First-Year Retention:
Retention Rates - First-Time College Freshmen Returning Their Second Year

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Download as:	Total Retention Rate, fall 2016	Total adjusted fall 2015 cohort	Students from the total adjusted fall 2015 cohort enrolled in fall 2016	Full-Time Retention Rate, fall 2016	Full-time adjusted fall 2015 cohort	Students from the full-time adjusted fall 2015 cohort enrolled in fall 2016	Part-Time Retention Rate, fall 2016	Part-time adjusted fall 2015 cohort	Students from the part-time adjusted fall 2015 cohort enrolled in fall 2016
Alabama	79.6	24,841	19,779	80.5	24,292	19,543	43.0	549	236
Alaska	67.4	1,765	1,189	71.1	1,468	1,044	48.8	297	145
Arizona	79.1	25,147	19,890	81.1	23,092	18,730	56.4	2,055	1,160
Arkansas	73.0	14,429	10,527	73.5	14,163	10,406	45.5	266	121
California	87.1	107,266	93,431	87.6	105,224	92,199	60.3	2,042	1,232
Colorado	77.4	24,426	18,909	78.7	23,421	18,434	47.3	1,005	475
Connecticut	83.7	9,791	8,198	84.1	9,704	8,157	47.1	87	41
Delaware	88.0	4,995	4,398	88.2	4,979	4,389	56.3	16	9
Florida	85.9	42,109	36,162	87.0	40,069	34,846	64.5	2,040	1,316
Georgia	78.9	38,299	30,218	80.0	36,925	29,530	50.1	1,374	688
Hawaii	74.8	2,537	1,898	75.1	2,462	1,850	64.0	75	48
Idaho	72.2	5,820	4,204	74.0	5,520	4,084	40.0	300	120
Illinois	79.2	25,173	19,933	79.5	24,951	19,848	38.3	222	85
Indiana	78.8	33,073	26,066	79.4	32,399	25,738	48.7	674	328
Iowa	86.8	13,342	11,576	87.4	12,736	11,127	74.1	606	449
Kansas	78.1	12,594	9,836	78.9	12,218	9,639	52.4	376	197
Kentucky	75.7	18,369	13,906	76.3	18,096	13,805	37.0	273	101
Louisiana	72.1	22,003	15,856	72.7	21,606	15,699	39.5	397	157
Maine	70.5	4,059	2,861	72.0	3,864	2,781	41.0	195	80
Maryland	82.5	15,651	12,907	84.3	15,126	12,744	31.0	525	163
Massachusetts	81.9	16,669	13,655	82.4	16,408	13,522	51.0	261	133
Michigan	82.7	39,907	33,003	83.3	39,050	32,515	56.9	857	488
Minnesota	80.5	16,415	13,210	80.9	16,217	13,114	48.5	198	96
Mississippi	78.0	11,742	9,158	78.3	11,612	9,096	47.7	130	62
Missouri	76.6	21,107	16,161	77.5	20,493	15,876	46.4	614	285
Montana	69.7	5,432	3,784	71.4	4,895	3,495	53.8	537	289
Nebraska	78.3	8,572	6,714	78.8	8,428	6,643	49.3	144	71
Nevada	77.8	7,973	6,204	78.8	7,737	6,100	44.1	236	104
New Hampshire	80.3	5,462	4,384	80.3	5,449	4,376	61.5	13	8
New Jersey	85.6	21,890	18,747	85.9	21,670	18,605	64.5	220	142
New Mexico	73.0	6,840	4,995	73.4	6,763	4,962	42.9	77	33
New York	83.2	42,761	35,568	83.4	42,348	35,298	65.4	413	270
North Carolina	83.7	32,372	27,089	83.8	32,193	26,978	62.0	179	111
North Dakota	76.8	5,344	4,102	77.4	5,215	4,034	52.7	129	68
Ohio	78.4	47,260	37,070	79.1	46,336	36,665	43.8	924	405
Oklahoma	73.7	15,195	11,198	74.4	14,391	10,708	60.9	804	490
Oregon	79.8	11,974	9,558	80.9	11,367	9,199	59.1	607	359
Pennsylvania	82.5	45,113	37,227	82.8	44,741	37,060	44.9	372	167
Rhode Island	80.5	4,122	3,317	80.8	4,072	3,291	52.0	50	26
South Carolina	79.7	18,658	14,869	80.0	18,499	14,805	40.3	159	64
South Dakota	74.5	5,026	3,745	75.6	4,795	3,626	51.5	231	119
Tennessee	75.9	18,612	14,131	76.5	18,230	13,939	50.3	382	192
Texas	77.4	81,012	62,696	77.8	77,053	59,981	68.6	3,959	2,715
Utah	68.5	13,427	9,196	71.7	11,703	8,386	47.0	1,724	810
Vermont	81.4	3,541	2,884	81.6	3,521	2,872	60.0	20	12
Virginia	87.4	33,086	28,919	87.5	32,949	28,841	56.9	137	78
Washington	83.5	19,505	16,296	83.9	19,217	16,125	59.4	288	171
West Virginia	71.7	10,591	7,595	71.9	10,511	7,558	46.3	80	37
Wisconsin	77.6	29,254	22,698	78.7	28,314	22,292	43.2	940	406
Wyoming	76.3	1,686	1,286	76.7	1,668	1,279	38.9	18	7
Nation	80.4	1,046,347	841,259	81.1	1,018,251	825,885	54.7	28,096	15,374

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