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55% -- course dropout rate for Professional certification programs (2025)
Professional certification programs lose between 55% and 70% of enrolled learners before completion.
- Reported as a range: 55-70%
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55%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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hiapti.com
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Tier C
https://hiapti.com/improve-course-completion-rates ↗
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Beating the Average Online Course Completion Rate: 5 Proven Strategies
If your association is like most online learning providers, course completion might be a challenge no one likes to talk about. Professional certification programs lose 55-70% of enrolled learners before completion, while LinkedIn Learning sees 75-85% of learners drop off. When this happens, it’s not…
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Professional certification programs: 55% course dropout rate. Source: hiapti.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/professional-certification-dropout-rate
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