% of commencing students - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's university completion rate was 65.5% as of January 2025, and the trend is broadly stable. Proportion of students who commence a bachelor degree and go on to complete it. Completion rates indicate whether the investment in higher education is delivering outcomes. Low completion wastes resources and opportunity. Data is sourced from DESE Higher Education Statistics and updated annually.
Proportion of students who commence a bachelor degree and go on to complete it.
Completion rates indicate whether the investment in higher education is delivering outcomes. Low completion wastes resources and opportunity.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (DESE Higher Education Statistics), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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