Table 1 Study attrition rates (mainly due to missing data) in relation to the original 2007 and 2008 entry cohorts
Year of entry = 2007 | Year of entry = 2008 | |||||
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Academic Year | Number of universities | Number of students | Percentage of attrition | Number of universities | Number of students | Percentage of attrition |
1 | 16 | 2821 | – | 18 | 3604 | – |
2 | 17 | 2731 | 3.19 | 18 | 3522 | 2.28 |
3 | 16 | 2509 | 11.06 | 16 | 3024 | 16.09 |
4 | 14 | 2080 | 26.27 | 13 | 2540 | 29.52 |
5 | 11 | 1614 | 42.79 | 7 | 1280 | 64.48 |