Creating a calculated total field in BIP

Hi,
Hope this isn't a stupid question. I have have a SQL data model in BIP (BI Publisher) which displays a percentage of the number of withdrawn students at our university against the total number of students.
The report is broken down by department...so each row has a percentage calculation against it to show how many students have withdrawn for that year (which is parameterised).
The person requesting the report wants a headline percentage...so essentially a calculated field doing (number withdrawn students/total number of students) * 100. I can't use the the default total settings as I don't want an AVERAGE of the column. We have 7 different departments with very different numbers of students/level of withdrawals so none of these are accurate.
Tool for doing calculated fields seems a bit difficult (in that it seemingly only allows one mathematical operation - a division OR a subtraction etc.) and doesn't allow you to put in a straightforward formula??
Any suggestions??
Thankyou,
Alex

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