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	75.1	22072	16583	75.8	20484	15525	66.6	1588	1058
Alaska	71.5	1636	1170	74.3	1426	1060	52.4	210	110
Arizona	76.5	19839	15181	78.3	17957	14063	59.4	1882	1118
Arkansas	69.5	12611	8764	70.5	12189	8599	39.1	422	165
California	84.1	90613	76216	84.9	87763	74494	60.4	2850	1722
Colorado	75.0	22842	17141	76.0	21966	16686	51.9	876	455
Connecticut	83.1	9645	8012	83.5	9503	7932	56.3	142	80
Delaware	84.9	4592	3899	85.2	4556	3881	50.0	36	18
Florida	72.4	80143	57997	78.7	60003	47222	53.5	20140	10775
Georgia	79.1	30745	24333	80.1	29524	23640	56.8	1221	693
Hawaii	71.4	3154	2251	74.8	2768	2071	46.6	386	180
Idaho	64.6	6232	4023	67.1	5674	3807	38.7	558	216
Illinois	80.0	26427	21130	80.3	26167	21011	45.8	260	119
Indiana	73.4	36330	26679	76.4	33709	25767	34.8	2621	912
Iowa	83.2	10791	8979	83.3	10686	8901	74.3	105	78
Kansas	73.3	13228	9697	74.8	12674	9484	38.4	554	213
Kentucky	73.0	17330	12657	73.7	16963	12507	40.9	367	150
Louisiana	71.8	21314	15300	72.5	20761	15056	44.1	553	244
Maine	71.4	4439	3171	72.7	4218	3066	47.5	221	105
Maryland	80.2	16935	13581	82.4	16168	13323	33.6	767	258
Massachusetts	80.0	15251	12196	80.3	15067	12101	51.6	184	95
Michigan	79.9	41409	33099	81.1	40264	32651	39.1	1145	448
Minnesota	78.2	17199	13445	78.5	16944	13304	55.3	255	141
Mississippi	76.2	8906	6788	76.7	8783	6736	42.3	123	52
Missouri	75.6	20053	15168	76.8	19398	14892	42.1	655	276
Montana	68.8	5060	3481	71.0	4626	3283	45.6	434	198
Nebraska	77.9	8326	6482	78.3	8205	6425	47.1	121	57
Nevada	70.4	6302	4437	74.6	5658	4220	33.7	644	217
New Hampshire	82.2	4965	4081	82.2	4959	4078	50.0	6	3
New Jersey	84.7	18314	15504	85.2	17837	15192	65.4	477	312
New Mexico	71.0	7181	5098	71.5	7043	5036	44.9	138	62
New York	80.0	46996	37576	80.3	46114	37042	60.5	882	534
North Carolina	82.5	31774	26219	82.7	31620	26141	50.6	154	78
North Dakota	75.0	5640	4228	75.4	5546	4182	48.9	94	46
Ohio	75.1	45877	34436	76.2	44308	33774	42.2	1569	662
Oklahoma	67.1	15515	10405	70.2	13851	9727	40.7	1664	678
Oregon	77.2	11571	8935	78.6	10982	8637	50.6	589	298
Pennsylvania	81.5	44846	36561	81.7	44615	36446	49.8	231	115
Rhode Island	77.5	4296	3331	78.2	4188	3277	50.0	108	54
South Carolina	78.0	15899	12400	78.5	15674	12308	40.9	225	92
South Dakota	70.1	4882	3424	72.7	4493	3268	40.1	389	156
Tennessee	73.2	19379	14190	73.8	18986	14004	47.3	393	186
Texas	73.4	68309	50114	74.6	64073	47803	54.6	4236	2311
Utah	68.1	8912	6073	73.0	7206	5259	47.7	1706	814
Vermont	78.8	3876	3055	79.1	3850	3045	38.5	26	10
Virginia	85.4	31150	26615	85.7	30905	26475	57.1	245	140
Washington	79.6	19231	15312	81.5	18069	14725	50.5	1162	587
West Virginia	69.7	11939	8325	70.2	11722	8229	44.2	217	96
Wisconsin	68.1	40962	27915	75.6	31042	23467	44.8	9920	4448
Wyoming	72.2	1686	1218	72.4	1674	1212	50.0	12	6
Nation	76.9	1037021	797073	78.6	973089	765163	49.9	63932	31910

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