Doing a bachelors degree

This paper looks at differences in the performance of young people who leave school and progress on to bachelors degree study. It compares the performance of students with different levels of school achievement. It also compares the performance of young degree students at polytechnics and universities. We use qualification completion rates and first-year course completion rates as the measures of performance in tertiary study.  We look only at young students studying on a full-time basis, and we take account of the achievement of the students in secondary school.