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	53.9	18,764	10,117	57.8	14,208	8,217	41.7	4,556	1,900
Alaska	69.9	282	197	70.1	281	197	0.0	1	0
Arizona	53.0	25,693	13,630	63.1	14,191	8,948	40.7	11,502	4,682
Arkansas	54.3	8,563	4,650	58.1	6,496	3,775	42.3	2,067	875
California	59.8	193,288	115,606	72.3	101,690	73,549	45.9	91,598	42,057
Colorado	57.6	7,521	4,331	63.8	5,057	3,224	44.9	2,464	1,107
Connecticut	53.8	9,406	5,065	59.6	5,447	3,247	45.9	3,959	1,818
Delaware	67.9	53	36	69.2	52	36	0.0	1	0
Florida	67.9	13,810	9,374	70.6	11,775	8,319	51.8	2,035	1,055
Georgia	54.6	21,614	11,793	60.9	10,784	6,567	48.3	10,830	5,226
Hawaii	53.4	3,830	2,044	59.4	2,626	1,559	40.3	1,204	485
Idaho	50.4	3,601	1,814	55.7	2,222	1,238	41.8	1,379	576
Illinois	60.4	39,720	24,004	66.4	28,354	18,841	45.4	11,366	5,163
Indiana	49.7	10,393	5,162	53.6	5,801	3,110	44.7	4,592	2,052
Iowa	54.0	14,988	8,095	59.6	11,220	6,683	37.5	3,768	1,412
Kansas	54.3	14,351	7,788	59.5	10,877	6,473	37.9	3,474	1,315
Kentucky	53.4	11,922	6,370	59.6	8,069	4,806	40.6	3,853	1,564
Louisiana	47.6	12,702	6,045	51.2	9,655	4,941	36.2	3,047	1,104
Maine	53.7	3,222	1,729	56.9	2,357	1,341	44.9	865	388
Maryland	57.1	21,598	12,339	64.4	12,508	8,056	47.1	9,090	4,283
Massachusetts	53.5	17,604	9,415	59.1	10,337	6,114	45.4	7,267	3,301
Michigan	52.8	24,620	13,009	60.5	12,684	7,668	44.7	11,936	5,341
Minnesota	54.4	17,410	9,465	57.9	12,110	7,013	46.3	5,300	2,452
Mississippi	59.9	17,640	10,558	62.6	16,113	10,086	30.9	1,527	472
Missouri	55.7	19,524	10,868	61.9	14,804	9,171	36.0	4,720	1,697
Montana	53.1	1,439	764	56.6	1,158	656	38.4	281	108
Nebraska	56.2	5,228	2,937	61.4	3,844	2,360	41.7	1,384	577
Nevada	70.4	658	463	70.4	658	463	.	0	0
New Hampshire	56.6	2,844	1,609	59.8	1,722	1,030	51.6	1,122	579
New Jersey	61.2	31,124	19,048	65.4	23,707	15,499	47.8	7,417	3,549
New Mexico	54.4	10,532	5,728	63.2	6,705	4,239	38.9	3,827	1,489
New York	57.6	60,876	35,081	59.4	54,584	32,442	41.9	6,292	2,639
North Carolina	54.1	34,546	18,673	60.6	20,495	12,413	44.6	14,051	6,260
North Dakota	61.2	1,465	897	64.2	1,331	854	32.1	134	43
Ohio	51.3	22,969	11,775	56.1	13,822	7,759	43.9	9,147	4,016
Oklahoma	48.7	12,611	6,140	53.4	8,182	4,371	39.9	4,429	1,769
Oregon	51.6	15,784	8,150	58.4	9,837	5,746	40.4	5,947	2,404
Pennsylvania	53.8	29,701	15,987	60.6	17,913	10,862	43.5	11,788	5,125
Rhode Island	59.8	2,453	1,466	66.4	1,653	1,097	46.1	800	369
South Carolina	46.5	19,142	8,905	51.9	13,519	7,023	33.5	5,623	1,882
South Dakota	72.9	1,875	1,366	74.1	1,743	1,292	56.1	132	74
Tennessee	51.0	22,931	11,698	51.9	20,310	10,551	43.8	2,621	1,147
Texas	54.3	116,146	63,057	60.6	61,855	37,494	47.1	54,291	25,563
Utah	50.9	4,931	2,508	58.4	2,480	1,448	43.2	2,451	1,060
Vermont	39.8	723	288	53.3	212	113	34.2	511	175
Virginia	57.7	28,357	16,355	65.4	17,410	11,389	45.4	10,947	4,966
Washington	56.8	4,207	2,389	61.9	3,018	1,867	43.9	1,189	522
West Virginia	52.3	3,107	1,625	53.1	2,480	1,316	49.3	627	309
Wisconsin	57.1	11,129	6,351	61.4	5,507	3,383	52.8	5,622	2,968
Wyoming	55.7	3,483	1,939	62.1	2,883	1,790	24.8	600	149
Nation	56.0	980,484	548,775	62.3	626,850	390,708	44.7	353,634	158,067

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