Richard Bruton
Ceist:325 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of drop out rates in each of the Irish universities and institutes of technology in the past five years. [15319/03]
Vol. 568 No. 1
325 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of drop out rates in each of the Irish universities and institutes of technology in the past five years. [15319/03]
The statistical information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. The most recent figures on attrition rates for third level are the result of research carried out at the request of my Department by the Educational Research Centre, ERC, at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin. The ERC published quantitative surveys of non-completion rates in undergraduate courses in institutes of technology in 2000 and in universities in 2001. It should be noted, however, that there were differences between fields of study in both surveys with subject areas such as computing, engineering and science showing higher non-completion rates than business studies and the humanities.
The following table published by the ERC outlines non-completion rates over a four year period for first-time entrants to 11 institutes of technology in the academic year 1995-96. The Dublin Institute of Technology also conducted a similar study for the 1994 cohort of full-time first year students and its results are outlined as follows.
Name of institute |
Non-completion rate |
% |
|
Athlone |
44.47 |
Carlow |
47 |
Cork |
32.62 |
Dundalk |
58.18 |
Galway-Mayo |
41.42 |
Letterkenny |
60.55 |
Limerick |
45.30 |
Sligo |
41.97 |
Tallaght |
45.71 |
Tralee |
39.39 |
Waterford |
32.86 |
Overall |
42.61 |
Dublin Institute of Technology |
39.46 |
% |
|
Dublin City University |
21.4 |
University College Cork |
14.6 |
NUI Galway |
12.9 |
NUI Maynooth |
27.9 |
Trinity College Dublin |
16.2 |
University College Dublin |
14.2 |
University of Limerick |
20.5 |
Overall |
16.8 |