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- Of the 3.5 million students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2017, 74 percent or 2.6 million students persisted as of fall 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n
- The overall first-year persistence rate has improved slightly, with a 2.2 percentage point gain between 2009 and 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n
- New to this year\u2019s report are the persistence rates for top five popular major fields in baccalaureate and sub-baccalaureate programs. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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First-Year Persistence and Retention <\/span><\/h4>\n
Figure 1. By Starting Enrollment Intensity, All Institutions, 2009-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 2. By Race and Ethnicity, All Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 3. By Age at College Entry, All Institutions, 2009-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
First-Year Persistence and Retention by Starting Institution Type<\/span><\/h4>\n
Figure 4. Four-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 5. Four-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 6. Two-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 7. Two-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 8. Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, 2009-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 9. Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort by Race and Ethnicity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 10. Four-Year Private For-Profit Institutions, 2010-2017<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
First-Year Persistence and Retention by Major Field<\/span><\/h4>\n
Figure 11. Top Five Popular Majors, Bachelor\u2019s Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 12. Top Five Popular Majors, Associate Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
Figure 13. Top Five Popular Majors, Undergraduate Certificate Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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Among all students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2017, 73.8 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2018, while 61.7 percent were retained at their starting institution. The \u201cpersistence rate\u201d is measured by the percentage of students who return to college at any institution for their second year, while the \u201cretention rate\u201d is the percentage of students who return to the same institution. The overall persistence rate for the fall 2017 entering cohort remained virtually the same as that of the previous cohort, but this rate represents an increase of 2.2 percentage points compared to fall 2009. <\/span>Over the past nine years ending in 2017, an average of 13 percent or one in eight students who started college in any fall term transferred to a different institution by the following fall.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Among students who for the first time entered college in fall 2017, Asians had the highest persistence rate (84.7 percent), with 72.7 percent returning to the starting institution and 12 percent returning to an institution other than the starting institution in fall 2018. <\/span>Black students had the lowest persistence rate (66.2 percent): just over half of black students returned to the starting institution (52.1 percent) and an additional 14.1 percent continued at a different institution.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Institutions provided race and ethnicity data to the Clearinghouse for 75 percent of the students reported in the fall 2017 entering cohort.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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Fall 2017 entering college students who were 21- to 24-years-old at college entry had a persistence rate of 57.6 percent. This represents an increase of 3.5 percentage points over the fall 2009 entering cohort. <\/span>Students aged 20 or younger had a persistence rate of 76.9 percent, down 2.1 percentage points from the fall 2009 entering cohort. This group also showed the highest spread between persistence and retention rates, with about 15 percent, or one in seven students, enrolling in a different institution in their second fall term. <\/span>Students aged 25 or older at college entry had a persistence rate of 53.3 percent, a figure that has remained essentially flat across all cohort years shown here.<\/span><\/p>\n
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For students who started college in fall 2017 at four-year public institutions, the persistence rate was 82.7 percent, down 0.3 percentage points from the prior year, and up 0.4 percentage points in comparison to the fall 2009 cohort. <\/span>The persistence rate was 88.2 percent for those who entered college on a full-time basis, compared to 64.8 percent for those who entered college on a part-time basis. <\/span>Of all students who started college in this sector in fall 2017, 71.2 percent returned to the same institution in fall 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Among those students who for the first time started college at four-year public institutions in fall 2017, Asian students had the highest first-year retention rate, with 82.3 percent returning to the starting institution in fall 2018. Asians also had the highest persistence rate with 91.9 percent returning to any institution in fall 2018. <\/span>White students had the highest share continuing college in fall 2018 at an institution other than the starting institution (15.1 percent). A similar share of black students continued college at a different institution (14.7 percent). <\/span>Hispanic students and white students had similar first-year retention rates (68.3 and 70.8 percent, respectively).<\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Data on student race and ethnicity are provided for 74 percent of the students in the fall 2017 entering cohort in four-year public institutions.<\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/p>\n
