OECD (2000)

Completion of and Dropout from Tertiary Education
Chart C4.2.
Tertiary-type A survival rates
(first tertiary-type A programmes)
Long programmes
(more than 4 years)
Long and short programmes
Short programmes
(4 years or less)
Survival rate
100
80
60
40
Survival rate
100
80
60
40
Survival rates show the
proportion of entrants to
tertiary-type A level
education who
successfully complete a
first degree.
The data refer to
international and national
statistics.
20
20
0
Japan
United Kingdom
Czech Republic
Hungary
Ireland
New Zealand
Finland
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
Mexico
Denmark
Australia
United States
Belgium (Fl.)
France
Turkey
Austria
Portugal
Italy
0
C4
Programmes are classified according to the ISCED-76 definitions.
Source:
OECD.
Overall graduation rates at the tertiary level
Tertiary graduation rates are influenced by the supply and degree of
access to tertiary programmes, as well as by the demand for higher skills in the
labour market. Graduation rates also appear to be affected by the way in which
the degree and qualification structures are organised within countries.
Tertiary-type A programmes, which are largely theory-based and are designed
to provide sufficient qualifications for entry to advanced research programmes
and professions with high skill requirements, vary widely in structure and
scope between countries. The duration of programmes leading to a first type A
qualification ranges from three years (e.g., the Bachelor’s degree in Ireland and
the United Kingdom in most fields of study and the Licence in France) to five or
more years (e.g., the Diplom in Germany and the Laurea in Italy).
Tertiary programmes
vary widely in structure
and scope between
countries.
This indicator distinguishes between different categories of tertiary
qualifications: i) first degrees at tertiary-type B level; ii) firsts degree at tertiarytype
A level; iii) second degrees at tertiary-type A level; and iv) advanced
research degrees at the doctorate level (ISCED 6).
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