Retention and Graduation Rates, All Entering Freshmen      
Fall 1995 to Fall 2000 Entering Classes      
Tracked Through Spring 2001      
       
Table 39      
       
  1ST YR 2ND YR 3RD YR 4TH YR 5TH YR 6TH YR 7TH YR    
Entering Class FA SP FA SP FA SP FA SP FA SP FA SP FA    
Fall 1992, n=1,021                            
Not Enrolled 0.0% 6.9% 20.9% 26.7% 36.6% 37.8% 49.6% 51.7% 56.2% 57.7% 61.0% 61.3% 62.0% 61.8%  
Still Enrolled 100.0% 93.1% 79.1% 73.3% 63.4% 62.2% 49.9% 44.9% 33.6% 24.8% 16.4% 13.3% 9.8% 7.9%  
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 3.5% 10.2% 17.5% 22.6% 25.4% 28.1% 30.2%  
Fall 1994, n=1,664                            
Not Enrolled 0.0% 7.5% 25.4% 31.4% 42.4% 44.9% 52.6% 54.1% 59.3% 59.7% 62.7% 64.1%      
Still Enrolled 100.0% 92.5% 74.6% 68.6% 57.6% 54.9% 47.0% 41.9% 32.4% 24.4% 16.3% 11.6%      
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 4.0% 8.3% 15.9% 21.0% 24.3%      
Fall 1995, n=1,186                            
Not Enrolled 0.0% 13.3% 23.4% 26.2% 37.3% 43.2% 51.3% 51.9% 56.2% 58.1% 60.2% 60.6% 60.6%    
Still Enrolled 100.0% 86.7% 76.6% 73.8% 62.7% 56.8% 48.6% 47.8% 37.1% 29.9% 18.7% 15.1% 9.6%    
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3% 6.7% 12.0% 21.1% 24.3% 29.8%    
Fall 1996, n=1,605                              
Not Enrolled 0.0% 10.2% 25.0% 31.0% 41.9% 45.3% 50.8% 52.5% 56.7% 57.8% 59.7%        
Still Enrolled 100.0% 89.8% 75.0% 69.0% 58.0% 54.6% 48.8% 46.8% 35.9% 30.3% 19.6%        
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 0.7% 7.4% 12.0% 20.7%        
Fall 1997, n=1,765                            
Not Enrolled 0.0% 10.3% 26.4% 31.7% 44.2% 46.8% 52.4% 53.9% 57.0%            
Still Enrolled 100.0% 89.7% 73.6% 68.3% 55.8% 53.2% 47.3% 45.4% 36.4%            
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.7% 6.6%            
Fall 1998, n=1,573                            
Not Enrolled 0.0% 9.5% 26.7% 31.5% 42.7% 45.8% 51.2%                
Still Enrolled 100.0% 90.5% 73.3% 68.5% 57.3% 54.2% 48.8%                
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%                
Fall 1999, n=1,921                              
Not Enrolled 0.0% 10.7% 24.8% 30.0% 40.3%                    
Still Enrolled 100.0% 89.3% 75.2% 70.0% 59.7%                    
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%                    
Fall 2000, n=1,823                              
Not Enrolled 0.0% 8.8% 23.5%                        
Still Enrolled 100.0% 91.2% 76.5%                        
Graduated 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%                        
                               
Source: Institutional Research tracking files.      
                               
                               
                               
*In the following chart, freshman year retention rate is the percent of new freshmen who return for their second fall semester.