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Characteristics of 18-27 year-olds (Dutch only)
Custom-made tables regarding 18-27 year-olds broken down by whether they live with their parents, are in education, have a job, and by highest level of completed education. Commissioned by: Panteia.
Number of school dropouts down in the Netherlands and the EU
The school dropout rate in the Netherlands was reduced in recent years to 8.8 percent in 2012. The rate across the EU was also gradually reduced.
Most common route to master's degree costs 148 thousand euros
The route most students take at university to get their master’s degree cost 148 thousand euros in 2012. This is the standard route including failing classes and delays. The shortest possible route...
University bachelors graduating more quickly
The share of university students receiving a bachelor’s degree within four years has risen in the last few years.
University degree costs less
In 2010, a schooling path ending in a university master’s degree in the Netherlands cost 153 thousand euro. It is the first time that the costs are lower than in the previous year.
Many mbo students stay on after diploma
About half of students who received a diploma in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) in 2008/’09 stayed on in school, most of them doing courses at a higher level of mbo.
Nearly one in five first-year mbo students leave school without a diploma
Drop-out rates in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) range from 10 percent after one year in school to nearly 20 percent after four years.
Lower havo pass rates in four large cities
Some 80 thousand students in Dutch senior general secondary education (havo) and pre-university education (vwo) are sitting their final exams this month. In the past few years, around nine out of ten...
Mbo diplomas relatively most expensive
The longer an educational programme takes to complete, the more a diploma will cost. However, the price of a diploma correlates a lot more with the previous education routes of students than the...
More than one million people in non-funded education
In 2006 an average 1.1 million people aged between 17 and 65 years participated in some form of non-funded education.