Student pathways through postsecondary education, 2011 to 2022
Released: 2024-12-11
Today, Statistics Canada is releasing data related to the postsecondary education pathways of college and university students (entry cohorts from 2011 to 2022). This release includes information on the proportion of postsecondary students remaining enrolled from one academic year to another (persistence rates) and the proportion of students graduating (graduation rates). Information is available by educational qualification, field of study, age group, gender and status of student in Canada. Data are available at the national, provincial and territorial levels.
In this release, the measurement points for graduation indicators have been updated to approximately 1, 1.5 and 2 times the expected program duration.
The data used for the calculation of these student pathway indicators are derived from the Postsecondary Student Information System.
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Note to readers
For more information on the symbols used in the indicators associated with this release, readers are encouraged to consult the Standard table symbols page on the Statistics Canada website.
Products
The technical reference guide for this release, titled "Persistence and graduation indicators of postsecondary students, 2011/2012 to 2022/2023," is now available.
The data visualization tools "Persistence and graduation of postsecondary students aged 15 to 19 years in Canada: Interactive tool" and "Elementary to Postsecondary Student Education Dashboard: Enrolments, Graduations and Tuition Fees" are also available.
Contact information
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; infostats@statcan.gc.ca), or Media Relations (statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@statcan.gc.ca).
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