This publication reports on a Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) study which analysed attrition data for 130 Australian higher education providers.

TEQSA’s study differs from previous research by focusing on institutional characteristics that may be linked to higher levels of attrition, rather than characteristics of individual students – consistent with the agency’s regulatory approach which assesses each provider. Based on 2014 data, the study grouped together similar providers and sought out common institutional characteristics that could be linked to higher levels of attrition by using 'multivariate regression models'.