Determine the number of students in the educational institution.
Calculate the number of credits hours each student signed up for, or attempted, during the school year or period in question.
Add together the credit hours attempted by all students to find the total credit hours attempted.
Determine the total credit hours completed by each student.
Add together the credit hours completed by all students to find the total credit hours completed.
Calculate the completion rate using the formula completion rate = total hours completed/total hours attempted. For example, if the total hours attempted from Step 3 is 3500 hours and the total hours completed from step 5 is 2400, then the completion rate = 2400/3500 = 0.6857 or 68.57 percent.