First-Year Retention:
Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year

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Download as:	Total Retention Rate, Fall 2009	Total adjusted fall 2008 cohort	Students from the total adjusted fall 2008 cohort enrolled in fall 2009	Full-Time Retention Rate, Fall 2009	Full-time adjusted fall 2008 cohort	Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2008 cohort enrolled in fall 2009	Part-Time Retention Rate, Fall 2009	Part-time adjusted fall 2008 cohort	Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2008 cohort enrolled in fall 2009
Alabama	73.4	30545	22426	74.8	27744	20759	59.5	2801	1667
Alaska	67.7	1900	1287	72.9	1549	1129	45.0	351	158
Arizona	71.4	25242	18024	75.4	21821	16457	45.8	3421	1567
Arkansas	70.2	16034	11255	71.1	15588	11079	39.5	446	176
California	81.8	125123	102335	83.0	120146	99770	51.5	4977	2565
Colorado	73.8	28365	20936	75.7	26236	19853	50.9	2129	1083
Connecticut	82.3	19783	16275	82.6	19566	16165	50.7	217	110
Delaware	78.3	5786	4529	81.2	5471	4443	27.3	315	86
Florida	71.6	108173	77501	76.6	85297	65377	53.0	22876	12124
Georgia	75.5	44016	33251	77.5	41250	31978	46.0	2766	1273
Hawaii	68.1	4523	3080	71.7	3973	2850	41.8	550	230
Idaho	64.4	8333	5368	66.6	7734	5150	36.4	599	218
Illinois	70.8	67499	47798	71.8	65566	47098	36.2	1933	700
Indiana	74.7	51268	38287	77.4	47999	37147	34.9	3269	1140
Iowa	80.7	19276	15558	80.8	19148	15470	68.8	128	88
Kansas	71.7	16143	11570	73.4	15404	11302	36.3	739	268
Kentucky	70.8	23373	16549	71.6	22777	16297	42.3	596	252
Louisiana	72.7	25258	18367	73.4	24664	18107	43.8	594	260
Maine	75.9	7951	6035	76.7	7714	5920	48.5	237	115
Maryland	81.0	23098	18720	82.9	22177	18378	37.1	921	342
Massachusetts	82.7	53131	43946	83.3	52464	43690	38.4	667	256
Michigan	78.9	51242	40423	80.1	49642	39773	40.6	1600	650
Minnesota	77.7	29650	23046	79.4	28168	22368	45.7	1482	678
Mississippi	74.4	10829	8053	75.1	10585	7952	41.4	244	101
Missouri	75.1	33225	24937	76.3	31847	24288	47.1	1378	649
Montana	68.4	5829	3989	70.4	5373	3783	45.2	456	206
Nebraska	77.0	11558	8904	77.8	11272	8766	48.3	286	138
Nevada	69.1	6929	4786	73.0	6217	4539	34.7	712	247
New Hampshire	79.8	9109	7265	80.1	9038	7235	42.3	71	30
New Jersey	82.5	27711	22857	83.0	27090	22477	61.2	621	380
New Mexico	69.3	7918	5491	69.9	7690	5376	50.4	228	115
New York	80.8	113948	92030	81.1	112081	90945	58.1	1867	1085
North Carolina	79.6	48246	38417	80.0	47541	38016	56.9	705	401
North Dakota	73.7	6569	4839	74.6	6367	4748	45.0	202	91
Ohio	75.5	68233	51487	76.6	65968	50536	42.0	2265	951
Oklahoma	67.5	19121	12904	70.1	17410	12205	40.9	1711	699
Oregon	77.3	16371	12655	78.7	15598	12276	49.0	773	379
Pennsylvania	81.4	90129	73358	82.2	88121	72464	44.5	2008	894
Rhode Island	80.7	12603	10168	81.1	12447	10097	45.5	156	71
South Carolina	75.0	23574	17674	75.5	23193	17513	42.3	381	161
South Dakota	69.7	6334	4413	72.4	5655	4096	46.7	679	317
Tennessee	73.2	31792	23267	73.8	31140	22976	44.6	652	291
Texas	73.3	88816	65127	74.6	83800	62497	52.4	5016	2630
Utah	72.1	14624	10538	75.7	12770	9663	47.2	1854	875
Vermont	79.8	6907	5509	80.0	6868	5492	43.6	39	17
Virginia	80.4	45071	36217	81.1	43943	35655	49.8	1128	562
Washington	80.4	26032	20930	82.1	24715	20283	49.1	1317	647
West Virginia	67.8	14162	9607	68.5	13813	9467	40.1	349	140
Wisconsin	69.8	50468	35232	76.2	40163	30615	44.8	10305	4617
Wyoming	72.3	1698	1227	72.4	1686	1221	50.0	12	6
Nation	76.0	1608443	1222651	77.9	1511847	1176973	47.3	96596	45678

Source: NCES, IPEDS Fall 2009 Enrollment Retention Rate File

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First-Year Retention: Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year

First-Year Retention:
Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year