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For students who started college in fall 2017 at two-year public institutions, the persistence rate was 62.3 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the prior year cohort, and up 1.3 percentage points in comparison to the fall 2009 cohort. <\/span>The persistence rate was 69.7 percent for those who entered college on a full-time basis, compared to 56.3 percent for their part-time counterparts. <\/span>Of all students who started college in two-year public institutions in fall 2017, 48.9 percent returned to the same institution in fall 2018. <\/span>Many community college students are not continuous enrollees. They may return in the winter term of the second year after a stop-out, who are not captured in our measure of fall-to-fall persistence. Measuring persistence through a winter term may offer a more complete picture for sub-baccalaureate programs.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Among students who entered college at two-year public institutions in fall 2017, white students had a higher first-year persistence rate (67.1 percent) than Hispanic students (62.1 percent). However, white students had a lower retention rate (49.6 percent) than Hispanic students (52.8 percent). This reflects the fact that white students are more likely than Hispanic students to transfer to other institutions by their second fall term. <\/span>Black students had the lowest persistence rate (55.3 percent), with 42 percent returning to the starting institution and 13.3 percent continued enrollment at a different institution in fall 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Data on student race and ethnicity are provided for 78 percent of the students in the fall 2017 entering cohort in two-year public institutions.<\/i><\/span> <\/i><\/p>\n
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For students who started college in fall 2017 at four-year private nonprofit institutions, the persistence rate was 85.1 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the prior year cohort, and down 2.4 percentage points in comparison to the fall 2009 cohort. <\/span>The persistence rate was 90 percent for those who entered college on a full-time basis, compared to 64.2 percent for their part-time counterparts. <\/span>Of all students who started college in this sector in fall 2017, 74.1 percent returned to the same institution in fall 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Among students who for the first time entered college at four-year private nonprofit institutions in fall 2017, white and Asian students had similar first-year persistence rates (89.4 percent and 90.7 percent, respectively), but Asian students were more likely to continue college at their starting institution (82.5 percent compared to 75.1 percent for white students). <\/span><\/p>\n
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For students who started college in four-year private for-profit institutions, the persistence rate was 47.2 percent, down 5.7 percentage points from the prior year cohort, and down 3 percentage points in comparison to the fall 2010 cohort. <\/span>The persistence rate was 55.7 percent for those who entered college on a full-time basis, compared to 43.7 percent for those who entered college on a part-time basis. Of all students who started college in this sector in fall 2017, 41.9 percent returned to the same institution in fall 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note: race and ethnicity data for the four-year private for-profit institutions cover only 59% of the fall 2017 entering cohort students in this sector, no disaggregated data by race and ethnicity are shown for this sector.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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An additional method for examining <\/span>students\u2019 first-year persistence in degree-granting institutions is based on the major fields and the programs a student first entered. This new analysis reveals the disparities in student persistence across majors and program levels, regardless of the type of institution a student started. <\/span>Among the five most popular majors for the fall 2017 entering cohort students in baccalaureate programs, the persistence rate in engineering majors ranked first (92.8 percent). Biology and Biomedical majors followed closely at 91.6 percent. <\/span>Compared to Engineering majors, Liberal Arts and Humanities or Health-related majors were more likely to have transferred to another institution by their second year. <\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Institutions submit enrollment data by award levels and by major fields, which cover 97 percent of the fall 2017 entering cohort students reported by the IPEDS.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nRefer to the last page of this report for additional definitions and notes on cohort selection. Download the data tables for this snapshot.<\/a><\/i><\/span>Popular majors are defined by enrollment sizes. N is the total enrollment in the specified field of major as of fall 2017. Major fields shown are: Engineering (CIP code 14), Biological\/Biomedical Sciences (26), Liberal Arts (24), Health (51), and Business (52).<\/i><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
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For first-time students who started in associate degree-level programs in fall 2017, their overall persistence rates were lower compared to their peers in bachelor\u2019s degree-level programs. <\/span>In the top five popular major fields, the persistence rates ranged between 57.3 percent and 66 percent. Liberal Arts, Humanities, and General Studies had a higher transfer-out rate (11.4 percent), consistent with the fact that these majors are often designed to prepare students for transfer to four-year institutions. <\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Institutions submit enrollment data by program levels and by major fields, which cover 97 percent of the fall 2017 entering cohort students reported by the IPEDS.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nRefer to the last page of this report for additional definitions and notes on cohort selection. Download the data tables for this snapshot.<\/a><\/i><\/span>Popular majors are defined by enrollment sizes. N is the total enrollment in the specified field of major as of fall 2017. Major fields shown are: Liberal Arts (CIP code 24), Computer Information (11), Health (51), Business (52), and Security Protective Services (43).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
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Of first-time students who sought an undergraduate-level certificate, 58.8 percent persisted in the second year, either by attaining a certificate or continuing enrollment. <\/span>The persistence rates for the top five popular majors in undergraduate certificate programs were below 60 percent, except for Liberal Arts, Humanities, and General Studies majors. These rates were slightly lower relative to those of associate programs. <\/span>Among those who persisted in the second year, one in four students in Liberal Arts, Humanities, or General Studies continued enrollment in a different institution, a rate higher than in other majors shown in the figure. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Note: Institutions submit enrollment data by program levels and by major fields, which cover 97 percent of the fall 2017 entering cohort students reported by the IPEDS.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
- The overall first-year persistence rate has improved slightly, with a 2.2 percentage point gain between 2009 and 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n
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