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Why highly skilled university graduates are flocking to Alberta

More students go to post-secondary, but one in seven drop out

Four out of five young people take some kind of post-secondary education by the time they reach their mid-twenties, according to new Statistics Canada data released Tuesday. But of those, almost one in seven students drop out. It also showed that urban students and those living with both parents more likely to pursue higher education.