Institutional Research - Retention Rates
One-Year Retention Rates
The below graph and data table tracks Retention Rates for first-time, full-time undergraduate students entering during the indicated term who returned the subsequent fall semester.
Example: 69% of first-time, full-time freshmen who started in the Fall of 2019 returned in the Fall 2020 term.
Summary of Trends
- These data track fall-to-fall retention rates of first-time, full-time undergraduate students over an ten-year span, ranging from Fall 2013 to Fall 2022.
- Of the three categories (Associate, Baccalaureate, and Overall), the Associate and Overall are the most similar; the Associate rates are slightly lower than the Overall rates, and both have been trending up for the past 2 years.
- Overall rates remain similar to ten years ago. In 2022, rates were 65%, up 1% from 64% in 2013.
- The Baccalaureate rates peaked in the fall 2017 term at 79%, which was the third year of increases, and has decreased by 11% since that time.
| Fall 2013 | Fall 2014 | Fall 2015 | Fall 2016 | Fall 2017 | Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | 64% | 60% | 64% | 64% | 60% | 57% | 68% | 55% | 62% | 64% |
| Baccalaureate | 68% | 75% | 72% | 74% | 79% | 73% | 76% | 65% | 70% | 68% |
| Overall | 64% | 61% | 65% | 65% | 62% | 59% | 69% | 58% | 64% | 65% |