 8.43
8.83 8.40
success after 5 years
8.60 9.00
8.61 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
12.5 9.7 15.0 14.7 15.8 16.5 15.6 18.0 after 1 year 15.9 20.8 21.9 22.6 22.9 22.0 24.0 after 2 years 24.5 24.9 25.8 25.1 26.0 27.7 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS
(undetermined: see definition at the bottom of table)
UNDETERMINED INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 151 139 106 207 224 276 319 361 339 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 67.5 69.8 75.5 64.7 71.0 67.8 69.6 61.8 66.1 after 1 year 70.8 62.3 65.6 62.7 60.8 54.3 59.6 after 2 years 62.3 61.6 59.1 55.8 54.0 55.5 after 3 years Success rate (%) 35.3 30.4 35.4 31.6 35.4 after 4 years 50.0 55.5 45.7 53.4 after 5 years 57.7 49.0 55.2 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.46 8.14
7.93 9.25
9.52 success after 4 years
10.32 10.05
10.68 10.98
success after 5 years
10.30 11.08
11.17 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
15.1 18.9 21.7 17.9 19.6 20.4 24.7 22.1 after 1 year 24.5 29.0 25.4 29.3 27.9 32.4 28.6 after 2 years 32.4 30.8 33.7 31.7 35.5 33.3 after 3 years MEN 132 66 87 96 136 195 205 199 195 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 70.5 74.2 83.9 72.9 66.2 69.2 70.2 68.3 64.6 after 1 year 77.0 62.5 55.9 59.5 57.6 56.8 57.4 after 2 years 63.5 54.4 55.4 53.2 53.3 54.4 after 3 years Success rate (%) 33.1 33.3 31.7 26.1 28.2 after 4 years 49.7 47.8 46.2 45.6 after 5 years 50.7 51.3 49.2 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.18 8.35
7.83 8.83
8.44 success after 4 years
10.16 9.87
11.05 10.51
success after 5 years
10.29 11.63
10.92 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
18.2 14.9 17.7 22.1 24.1 17.6 18.1 21.5 after 1 year 20.7 26.0 30.9 34.9 30.2 30.2 30.8 after 2 years 31.3 37.5 39.0 38.5 34.2 35.9 after 3 years TOTAL 283 205 193 303 360 471 524 560 534 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 68.9 71.2 79.3 67.3 69.2 68.4 69.8 64.1 65.5 after 1 year 73.6 62.4 61.9 61.4 59.5 55.2 58.8 after 2 years 62.7 58.9 57.5 54.8 53.8 55.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 34.4 31.6 34.0 29.6 32.8 after 4 years 49.9 52.5 45.9 50.6 after 5 years 55.0 49.8 53.0 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
7.35 8.23
7.89 9.11
9.18 success after 4 years
10.26 9.99
10.81 10.82
success after 5 years
10.30 11.28
11.08 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
16.1 17.1 20.5 19.4 21.4 19.3 22.3 21.9 after 1 year 22.8 28.1 27.5 31.6 28.8 31.6 29.4 after 2 years 32.0 33.3 35.9 34.4 35.0 34.3 after 3 years
FALL COHORTS TOTAL
INITIAL FIELD OF STUDY:
2000 * 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 WOMEN 19 525 19 855 18 578 17 610 17 784 18 113 17 802 18 804 18 403 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 83.1 83.0 83.8 83.6 83.7 83.1 82.3 79.8 81.7 after 1 year 78.6 78.5 78.3 77.6 77.4 74.9 75.8 after 2 years 76.2 77.3 76.1 75.9 75.4 74.2 after 3 years Success rate (%) 66.5 66.6 66.6 66.9 65.6 after 4 years 72.8 73.0 72.7 71.7 after 5 years 74.7 74.4 73.4 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
8.98 8.98
8.75 8.63
8.73 success after 4 years
9.38 9.19
9.04 9.15
success after 5 years
9.36 9.22
9.32 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
11.8 11.6 11.4 10.9 11.4 11.9 12.1 11.8 after 1 year 16.3 16.3 15.5 16.2 16.4 16.7 16.6 after 2 years 19.4 18.3 18.8 18.8 18.9 19.5 after 3 years MEN 13 187 13 505 12 558 12 824 13 356 13 664 13 500 14 590 14 626 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 80.1 80.0 81.2 81.1 80.2 79.7 78.2 77.3 77.8 after 1 year 73.8 73.5 72.4 71.6 70.9 69.8 70.1 after 2 years 71.0 70.5 69.5 68.6 68.3 67.2 after 3 years Success rate (%) 54.2 54.1 53.1 52.7 52.9 after 4 years 64.2 63.8 63.3 62.4 after 5 years 66.2 66.1 65.0 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.04 9.07
9.04 8.94
9.01 success after 4 years
9.78 9.80
9.72 9.72
success after 5 years
10.06 10.02
9.99 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
13.3 12.4 12.6 13.4 13.7 14.5 14.7 14.4 after 1 year 18.5 18.5 19.5 19.9 20.4 20.6 20.9 after 2 years 22.5 23.1 23.6 24.1 24.3 24.8 after 3 years TOTAL 32 712 33 360 31 136 30 434 31 140 31 777 31 302 33 394 33 029 Size of the cohort (N)
Retention rate (%) 81.9 81.8 82.7 82.6 82.2 81.6 80.5 78.7 80.0 after 1 year 76.7 76.4 75.8 75.0 74.6 72.6 73.3 after 2 years 74.0 74.4 73.3 72.7 72.3 71.1 after 3 years Success rate (%) 61.2 61.2 60.8 60.7 60.0 after 4 years 69.1 69.0 68.6 67.6 after 5 years 71.1 70.8 69.7 after 6 years
Duration of studies (in semesters)
9.00 9.00
8.86 8.75
8.84 success after 4 years
9.54 9.43
9.32 9.38
success after 5 years
9.64 9.54
9.60 success after 6 years
Dropout rate of the institution (%)
12.4 11.9 11.9 12.0 12.4 13.0 13.2 12.9 after 1 year 17.2 17.2 17.2 17.8 18.1 18.4 18.5 after 2 years 20.7 20.4 20.9 21.1 21.3 21.8 after 3 years
