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	52.8	19528	10318	56.3	15294	8615	40.2	4234	1703
Alaska	40.0	30	12	45.0	20	9	30.0	10	3
Arizona	51.7	29114	15055	62.3	14865	9266	40.6	14249	5789
Arkansas	51.6	8805	4542	55.2	6714	3708	39.9	2091	834
California	56.6	238890	135206	70.0	114986	80519	44.1	123904	54687
Colorado	47.3	11283	5338	55.4	5362	2968	40.0	5921	2370
Connecticut	54.9	9902	5437	61.0	5980	3650	45.6	3922	1787
Delaware	53.3	2697	1438	60.6	1867	1132	36.9	830	306
Florida	56.0	8447	4734	60.4	5678	3431	47.1	2769	1303
Georgia	51.4	21879	11237	56.7	10766	6106	46.2	11113	5131
Hawaii	54.9	4501	2472	61.0	2999	1829	42.8	1502	643
Idaho	47.9	3240	1553	55.0	1955	1075	37.2	1285	478
Illinois	56.5	41333	23355	62.6	28564	17889	42.8	12769	5466
Indiana	41.9	14141	5930	47.5	6577	3125	37.1	7564	2805
Iowa	55.2	15637	8632	59.0	12114	7147	42.2	3523	1485
Kansas	52.8	13991	7383	57.8	10573	6115	37.1	3418	1268
Kentucky	49.4	12572	6216	55.8	8513	4752	36.1	4059	1464
Louisiana	48.1	14060	6767	51.0	9826	5010	41.5	4234	1757
Maine	56.3	3156	1778	59.4	2197	1305	49.3	959	473
Maryland	56.3	23919	13462	64.3	13505	8687	45.9	10414	4775
Massachusetts	53.9	19562	10535	58.4	11717	6846	47.0	7845	3689
Michigan	49.6	29175	14466	57.2	15397	8800	41.1	13778	5666
Minnesota	53.2	18220	9697	58.4	12088	7063	43.0	6132	2634
Mississippi	56.3	17650	9929	60.0	15337	9209	31.1	2313	720
Missouri	50.9	21067	10722	56.2	15369	8642	36.5	5698	2080
Montana	48.8	1528	745	51.7	1202	621	38.0	326	124
Nebraska	53.8	5948	3198	59.7	4368	2609	37.3	1580	589
Nevada	54.2	1412	765	65.9	642	423	44.4	770	342
New Hampshire	54.9	3276	1799	60.5	1933	1169	46.9	1343	630
New Jersey	58.4	34830	20345	63.2	26316	16632	43.6	8514	3713
New Mexico	52.7	9277	4891	59.2	6258	3706	39.3	3019	1185
New York	60.1	63994	38454	62.0	56300	34928	45.8	7694	3526
North Carolina	51.4	39585	20353	58.2	22122	12878	42.8	17463	7475
North Dakota	62.8	1321	830	64.5	1227	792	40.4	94	38
Ohio	46.6	24543	11435	53.1	14025	7441	38.0	10518	3994
Oklahoma	49.0	12882	6317	55.5	8624	4783	36.0	4258	1534
Oregon	48.0	12555	6023	55.2	7038	3883	38.8	5517	2140
Pennsylvania	51.9	28687	14887	58.9	15738	9274	43.3	12949	5613
Rhode Island	56.6	2873	1626	63.2	1562	987	48.7	1311	639
South Carolina	46.8	19207	8994	51.1	12950	6619	38.0	6257	2375
South Dakota	72.3	1693	1224	72.8	1556	1132	67.2	137	92
Tennessee	50.4	17396	8767	54.4	13048	7098	38.4	4348	1669
Texas	52.3	117477	61441	58.0	61310	35580	46.0	56167	25861
Utah	44.9	2810	1263	52.1	1206	628	39.6	1604	635
Vermont	42.1	870	366	50.6	235	119	38.9	635	247
Virginia	56.0	30545	17111	64.6	18820	12153	42.3	11725	4958
Washington	57.8	8402	4854	61.5	6618	4068	44.1	1784	786
West Virginia	47.5	3123	1482	50.3	2561	1287	34.7	562	195
Wisconsin	58.0	14813	8585	60.8	8585	5216	54.1	6228	3369
Wyoming	57.9	2813	1628	63.2	2344	1482	31.1	469	146
Nation	53.9	1064659	573597	60.9	644851	392406	43.2	419808	181191

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