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	53.0	20169	10683	56.4	15902	8967	40.2	4267	1716
Alaska	69.0	284	196	70.3	273	192	36.4	11	4
Arizona	53.3	31609	16842	63.3	17069	10801	41.5	14540	6041
Arkansas	51.4	8967	4611	55.0	6867	3775	39.8	2100	836
California	57.0	246966	140753	70.1	122262	85648	44.2	124704	55105
Colorado	50.9	13333	6787	59.6	7386	4404	40.1	5947	2383
Connecticut	54.9	9902	5437	61.0	5980	3650	45.6	3922	1787
Delaware	54.2	2771	1503	61.6	1940	1196	36.9	831	307
Florida	58.5	17753	10386	60.5	14700	8897	48.8	3053	1489
Georgia	52.5	24114	12669	58.1	12857	7473	46.2	11257	5196
Hawaii	54.9	4501	2472	61.0	2999	1829	42.8	1502	643
Idaho	48.1	3267	1571	55.1	1982	1093	37.2	1285	478
Illinois	56.7	42588	24132	62.6	29634	18554	43.1	12954	5578
Indiana	43.2	15203	6568	49.2	7609	3746	37.2	7594	2822
Iowa	55.2	15754	8689	58.9	12231	7204	42.2	3523	1485
Kansas	53.2	14427	7672	58.2	11009	6404	37.1	3418	1268
Kentucky	49.6	12777	6335	55.9	8718	4871	36.1	4059	1464
Louisiana	49.2	15523	7645	52.2	11215	5850	41.7	4308	1795
Maine	56.4	3238	1827	59.4	2277	1353	49.3	961	474
Maryland	56.6	24487	13852	64.5	14037	9050	46.0	10450	4802
Massachusetts	53.8	19930	10718	58.4	11887	6947	46.9	8043	3771
Michigan	49.9	29685	14826	57.6	15907	9160	41.1	13778	5666
Minnesota	53.5	18414	9845	58.7	12278	7209	43.0	6136	2636
Mississippi	56.2	18065	10160	60.0	15716	9427	31.2	2349	733
Missouri	51.6	23063	11904	56.6	17314	9803	36.5	5749	2101
Montana	48.1	1641	790	50.5	1300	656	39.3	341	134
Nebraska	53.9	6021	3244	59.8	4438	2652	37.4	1583	592
Nevada	56.5	2287	1293	62.7	1516	951	44.4	771	342
New Hampshire	54.9	3276	1799	60.5	1933	1169	46.9	1343	630
New Jersey	58.4	35200	20570	63.2	26655	16840	43.7	8545	3730
New Mexico	53.1	9597	5095	59.4	6578	3910	39.3	3019	1185
New York	59.5	67642	40227	61.3	59728	36639	45.3	7914	3588
North Carolina	51.5	40751	20997	58.2	23176	13499	42.7	17575	7498
North Dakota	62.8	1321	830	64.5	1227	792	40.4	94	38
Ohio	47.8	27257	13026	54.1	16379	8864	38.3	10878	4162
Oklahoma	50.6	14034	7099	56.9	9776	5565	36.0	4258	1534
Oregon	48.6	12855	6245	55.9	7338	4105	38.8	5517	2140
Pennsylvania	54.4	38007	20677	60.5	24258	14677	43.6	13749	6000
Rhode Island	56.6	2873	1626	63.2	1562	987	48.7	1311	639
South Carolina	47.4	20176	9554	51.7	13835	7146	38.0	6341	2408
South Dakota	71.4	1734	1238	72.5	1565	1135	60.9	169	103
Tennessee	51.5	19127	9858	55.4	14601	8090	39.1	4526	1768
Texas	53.8	126083	67814	60.0	69775	41868	46.1	56308	25946
Utah	46.2	3150	1455	54.0	1456	786	39.5	1694	669
Vermont	42.1	870	366	50.6	235	119	38.9	635	247
Virginia	56.4	32258	18183	64.4	20364	13119	42.6	11894	5064
Washington	59.0	9320	5501	62.6	7534	4714	44.1	1786	787
West Virginia	49.9	3693	1841	52.6	3123	1644	34.6	570	197
Wisconsin	58.0	14847	8609	60.8	8619	5240	54.1	6228	3369
Wyoming	59.9	3075	1841	65.0	2606	1695	31.1	469	146
Nation	54.5	1133989	617914	61.2	709730	434418	43.3	424259	183496

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