Retention Patterns of First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen

Fall 1997 - Fall 2011

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Fall	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Freshmen	1,089	1,077	1,238	1,351	1,429	1,276	1,310	1,396	1,313	1,516	1,333	1,288	1,237	1,248	1,319
Returning after 1 yr	777	753	901	1004	989	914	948	1046	1,017	1,093	1,032	1,027	967	943
% freshmen returning	71.3%	69.9%	72.8%	74.3%	69.2%	71.6%	72.4%	74.9%	77.5%	72.1%	77.4%	79.7%	78.2%	75.6%
Returning after 2 yrs	588	605	696	750	784	721	753	850	812	883	835	865	804
% freshmen returning	54.0%	56.2%	56.2%	55.5%	54.9%	56.5%	57.5%	60.9%	61.8%	58.2%	62.6%	67.2%	65.0%
Returning after 3 yrs	517	534	590	634	719	613	681	763	726	819	776	809
% freshmen returning	47.5%	49.6%	47.7%	46.9%	50.3%	48.0%	52.0%	54.7%	55.3%	54.0%	58.2%	62.8%
Returning after 4 yrs	319	345	409	441	502	436	480	480	495	514	488
% freshmen returning	29.3%	32.0%	33.0%	32.6%	35.1%	34.2%	36.6%	34.4%	37.7%	33.9%	36.6%
Returning after 5 yrs	118	104	139	169	153	153	137	140	151	139
% freshmen returning	10.8%	9.7%	11.2%	12.5%	10.7%	12.0%	10.5%	10.0%	11.5%	9.2%
Returning after 6 yrs	46	51	69	79	59	61	64	58	66
% freshmen returning	4.2%	4.7%	5.6%	5.8%	4.1%	4.8%	4.9%	4.2%	5.0%
Returning after 7 yrs	27	29	36	42	31	25	48	33
% freshmen returning	2.5%	2.7%	2.9%	3.1%	2.2%	2.0%	3.7%	2.4%
Returning after 8 yrs	16	28	27	27	19	24	33
% freshmen returning	1.5%	2.6%	2.2%	2.0%	1.3%	1.9%	2.5%