{"id":16722,"date":"2025-06-26T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/?p=16722"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:42:52","slug":"persistence-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/persistence-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Persistence &#038; Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#30a1da&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;18px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#6dba45&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#215B7F&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; 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Students are considered persisted if they remain enrolled at any institution and retained if they remain at their starting institution \u2014 either in the spring term following initial enrollment (first spring) or in the fall of their second academic year (second year). In both timeframes, students who complete a credential before the applicable term are also included in the corresponding rates. The report is designed to help institutions understand trends and patterns in this important early success indicator, and identify disparities by institutional type, state, degree level, starting enrollment intensity, major field, and student demographic characteristics such as age, gender, and race and ethnicity. 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These rates represent increases of 0.3 percentage points (pp) and 0.4 pp, respectively, from the 2022 cohort.<\/li>\n<li>Spring metrics showed similar gains: the first spring persistence rate reached 86.4 percent for the 2023 cohort (+0.4 pp), the second-highest level in the last nine years, just behind the 2017 cohort. The first spring retention rate climbed to 83.7 percent (+0.5 pp), the highest rate recorded over the same period.<\/li>\n<li>Part-time students continue to face substantial disadvantages in both first spring and second fall persistence and retention. Among Fall 2023 starters, first spring persistence was 67.4 percent for part-time students, compared to 92.1 percent for their full-time peers. 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