B
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5%
5% -- course completion rate for free or very low-cost online courses (2026)
Free or very low-cost online courses have a completion rate starting at 5% (within a 5–15% range).
- Reported as a range of 5% to 15%
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5%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
learningrevolution.net
Primary
Tier C
https://www.learningrevolution.net/online-course-completion-rates/ ↗
Source Article
13 Proven Ways To Increase Online Course Completion Rates (2026)
TL;DR – What Online Course Completion Rates Mean & How to Improve Them
Online course completion rate is the percentage of enrolled students who finish every module of a course. High completion rates prove that learners stay engaged and get results. They lead to stronger testimonials, more word-of-mo…
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learningrevolution.net
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Methodology
Article reports a range of 5-15% completion for free or very low-cost courses; midpoint extracted (10%).
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free or very low-cost online courses: 5% course completion rate. Source: learningrevolution.net (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/free-courses-completion-rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/free-courses-completion-rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>5%</strong> -- course completion rate for free or very low-cost online courses<br><small>Source: learningrevolution.net (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/free-courses-completion-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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