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

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Download as:	Total Retention Rate, fall 2015	Total adjusted fall 2014 cohort	Students from the total adjusted fall 2014 cohort enrolled in fall 2015	Full-Time Retention Rate, fall 2015	Full-time adjusted fall 2014 cohort	Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2014 cohort enrolled in fall 2015	Part-Time Retention Rate, fall 2015	Part-time adjusted fall 2014 cohort	Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2014 cohort enrolled in fall 2015
Alabama	76.7	28904	22173	78.0	27951	21810	38.1	953	363
Alaska	67.4	1889	1274	71.5	1601	1145	44.8	288	129
Arizona	75.9	28105	21332	78.2	25822	20199	49.6	2283	1133
Arkansas	73.3	17138	12563	73.9	16811	12416	45.0	327	147
California	86.5	137197	118697	87.2	134250	117078	54.9	2947	1619
Colorado	77.1	27319	21062	78.8	25975	20469	44.1	1344	593
Connecticut	80.8	21239	17155	82.9	20454	16962	24.6	785	193
Delaware	81.8	6199	5072	84.6	5884	4980	29.2	315	92
Florida	82.2	60830	49974	83.0	58781	48789	57.8	2049	1185
Georgia	76.5	49062	37556	78.0	46795	36521	45.7	2267	1035
Hawaii	70.3	3816	2684	72.0	3591	2584	44.4	225	100
Idaho	72.2	7646	5524	73.8	7246	5347	44.3	400	177
Illinois	78.1	53084	41449	79.2	51811	41025	33.3	1273	424
Indiana	79.4	45887	36421	80.2	44862	35994	41.7	1025	427
Iowa	81.2	21063	17098	81.3	20666	16809	72.8	397	289
Kansas	73.5	17236	12667	74.4	16713	12437	44.0	523	230
Kentucky	73.7	24071	17729	74.2	23736	17621	32.2	335	108
Louisiana	75.0	24307	18221	75.6	23897	18056	40.2	410	165
Maine	75.7	7592	5747	77.4	7289	5639	35.6	303	108
Maryland	82.7	22366	18496	85.0	21414	18198	31.3	952	298
Massachusetts	86.2	53644	46233	86.6	53149	46029	41.2	495	204
Michigan	81.1	50320	40825	82.5	48566	40085	42.2	1754	740
Minnesota	80.5	26893	21636	82.0	26108	21411	28.7	785	225
Mississippi	78.0	13018	10159	78.7	12779	10058	42.3	239	101
Missouri	76.4	32907	25128	78.1	31583	24660	35.3	1324	468
Montana	70.1	6340	4445	72.4	5705	4130	49.6	635	315
Nebraska	77.8	12145	9454	78.4	11968	9377	43.5	177	77
Nevada	74.9	7891	5913	76.2	7577	5774	44.3	314	139
New Hampshire	75.2	10955	8237	78.2	10027	7837	43.1	928	400
New Jersey	85.2	31042	26445	85.6	30609	26199	56.8	433	246
New Mexico	71.9	6939	4989	72.7	6793	4936	36.3	146	53
New York	84.4	107418	90661	84.6	106472	90097	59.6	946	564
North Carolina	80.0	49167	39318	80.7	48275	38965	39.6	892	353
North Dakota	76.1	6011	4574	76.7	5904	4528	43.0	107	46
Ohio	78.3	68274	53442	79.0	67012	52908	42.3	1262	534
Oklahoma	73.3	18122	13292	73.9	17304	12795	60.8	818	497
Oregon	80.5	16669	13423	81.4	16010	13035	58.9	659	388
Pennsylvania	83.0	88413	73416	83.6	87309	72970	40.4	1104	446
Rhode Island	85.3	11564	9867	85.6	11496	9837	44.1	68	30
South Carolina	76.6	25952	19871	77.3	25549	19739	32.8	403	132
South Dakota	72.1	6263	4518	74.2	5875	4361	40.5	388	157
Tennessee	75.5	32190	24291	76.3	31270	23852	47.7	920	439
Texas	77.0	101244	77914	77.5	96648	74917	65.2	4596	2997
Utah	70.0	15257	10687	73.0	13728	10015	44.0	1529	672
Vermont	81.2	6304	5120	81.4	6272	5105	46.9	32	15
Virginia	82.0	46367	38027	83.7	44609	37324	40.0	1758	703
Washington	83.4	24904	20759	83.9	24475	20541	50.8	429	218
West Virginia	69.9	12591	8796	70.1	12473	8742	45.8	118	54
Wisconsin	81.2	33842	27471	81.6	33440	27277	48.3	402	194
Wyoming	76.4	1555	1188	76.8	1542	1185	23.1	13	3
Nation	79.8	1548145	1234867	80.8	1501507	1213028	46.8	46638	21839

Source: NCES, IPEDS Fall 2015 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