Here are the 10 Majors with the Highest Student Dropout Rates

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Dwi Hadya Jayani 04/11/2021 10:30 WIB
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Number of University Dropouts by Field of Study (2020)
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The 2020 Higher Education Statistics Report shows that 601,333 students dropped out of college in 2020. Males accounted for the majority of dropouts, with 370,322, while 231,011 were female students.

The field of economics contributed the highest number of dropouts, with 141,393 students (23.5% of the total).

Engineering followed with 136,272 dropouts (22.6% of the total).

Education accounted for 120,655 dropouts, social sciences for 115,533, and health sciences for 26,097. The lowest dropout rate was in the arts, with 4,524 students (0.8% of the total).

Private universities contributed the most to the dropout numbers, with 478,826 students (79.5% of the total).

Editor : Annissa Mutia

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