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	79.9	25,940	20,739	80.6	25,448	20,522	44.1	492	217
Alaska	65.6	1,694	1,111	69.1	1,403	969	48.8	291	142
Arizona	78.1	25,443	19,880	81.5	22,297	18,180	54.0	3,146	1,700
Arkansas	74.7	13,880	10,370	75.2	13,664	10,269	46.8	216	101
California	87.0	112,568	97,943	87.5	110,493	96,679	60.9	2,075	1,264
Colorado	77.9	25,392	19,777	78.8	24,619	19,404	48.3	773	373
Connecticut	82.7	10,109	8,357	83.0	10,016	8,312	48.4	93	45
Delaware	86.6	5,256	4,551	86.9	5,224	4,542	28.1	32	9
Florida	88.5	40,608	35,927	88.8	39,134	34,758	79.3	1,474	1,169
Georgia	78.3	38,748	30,338	79.3	37,472	29,728	47.8	1,276	610
Hawaii	75.8	2,652	2,009	76.3	2,573	1,964	57.0	79	45
Idaho	73.9	5,985	4,425	75.4	5,745	4,330	39.6	240	95
Illinois	79.8	23,206	18,512	80.1	23,003	18,432	39.4	203	80
Indiana	78.4	34,198	26,819	79.0	33,606	26,558	44.1	592	261
Iowa	86.2	12,761	11,003	86.5	12,276	10,622	78.6	485	381
Kansas	79.3	12,512	9,919	80.1	12,205	9,776	46.6	307	143
Kentucky	76.0	17,439	13,257	76.9	17,034	13,096	39.8	405	161
Louisiana	73.2	21,617	15,823	74.2	20,482	15,206	54.4	1,135	617
Maine	72.6	4,475	3,249	73.8	4,306	3,178	42.0	169	71
Maryland	83.9	17,194	14,427	85.1	16,769	14,269	37.2	425	158
Massachusetts	80.6	17,060	13,743	80.9	16,869	13,652	47.6	191	91
Michigan	83.8	40,148	33,637	84.4	39,431	33,273	50.8	717	364
Minnesota	81.2	16,626	13,507	81.6	16,444	13,420	47.8	182	87
Mississippi	76.0	11,639	8,844	76.2	11,553	8,804	46.5	86	40
Missouri	76.1	19,177	14,586	76.9	18,694	14,376	43.5	483	210
Montana	70.7	5,393	3,814	72.6	4,782	3,473	55.8	611	341
Nebraska	78.4	8,669	6,799	79.0	8,558	6,758	36.9	111	41
Nevada	76.6	8,373	6,410	77.7	8,118	6,306	40.8	255	104
New Hampshire	79.3	5,077	4,025	79.4	5,061	4,019	37.5	16	6
New Jersey	84.6	22,845	19,329	84.9	22,705	19,275	38.6	140	54
New Mexico	70.7	6,759	4,777	71.1	6,643	4,726	44.0	116	51
New York	81.7	47,320	38,640	81.8	46,904	38,388	60.6	416	252
North Carolina	84.0	34,374	28,882	84.2	34,177	28,783	50.3	197	99
North Dakota	77.2	5,458	4,214	77.9	5,343	4,162	45.2	115	52
Ohio	78.9	47,626	37,576	79.7	46,699	37,198	40.8	927	378
Oklahoma	74.4	15,356	11,429	75.3	14,159	10,662	64.1	1,197	767
Oregon	79.4	11,874	9,426	80.6	11,173	9,003	60.3	701	423
Pennsylvania	81.5	44,737	36,471	81.8	44,339	36,286	46.5	398	185
Rhode Island	79.8	4,211	3,362	80.1	4,186	3,355	28.0	25	7
South Carolina	80.1	19,478	15,594	80.2	19,413	15,574	30.8	65	20
South Dakota	73.1	5,110	3,736	74.2	4,924	3,652	45.2	186	84
Tennessee	76.0	20,278	15,411	76.4	19,953	15,243	51.7	325	168
Texas	77.9	88,606	69,030	78.5	83,960	65,900	67.4	4,646	3,130
Utah	69.5	14,373	9,991	72.4	12,813	9,283	45.4	1,560	708
Vermont	81.9	3,533	2,893	82.2	3,491	2,870	54.8	42	23
Virginia	86.3	35,236	30,401	86.4	35,025	30,273	60.7	211	128
Washington	81.7	20,946	17,116	82.4	20,387	16,799	56.7	559	317
West Virginia	69.0	11,136	7,689	69.5	10,986	7,639	33.3	150	50
Wisconsin	81.3	25,728	20,919	81.8	25,344	20,722	51.3	384	197
Wyoming	77.6	1,694	1,314	78.1	1,682	1,313	8.3	12	1
Nation	80.5	1,071,210	862,237	81.2	1,041,749	846,079	54.8	29,461	16,158

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