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

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Download as:	Total Retention Rate, fall 2018	Total adjusted fall 2017 cohort	Students from the total adjusted fall 2017 cohort enrolled in fall 2018	Full-Time Retention Rate, fall 2018	Full-time adjusted fall 2017 cohort	Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2017 cohort enrolled in fall 2018	Part-Time Retention Rate, fall 2018	Part-time adjusted fall 2017 cohort	Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2017 cohort enrolled in fall 2018
Alabama	78.5	30,472	23,907	79.4	29,768	23,637	38.4	704	270
Alaska	65.9	1,730	1,140	69.4	1,436	996	49.0	294	144
Arizona	74.9	30,620	22,942	79.0	26,307	20,780	50.1	4,313	2,162
Arkansas	75.0	17,144	12,862	75.5	16,897	12,749	45.7	247	113
California	86.4	144,378	124,811	87.1	141,627	123,309	54.6	2,751	1,502
Colorado	78.3	28,832	22,573	79.4	27,890	22,148	45.1	942	425
Connecticut	82.5	22,033	18,186	84.0	21,410	17,975	33.9	623	211
Delaware	79.2	6,482	5,134	83.9	5,968	5,006	24.9	514	128
Florida	82.9	63,911	53,000	83.6	61,354	51,264	67.9	2,557	1,736
Georgia	77.0	51,268	39,481	78.7	48,853	38,460	42.3	2,415	1,021
Hawaii	71.8	3,879	2,784	72.6	3,749	2,723	46.9	130	61
Idaho	73.8	10,161	7,496	74.7	9,522	7,116	59.5	639	380
Illinois	79.5	49,584	39,418	80.3	48,886	39,240	25.5	698	178
Indiana	75.7	53,942	40,816	78.4	50,283	39,440	37.6	3,659	1,376
Iowa	82.0	21,031	17,235	82.1	20,512	16,843	75.5	519	392
Kansas	75.1	16,304	12,249	76.5	15,703	12,010	39.8	601	239
Kentucky	74.4	23,304	17,349	75.1	22,840	17,163	40.1	464	186
Louisiana	75.0	26,012	19,498	75.9	24,845	18,868	54.0	1,167	630
Maine	77.6	8,112	6,293	78.4	7,918	6,209	43.3	194	84
Maryland	83.8	23,442	19,654	85.0	22,836	19,411	40.1	606	243
Massachusetts	85.6	54,399	46,590	85.9	54,072	46,436	47.1	327	154
Michigan	82.6	49,072	40,536	83.4	48,005	40,019	48.5	1,067	517
Minnesota	81.7	26,530	21,678	82.6	26,026	21,499	35.5	504	179
Mississippi	75.4	13,454	10,146	75.8	13,291	10,079	41.1	163	67
Missouri	76.5	30,661	23,450	77.7	29,720	23,093	37.9	941	357
Montana	70.7	6,054	4,278	72.4	5,432	3,932	55.6	622	346
Nebraska	78.1	12,054	9,409	78.5	11,919	9,360	36.3	135	49
Nevada	76.1	8,574	6,527	77.4	8,264	6,393	43.2	310	134
New Hampshire	79.6	8,404	6,686	79.6	8,387	6,680	35.3	17	6
New Jersey	83.7	33,280	27,839	84.0	33,026	27,736	40.6	254	103
New Mexico	70.5	7,003	4,936	70.9	6,830	4,845	52.6	173	91
New York	83.6	114,660	95,881	83.9	113,484	95,201	57.8	1,176	680
North Carolina	80.5	51,981	41,833	81.1	51,252	41,542	39.9	729	291
North Dakota	76.8	6,188	4,753	77.4	6,072	4,700	45.7	116	53
Ohio	79.2	68,644	54,387	79.9	67,536	53,928	41.4	1,108	459
Oklahoma	73.3	19,175	14,054	74.0	17,913	13,247	63.9	1,262	807
Oregon	79.9	16,475	13,163	80.8	15,756	12,732	59.9	719	431
Pennsylvania	82.7	87,199	72,151	83.1	86,360	71,762	46.4	839	389
Rhode Island	84.0	11,476	9,642	84.3	11,422	9,627	27.8	54	15
South Carolina	77.0	27,016	20,799	77.5	26,733	20,710	31.4	283	89
South Dakota	73.7	6,284	4,633	74.6	6,077	4,535	47.3	207	98
Tennessee	76.1	32,473	24,703	76.7	31,839	24,427	43.5	634	276
Texas	77.9	109,560	85,297	78.5	104,496	81,994	65.2	5,064	3,303
Utah	71.8	19,313	13,868	74.3	17,654	13,112	45.6	1,659	756
Vermont	81.1	6,436	5,218	81.4	6,377	5,191	45.8	59	27
Virginia	82.9	48,338	40,077	83.8	47,224	39,590	43.7	1,114	487
Washington	82.1	27,331	22,448	82.7	26,724	22,114	55.0	607	334
West Virginia	68.2	13,036	8,890	68.6	12,870	8,834	33.7	166	56
Wisconsin	80.8	34,193	27,629	81.2	33,758	27,404	51.7	435	225
Wyoming	77.6	1,694	1,314	78.1	1,682	1,313	8.3	12	1
Nation	80.0	1,603,566	1,282,749	81.0	1,553,147	1,257,978	49.1	50,419	24,771

Source: IPEDS, NCES

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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