Alberta Post-Secondary Completion Rates by Credential Type

Alberta publicly funded post-secondary institutions track the percentage of students who complete credential programs within the expected timeline plus three years. The completion rate is calculated using completers and the total starting cohort, reported at both sector and institution levels for all students, including full-time. The dataset is provided by the Government of Alberta and was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Benchmark institutional performance based on sector-level completion rates.
• Analyze student success timelines based on the expected completion duration plus three years.
• Compare full-time student outcomes across different credential types.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of publicly funded post-secondary programs.

Strengths

• Data is calculated at both sector and institution levels, providing granularity.
• Includes full-time student cohorts, a key demographic for analysis.
• Last updated on April 17, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description does not specify the exact credential types or starting cohort sizes.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:44:32.759250

Geography

Alberta, Canada