Friday, 22 March 2013

Undergraduate drop-out rate falls to 7.4%

 More undergraduates are staying the course, though there is a wide discrepancy between universities. Photograph: Alamy
<P>The number of students dropping out of university has fallen steeply, official figures show, possibly because young people are trying to protect themselves from a fiercely competitive job market.</P>
<P>The most recent statistics – from 2010-11 – show 7.4% of full-time undergraduates quit their degrees within a year of starting their courses.

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