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University drop-out rate

This table shows the percentage of students not continuing their courses at UK universities in 2006-07 after one year on a full-time first degree.

Institutions are listed alphabetically by home nation.

The second figure is the "benchmark" rate set by the funding council - using a methodology contested by some.

The final column shows whether the actual percentage was above (+) or below (-) the benchmark by an amount statisticians regard as significant.

DROPOUT RATE

 Indicator %Benchmark %Sig.?
Total UK8.6  
Total England8.3  
Anglia Ruskin 11.412.7 
Aston 4.86.6 
Bath Spa 6.312.2+
Bath3.34.7 
Bedfordshire12.612.4 
Birmingham City 12.310.9 
Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies6.811.4+
Birmingham5.14.9 
Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln4.38.1 
Bolton21.713.8-
Arts Institute at Bournemouth6.79.6 
Bournemouth University7.39.6 
Bradford11.210.4 
Brighton8.19.1 
Bristol3.53.6 
Brunel University8.59.3 
Buckinghamshire New University10.212.4 
Buckingham5.413.2 
Cambridge1.24.5+
Canterbury Christ Church University10.310.2 
Central Lancashire14.111.5 
Central School of Speech and Drama2.78.2+
Chester10.79.4 
Chichester5.49.9+
City University11.39.7 
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama7.79.7 
Courtauld Institute of Art6.83.7 
Coventry 10.910.6 
University College for Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone, Rochester9.610.4 
Cumbria Institute of the Arts8.09.8 
Dartington College of Arts8.19.6 
De Montfort 9.610.0 
Derby12.813.8 
Durham2.64.3 
East Anglia7.46.1 
East London12.813.9 
Edge Hill 13.010.4 
Essex7.68.0 
Exeter3.55.2 
University College Falmouth7.510.3 
Gloucestershire7.49.8 
Goldsmiths College9.28.9 
Greenwich7.412.3+
Harper Adams University College8.69.6 
Hertfordshire8.610.5 
Huddersfield10.810.9 
Hull6.48.7 
Imperial College London 2.83.0 
Keele6.27.1 
Kent6.88.4 
King's College London5.15.0 
Kingston 9.310.6 
Lancaster4.75.5 
Leeds College of Music5.27.6 
Leeds Metropolitan 8.710.7 
Leeds5.75.0 
Leeds Trinity and All Saints10.89.6 
Leicester6.15.6 
Lincoln8.19.5 
Liverpool Hope 12.110.7 
Liverpool John Moores 11.39.0 
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts2.59.5+
Liverpool4.85.6 
University of the Arts, London8.08.9 
London (Institutes and activities)12.55.0 
London Metropolitan 13.713.2 
London South Bank 12.814.0 
London School of Economics and Political Science4.93.2 
Loughborough 4.26.4 
Manchester Metropolitan 11.110.0 
Manchester4.74.7 
Middlesex 13.012.4 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne3.94.7 
Newman College of Higher Education10.910.7 
Northampton12.111.1 
Northumbria at Newcastle8.89.5 
Norwich School of Art and Design5.510.0+
Nottingham4.14.2 
Nottingham Trent 6.78.4 
Oxford Brookes 9.28.6 
Oxford1.22.7 
University College Plymouth St Mark and St John10.110.8 
Plymouth7.810.1 
Portsmouth6.99.0 
Queen Mary and Westfield College9.06.7 
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication6.610.7 
Reading4.96.1 
Roehampton 13.110.1 
Rose Bruford College8.29.3 
Royal Academy of Music0.06.1 
Royal Agricultural College3.68.8 
Royal College of Music3.08.3 
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College5.15.6 
Royal Northern College of Music0.98.2+
Royal Veterinary College5.22.4 
St George's Hospital Medical School1.14.7+
St Martin's College11.89.6 
St Mary's University College, Twickenham8.09.9 
Salford13.610.8 
School of Oriental and African Studies8.36.9 
School of Pharmacy2.55.5 
Sheffield Hallam 7.59.4 
Sheffield3.64.8 
Southampton Solent 12.611.4 
Southampton3.75.5 
Staffordshire 12.811.1 
Sunderland15.611.2-
Surrey6.67.7 
Sussex7.56.3 
Teesside11.411.6 
Thames Valley 14.613.8 
Trinity Laban5.39.3 
University College London3.54.6 
Warwick3.63.7 
West of England, Bristol9.49.7 
Westminster12.711.4 
Winchester8.99.3 
Wolverhampton14.511.7 
Worcester9.510.7 
Writtle College16.713.2 
York St John 8.78.7 
York4.04.0 
    
Total Wales9.5  
Aberystwyth 6.17.6 
Bangor 7.68.8 
Cardiff 5.16.0 
Wales Institute, Cardiff11.910.0 
Glamorgan17.512.9-
Wales, Lampeter9.312.9 
North-East Wales Institute of Higher Education15.612.8 
Wales, Newport11.911.6 
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama6.68.1 
Swansea Institute of Higher Education13.611.8 
Swansea 6.58.0 
Trinity College, Carmarthen10.59.5 
    
Total Scotland10.1  
Aberdeen10.47.3-
Abertay Dundee7.911.4+
Bell College24.412.9-
Dundee10.37.6 
Edinburgh College of Art4.710.7+
Edinburgh4.64.4 
Glasgow Caledonian 12.711.3 
Glasgow School of Art1.96.4+
Glasgow7.45.5 
Heriot-Watt 9.48.1 
Napier 17.912.1-
Paisley17.111.7-
Queen Margaret , Edinburgh14.310.2-
Robert Gordon 9.48.7 
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama7.29.6 
St Andrews2.03.7 
Stirling6.67.4 
Strathclyde11.26.8-
UHI Millennium Institute24.016.5-
    
Total Northern Ireland11.3  
Queen's University of Belfast7.56.8 
St Mary's University College5.27.0 
Stranmillis University College2.27.0+
Ulster15.210.0-



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