Projected non-completion rates are released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) each year within the Performance Indicators in Higher Education publication. The latest available non-completion projections are shown in table 1.
Academic year Percentage 1999/2000 15.9 2000/01 15.0 2001/02 14.1 2002/03 14.4 2003/04 14.9 Source: ‘Performance Indicators in Higher Education’, published by HESA
The 2004-05 figure will be released by HESA on 19th July 2007. These non-completion rates are not available broken down by gender or entry qualification. Drop-out is more likely to occur during the first year of higher education. The performance indicators also include non-continuation rates, which show the proportion of entrants who are not detected in higher education after their first year. The latest available non-continuation rates are shown in table 2.
Academic year Percentage 1999/2000 7.8 2000/01 7.1 2001/02 7.3 2002/03 7.8 2003/04 7.7 Source: ‘Performance Indicators in Higher Education’, published by HESA
The 2004-05 figure will be released by HESA on 19 July 2007. The 2002-03 and 2003-04 non-continuation rates are available broken down by entry qualification, as shown in table 3.
Entry qualification Categories Tariff points Entrants 2002-03 Entrants 2003-04 A-levels or Highers: Unknown 11.3 12.6 Up to 200 11.7 11.9 201 to 290 7.9 8.1 291 to 380 4.9 5.3 Above 380 2.6 2.8 Other qualifications — 11.4 11.6 All qualifications — 7.8 7.7 Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
The 2003-04 non-continuation rate is available broken down by gender, as shown in table 4.
Rate Benchmark Female 6.7 7.3 Male 8.8 8.1 Total 7.7 — Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Comparable projected non-completion rates and non-continuation rates after first year are not calculated for part time students.