Table 6 Dropout rates from courses in the major areas of Science, Mathematics, and Computing
Area | Dropout (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private institutions | Public institutions | |||||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Life Sciences (general courses) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20.73 | 29.89 | 22.75 | – |
Biology and Biochemistry | 16.38 | 18.76 | 18.25 | 17.18 | 16.74 | 13.86 | 12.72 | 11.59 | 11.81 | 14.52 |
Environmental Sciences | 10.50 | 19.07 | 12.93 | 10.77 | 5.67 | 10.18 | 14.91 | 18.07 | 17.59 | 19.18 |
Physical Sciences (general courses) | 11.02 | – | – | – | – | 19.03 | 15.17 | 16.09 | 13.88 | 16.15 |
Physics | 21.26 | 35.52 | 18.91 | 17.56 | 18.05 | 21.16 | 25.97 | 20.65 | 24.09 | 21.74 |
Chemistry | 13.44 | 15.08 | 14.59 | 18.14 | 14.26 | 15.24 | 12.65 | 14.64 | 16.21 | 14.08 |
Soil Sciences | 12.31 | 17.61 | 20.02 | 18.46 | 13.86 | 10.75 | 11.15 | 11.47 | 12.54 | 13.13 |
Mathematics | 5.60 | 29.01 | 26.32 | 22.06 | 19.55 | 28.39 | 27.49 | 24.23 | 26.90 | 26.53 |
Statistics | 19.81 | 22.20 | 20.62 | 17.37 | 18.68 | 14.87 | 14.45 | 17.51 | 18.39 | 18.19 |
Computing | 19.42 | 20.74 | 20.16 | 21.10 | 21.89 | 14.23 | 13.87 | 16.18 | 15.12 | 15.88 |