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Cohort completion research: what predicts the 90% finishers

Looking across 500 cohorts to find the 3 structural variables that predict completion rate.

Cohort size, mentor pairing, and weekly cadence each independently predict completion. Together they explain 78% of variance in completion rate across our dataset.

The biggest single predictor is mentor pairing — programs without paired mentors hit a ceiling around 65% completion regardless of how good the content is.

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