Completions

Undergraduate academic outcomes

for 1992 commencing students

August 1999

Occasional Paper Series
99G

Higher Education Division
Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

Appendix A Completions data

Table A1 Undergraduate academic outcome by gender

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not
completed a course

Total

Female

46 849
64.2%

22 667
31.1%

3 459
4.7%

72 975

Male

30 985
55.4%

20 913
37.4%

4 061
7.3%

55 959

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A2 Commencing undergraduate students: Completion by age
and gender

Age

Females award
finished

All females enroled

Pro-portion finished

Males award finished

All males enroled

Pro-portion finished

Persons

% of total

Age not known


7


13


53.8


6


11


54.5


13


0.0

< 16

548

765

71.6

316

491

64.4

1 256

1.0

17

11 725

16 377

71.6

7 801

12 237

63.7

28 614

22.2

18

11 936

17 020

70.1

8 255

13 723

60.2

30 743

23.8

19

3 979

5 885

67.6

2 995

5 210

57.5

11 095

8.6

20

2 382

3 665

65.0

1 779

3 106

57.3

6 771

5.3

21

1 937

3 068

63.1

1 351

2 510

53.8

5 578

4.3

22

1 487

2 483

59.9

1 035

2 047

50.6

4 530

3.5

23

1 095

1 898

57.7

804

1 710

47.0

3 608

2.8

24

895

1 563

57.3

625

1 358

46.0

2 921

2.3

25

794

1 496

53.1

561

1 234

45.5

2 730

2.1

26

706

1 283

55.0

516

1138

45.3

2 421

1.9

27

607

1195

50.8

465

981

47.4

2 176

1.7

28

606

1 130

53.6

419

950

44.1

2 080

1.6

29

544

1 079

50.4

388

878

44.2

1 957

1.5

30–34

2 583

4 890

52.8

1 605

3 611

44.4

8 501

6.6

35–39

2 212

4 017

55.1

1 051

2 387

44.0

6 404

5.0

40–44

1 616

2 882

56.1

598

1 362

43.9

4 244

3.3

45–49

835

1 523

54.8

267

631

42.3

2 154

1.7

50–59

323

651

49.6

115

307

37.5

958

0.7

60 >

32

92

34.8

33

77

42.9

169

0.1

Total

46 849

72 975

64.2

30 985

55 959

55.4

128 934

100.0

  

Table A3 Undergraduate academic outcomes by mode of study

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not
completed a course

Total

Full time

63 174
66.7%

27 325
28.8%

4 238
4.5%

94 737

Part time

9 572
46.6%

9 072
44.2%

1 904
9.3%

20 548

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A4 Undergraduate academic outcomes by TER scores
(grouped in deciles)

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not
completed a course

Total

Decile 1

4 160
78.3%

782
14.7%

374
7.0%

5 316

Decile 2

4 114
77.3%

919
17.3%

286
5.4%

5 319

Decile 3

3 937
74.0%

1 130
21.2%

253
4.8%

5 320

Decile 4

3 682
69.2%

1 370
25.7%

269
5.1%

5 321

Decile 5

3 446
64.8%

1 608
30.2%

266
5.0%

5 320

Decile 6

3 284
61.7%

1 746
32.8%

289
5.4%

5 319

Decile 7

3 205
60.2%

1 843
34.6%

274
5.1%

5 322

Decile 8

2 961
55.7%

2 047
38.5%

311
5.8%

5 319

Decile 9

2 950
55.5%

2 125
39.9%

245
4.6%

5 320

Decile 10

2 901
54.6%

2 117
39.8%

300
5.6%

5 318

Total

34 640
65.1%

15 687
29.5%

2867
5.4%

53 194

 

Table A5 Undergraduate academic outcomes by basis for entry to university

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not
completed a course

Total

Previous higher education course or professional qualification

21 413
60.0%

12 302
34.4%

1 995
5.6%

35 710

Completed secondary education (at school or TAFE)

44 794
64.3%

21 085
30.2%

3 830
5.5%

69 709

Other basis for entry

11 627
49.4%

10 193
43.3%

1 695
7.2%

23 515

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A6 Undergraduate academic outcomes by field of study

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not completed a course

Total

Agriculture, Animal Husbandry

1 281
54.5%

966
41.1%

104
4.4%

2 351

Architect, Build.

1 668
61.6%

796
29.4%

245
9.0%

2 709

Arts, Humanities,
Soc Science

17 820
55.0%

12 695
39.2%

1 908
5.9%

32 423

Bus, Admin, Economics

13 204
56.4%

8 469
36.2%

1 722
7.4%

23 395

Education

11 562
69.9%

4 573
27.6%

407
2.5%

16 542

Engineering, Survey

5 385
55.8%

3 296
34.2%

970
10.1%

9651

Health

4 457
75.4%

1 067
18.1%

387
6.5%

5 911

Health-Nursing

8 071
73.1%

2830
25.6%

144
1.3%

11 045

Law, Legal Stud.

2 449
63.4%

1092
28.3%

322
8.3%

3 863

Science

11 635
56.2%

7773
37.5%

1303
6.3%

20 711

Vet. Science

302
90.7%

23
6.9%

8
2.4%

333

All

77 834
60.4%

43580
33.8%

7520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A7 Undergraduate academic outcomes by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not completed a course

Row total

ATSI descent

502
32.0%

970
61.9%

96
6.1%

32 233

Not ATSI descent

76 748
60.8%

42181
33.4%

7 376
5.8%

32 234

No information

584
55.0%

429
40.4%

48
4.5%

32 234

Total

77 834
60.4%

43580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A8 Undergraduate academic outcomes by non-English speaking background status

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not completed a course

Row total

NESB

10 293
63.3%

4 974
30.6%

987
6.1%

16 254

ESB

67 541
59.9%

38 606
34.3%

6 533
5.8%

112 680

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A9 Undergraduate academic outcomes by socioeconomic status

Completed a course by 1997 Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997 Still studying in 1997 but not completed a course Row total
Most disadvantaged

18 567
57.6%

11 732
36.4%

1 934
6.0%

32 233

Disadvantaged

19 139
59.4%

11 202
34.8%

1 893
5.9%

32 234

Advantaged

19 494
60.5%

10 843
33.6%

1 897
5.9%

32 234

Most advantaged

20 634
64.0%

9 803
30.4%

1 796
5.6%

32 233

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Table A10 Undergraduate academic outcomes by geographic location

Completed a course by 1997

Not completed a course and not studying at university of enrolment in 1997

Still studying in 1997 but not completed a course

Row total

Urban

58 687
61.1%

31 657
33.0%

5 678
5.9%

96 022

Rural

16 356
59.2%

9 717
35.2%

1 544
5.6%

27 617

Isolated

1 397
49.6%

1 254
44.5%

165
5.9%

2 816

No information

1 394
56.2%

952
38.4%

133
5.4%

2 479

Total

77 834
60.4%

43 580
33.8%

7 520
5.8%

128 934

 

Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 The main findings
2. Pathways to completion—an estimate of the final completion rate
2.1 Discussion
3. Completions and student characteristics
3.1 Outcomes by gender
3.2 Outcomes by age
3.3 Outcomes by mode of study
3.4 Outcomes by methods of qualifying for entry to university
Students with a TER
Students without a TER
3.5 Outcomes by field of study
3.6 Outcomes for equity groups
Indigenous students
Outcomes for non-English speaking background
3.7 Outcomes for socio-economic status
3.8 Outcomes by location
4. Conclusion
Appendix A Completions data
Appendix B Modelling of data
 

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