This report looks at how long New Zealand tertiary students study for. It provides interesting new data on the differences in duration, attrition and completion experiences of part-time versus full-time students in tertiary education in New Zealand.
Purpose
The study provides new information on interesting questions such as:
- How long do students spend in tertiary education, and what is the difference between actual and equivalent-full-time duration?
- What is the average time to qualification completion or withdrawal?
- What percentage of students leaves in the first-year?
- How does persistence in study vary by level studied?
- Do full-time students do better than part-time students?
- What percentage of equivalent full-time study does not lead to a qualification?
- How much longer do students typically take beyond the prescribed qualification time?