University drop-out rates

The drop-out rate has remain unchanged

As well as attracting more students into higher education, the government wants more students to complete courses.

And each year, the funding councils publish details of how many students leave without achieving a degree.

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The overall drop-out rates remained broadly unchanged from last year.

The figures below are based on those not continuing after the year of entry, covering both young and mature students.

This excludes those students who have left to begin another course in higher education.

The "benchmark" figure in the right hand column is the target that the institution is expected to achieve.

These latest figures relate to the 2000-2001 academic year.

Institution	Drop-out rate	Bench-mark
	%	%
RCN Institute	32	11
University of North London	24	16
School of Oriental and African Studies	20	10
University of East London	19	15
University College Northampton	19	12
Thames Valley University	19	15
Glasgow Caledonian University	19	12
University of Paisley	19	14
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	18	15
University of Central Lancashire	18	15
University of Wales, Lampeter	17	13
Dartington College of Arts	16	11
University of Greenwich	16	14
Liverpool Hope University College	16	14
South Bank University	16	16
Swansea Institute of Higher Education	16	13
University of Glamorgan	15	14
North East Wales Institute	15	14
University of Derby	14	13
London Guildhall University	14	15
University of Luton	14	14
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	14	11
University of Sunderland	14	12
University of Surrey Roehampton	14	12
Trinity College of Music	14	9
University of Westminster	14	13
University of Wolverhampton	14	13
Robert Gordon University	14	11
Trinity College Carmarthen	14	13
Bath Spa University College	13	12
Canterbury Christ Church Univ Coll	13	11
University of Huddersfield	13	12
University of Lincoln	13	13
Middlesex University	13	14
Southampton Institute	13	13
University of Abertay Dundee	13	13
Buckinghamshire Chilterns Univ Coll	12	13
Chester College of Higher Education	12	10
Kingston University	12	12
Manchester Metropolitan University	12	12
St Mary's College	12	11
University of Salford	12	12
Staffordshire University	12	12
University of Teesside	12	13
Northern College of Education	12	11
University of Wales College, Newport	12	13
Anglia Polytechnic University	11	13
Bretton Hall	11	10
University of Brighton	11	12
City University	11	9
Coventry University	11	12
De Montfort University	11	11
University of Gloucestershire	11	12
University of Hertfordshire	11	12
Leeds Metropolitan University	11	12
Liverpool John Moores University	11	11
Surrey Inst of Art & Design Univ Coll	11	9
University of the West of England	11	11
University College Worcester	11	13
University of Aberdeen	11	9
University of Dundee	11	10
University of Ulster	11	10
All UK Institutions	10
All English Institutions	10
Bournemouth University	10	10
University of Bradford	10	9
University of Central England	10	12
King Alfred's College, Winchester	10	11
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	10	11
Nottingham Trent University	10	9
University of Plymouth	10	11
Queen Mary, University of London	10	8
College of St Mark & St John	10	12
All Scottish Institutions	10
Edinburgh College of Art	10	9
Queen Margaret University College	10	10
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	10	10
University of Essex	9	9
University of Kent at Canterbury	9	8
The London Institute	9	11
Oxford Brookes University	9	11
Sheffield Hallam University	9	11
University of Surrey	9	8
Trinity & All Saints	9	9
York St John College	9	10
University of Glasgow	9	7
University of Strathclyde	9	8
All Welsh Institutions	9
Brunel University	8	10
Central School of Speech and Drama	8	10
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	8	12
School of Pharmacy	8	5
University of Portsmouth	8	10
University of Reading	8	7
St Martin's College	8	10
University of Sussex	8	8
Glasgow School of Art	8	10
Heriot-Watt University	8	9
Napier University	8	14
University of Stirling	8	10
University of Wales, Bangor	8	10
All Northern Ireland Institutions	8
Goldsmiths College	7	10
Harper Adams University College	7	9
University of Hull	7	9
Kent Institute of Art & Design	7	10
Newman College of Higher Education	7	11
Ravensbourne College	7	10
Royal Academy of Music	7	7
Writtle College	7	11
Aston University, Birmingham	6	7
Cranfield University	6	10
University of East Anglia	6	8
University of Exeter	6	6
Falmouth College of Arts	6	9
Imperial College	6	4
King's College London	6	5
University of Leeds	6	5
University of Liverpool	6	7
University of Manchester	6	6
UMIST	6	7
Rose Bruford College	6	9
Royal Holloway, University of London	6	7
University of Edinburgh	6	6
University of Wales, Swansea	6	8
The Queen's University of Belfast	6	6
University of Birmingham	5	6
Bishop Grosseteste College	5	9
University College Chichester	5	12
University of Durham	5	5
Lancaster University	5	6
University of Newcastle upon Tyne	5	6
Norwich School of Art & Design	5	10
University of Southampton	5	6
University College London	5	5
Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama	5	9
Cardiff University	5	6
University of Bath	4	5
University of Bristol	4	4
Keele University	4	7
University of Leicester	4	6
Loughborough University	4	7
Royal College of Music	4	9
Royal Northern College of Music	4	9
University of York	4	5
University of Wales, Aberystwyth	4	8
University of Nottingham	3	4
University of Warwick	3	4
Wimbledon School of Art	3	8
University of Wales Coll of Medicine	3	5
Homerton College, Cambridge	2	6
University of London	2	6
London Sch of Economics & Pol Sci	2	3
St George's Hospital Medical School	2	3
University of Sheffield	2	5
University of St Andrews	2	6
St Mary's University College	2	6
Stranmillis University College	2	9
University of Cambridge	1	3
University of Oxford	1	3
Royal Veterinary College	1	2
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama	1	9