Retention Patterns of First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen

Fall 1999 - Fall 2012

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Fall	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Freshmen	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	1,360
Returning after 1 yr	901	1,004	989	914	948	1,046	1,017	1,093	1,032	1,027	967	943	962
% freshmen returning	72.8%	74.3%	69.2%	71.6%	72.4%	74.9%	77.5%	72.1%	77.4%	79.7%	78.2%	75.6%	72.9%
Returning after 2 yrs	696	750	784	721	753	850	812	883	835	865	804	794
% freshmen returning	56.2%	55.5%	54.9%	56.5%	57.5%	60.9%	61.8%	58.2%	62.6%	67.2%	65.0%	63.6%
Returning after 3 yrs	590	634	719	613	681	763	726	819	776	809	741
% freshmen returning	47.7%	46.9%	50.3%	48.0%	52.0%	54.7%	55.3%	54.0%	58.2%	62.8%	59.9%
Returning after 4 yrs	409	441	502	436	480	480	495	514	488	468
% freshmen returning	33.0%	32.6%	35.1%	34.2%	36.6%	34.4%	37.7%	33.9%	36.6%	36.3%
Returning after 5 yrs	139	169	153	153	137	140	151	139	138
% freshmen returning	11.2%	12.5%	10.7%	12.0%	10.5%	10.0%	11.5%	9.2%	10.4%
Returning after 6 yrs	69	79	59	61	64	58	66	60
% freshmen returning	5.6%	5.8%	4.1%	4.8%	4.9%	4.2%	5.0%	4.0%
Returning after 7 yrs	36	42	31	25	48	33	30
% freshmen returning	2.9%	3.1%	2.2%	2.0%	3.7%	2.4%	2.3%
Returning after 8 yrs	27	27	19	24	33	17
% freshmen returning	2.2%	2.0%	1.3%	1.9%	2.5%	1.2%