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	18,749	10,110	57.8	14,193	8,210	41.7	4,556	1,900
Alaska	.	0	0	.	0	0	.	0	0
Arizona	51.9	23,633	12,257	62.3	12,310	7,672	40.5	11,323	4,585
Arkansas	54.9	8,372	4,597	58.7	6,347	3,728	42.9	2,025	869
California	59.5	188,609	112,313	72.3	97,430	70,439	45.9	91,179	41,874
Colorado	53.5	5,776	3,091	59.9	3,317	1,988	44.9	2,459	1,103
Connecticut	53.8	9,406	5,065	59.6	5,447	3,247	45.9	3,959	1,818
Delaware	.	0	0	.	0	0	.	0	0
Florida	56.5	5,381	3,042	60.0	3,560	2,137	49.7	1,821	905
Georgia	53.7	19,646	10,542	60.0	8,977	5,388	48.3	10,669	5,154
Hawaii	54.0	3,650	1,970	60.7	2,446	1,485	40.3	1,204	485
Idaho	50.2	3,568	1,792	55.6	2,189	1,216	41.8	1,379	576
Illinois	60.4	39,057	23,588	66.5	27,692	18,425	45.4	11,365	5,163
Indiana	48.1	9,363	4,501	51.5	4,803	2,472	44.5	4,560	2,029
Iowa	54.0	14,976	8,089	59.6	11,211	6,677	37.5	3,765	1,412
Kansas	54.3	14,183	7,702	59.6	10,709	6,387	37.9	3,474	1,315
Kentucky	53.3	11,845	6,312	59.4	7,992	4,748	40.6	3,853	1,564
Louisiana	47.8	11,647	5,565	51.6	8,676	4,474	36.7	2,971	1,091
Maine	53.6	3,157	1,691	56.8	2,295	1,304	44.9	862	387
Maryland	56.9	21,289	12,110	64.2	12,225	7,843	47.1	9,064	4,267
Massachusetts	53.5	17,494	9,357	59.2	10,318	6,104	45.3	7,176	3,253
Michigan	52.6	24,271	12,766	60.2	12,335	7,425	44.7	11,936	5,341
Minnesota	54.2	17,278	9,364	57.7	11,999	6,923	46.2	5,279	2,441
Mississippi	59.9	17,410	10,426	62.7	15,884	9,955	30.9	1,526	471
Missouri	55.4	19,151	10,604	61.7	14,457	8,917	35.9	4,694	1,687
Montana	51.0	1,373	700	54.4	1,096	596	37.5	277	104
Nebraska	56.1	5,215	2,927	61.3	3,831	2,350	41.7	1,384	577
Nevada	.	0	0	.	0	0	.	0	0
New Hampshire	56.6	2,844	1,609	59.8	1,722	1,030	51.6	1,122	579
New Jersey	61.0	30,640	18,695	65.2	23,255	15,167	47.8	7,385	3,528
New Mexico	54.2	10,412	5,640	63.0	6,585	4,151	38.9	3,827	1,489
New York	58.1	57,914	33,620	60.0	51,754	31,033	42.0	6,160	2,587
North Carolina	54.2	33,453	18,119	61.0	19,531	11,908	44.6	13,922	6,211
North Dakota	61.2	1,465	897	64.2	1,331	854	32.1	134	43
Ohio	50.3	21,183	10,654	55.1	12,205	6,723	43.8	8,978	3,931
Oklahoma	47.7	11,968	5,709	52.3	7,539	3,940	39.9	4,429	1,769
Oregon	51.6	15,709	8,101	58.3	9,764	5,697	40.4	5,945	2,404
Pennsylvania	52.1	25,908	13,495	59.0	14,481	8,541	43.4	11,427	4,954
Rhode Island	59.8	2,453	1,466	66.4	1,653	1,097	46.1	800	369
South Carolina	46.3	17,998	8,335	51.8	12,618	6,533	33.5	5,380	1,802
South Dakota	72.9	1,875	1,366	74.1	1,743	1,292	56.1	132	74
Tennessee	50.3	21,415	10,772	51.3	18,912	9,694	43.1	2,503	1,078
Texas	53.3	110,008	58,679	59.4	55,753	33,144	47.1	54,255	25,535
Utah	51.4	4,394	2,258	59.7	2,064	1,233	44.0	2,330	1,025
Vermont	39.8	723	288	53.3	212	113	34.2	511	175
Virginia	57.3	27,740	15,902	65.1	16,840	10,970	45.2	10,900	4,932
Washington	54.2	3,796	2,057	58.9	2,607	1,535	43.9	1,189	522
West Virginia	49.7	2,743	1,363	52.2	2,272	1,186	37.6	471	177
Wisconsin	56.8	11,013	6,258	61.0	5,391	3,290	52.8	5,622	2,968
Wyoming	55.0	3,313	1,822	61.7	2,713	1,673	24.8	600	149
Nation	55.4	933,466	517,586	61.9	582,684	360,914	44.7	350,782	156,672

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