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Table 378. | Retention of first-time degree-seeking undergraduates at degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, level and control of institution, and percentage of applications accepted: 2006 to 2011 |
Level, control, and percent of applications accepted |
First-time degree-seekers (adjusted entry cohort),1 by entry year |
Students from adjusted cohort returning in the following year |
Percent of first-time undergraduates retained | ||||||||||||
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2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2006 to 2007 | 2007 to 2008 | 2008 to 2009 | 2009 to 2010 | 2010 to 2011 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Full-time student retention | |||||||||||||||
All institutions | 2,171,714 | 2,269,712 | 2,296,305 | 2,386,597 | 2,341,321 | 1,542,175 | 1,619,269 | 1,647,198 | 1,714,013 | 1,679,620 | 71.0 | 71.3 | 71.7 | 71.8 | 71.7 |
Public institutions | 1,524,044 | 1,603,819 | 1,654,779 | 1,743,668 | 1,698,663 | 1,072,644 | 1,132,790 | 1,167,180 | 1,229,276 | 1,192,769 | 70.4 | 70.6 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 70.2 |
Nonprofit institutions | 466,139 | 477,369 | 476,153 | 478,708 | 487,864 | 369,084 | 375,721 | 378,111 | 381,423 | 389,217 | 79.2 | 78.7 | 79.4 | 79.7 | 79.8 |
For-profit institutions | 181,531 | 188,524 | 165,373 | 164,221 | 154,794 | 100,447 | 110,758 | 101,907 | 103,314 | 97,634 | 55.3 | 58.8 | 61.6 | 62.9 | 63.1 |
4-year institutions | 1,458,731 | 1,505,161 | 1,511,976 | 1,465,669 | 1,461,703 | 1,115,529 | 1,152,921 | 1,176,973 | 1,153,975 | 1,152,644 | 76.5 | 76.6 | 77.8 | 78.7 | 78.9 |
Public institutions | 912,401 | 936,000 | 973,089 | 945,951 | 941,098 | 711,490 | 732,384 | 765,163 | 751,623 | 746,633 | 78.0 | 78.2 | 78.6 | 79.5 | 79.3 |
Open admissions | 62,724 | 60,815 | 81,559 | 47,943 | 43,261 | 38,839 | 38,724 | 52,988 | 30,079 | 26,633 | 61.9 | 63.7 | 65.0 | 62.7 | 61.6 |
90 percent or more accepted | 68,835 | 66,114 | 58,002 | 60,147 | 74,731 | 49,274 | 46,731 | 39,851 | 43,654 | 54,244 | 71.6 | 70.7 | 68.7 | 72.6 | 72.6 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 244,177 | 237,913 | 213,388 | 213,441 | 205,404 | 185,457 | 180,287 | 164,559 | 164,061 | 158,677 | 76.0 | 75.8 | 77.1 | 76.9 | 77.3 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 417,093 | 439,824 | 473,007 | 468,817 | 469,055 | 336,199 | 356,969 | 382,451 | 380,473 | 379,448 | 80.6 | 81.2 | 80.9 | 81.2 | 80.9 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 103,118 | 107,824 | 127,960 | 134,042 | 131,782 | 88,908 | 90,123 | 108,601 | 114,477 | 112,006 | 86.2 | 83.6 | 84.9 | 85.4 | 85.0 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 7,716 | 10,223 | 13,479 | 14,326 | 13,996 | 7,048 | 9,479 | 12,785 | 13,649 | 13,302 | 91.3 | 92.7 | 94.9 | 95.3 | 95.0 |
Information not available | 8,738 | 13,287 | 5,694 | 7,235 | 2,869 | 5,765 | 10,071 | 3,928 | 5,230 | 2,323 | 66.0 | 75.8 | 69.0 | 72.3 | 81.0 |
Nonprofit institutions | 457,566 | 468,955 | 468,220 | 470,748 | 476,912 | 363,760 | 370,740 | 373,352 | 376,726 | 382,520 | 79.5 | 79.1 | 79.7 | 80.0 | 80.2 |
Open admissions | 26,679 | 26,571 | 24,220 | 22,613 | 22,861 | 16,116 | 15,227 | 16,499 | 14,349 | 14,330 | 60.4 | 57.3 | 68.1 | 63.5 | 62.7 |
90 percent or more accepted | 13,684 | 16,008 | 16,738 | 15,066 | 13,922 | 9,549 | 11,249 | 11,899 | 10,898 | 9,720 | 69.8 | 70.3 | 71.1 | 72.3 | 69.8 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 102,218 | 93,360 | 81,056 | 80,332 | 80,816 | 78,495 | 71,066 | 61,725 | 62,246 | 62,865 | 76.8 | 76.1 | 76.2 | 77.5 | 77.8 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 190,079 | 196,121 | 210,894 | 218,136 | 224,992 | 148,781 | 152,948 | 164,566 | 170,310 | 176,699 | 78.3 | 78.0 | 78.0 | 78.1 | 78.5 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 93,560 | 100,121 | 98,546 | 98,239 | 92,996 | 81,880 | 86,755 | 84,760 | 84,926 | 79,847 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 86.0 | 86.4 | 85.9 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 26,696 | 28,631 | 32,190 | 32,980 | 38,926 | 25,639 | 27,621 | 30,570 | 31,790 | 37,386 | 96.0 | 96.5 | 95.0 | 96.4 | 96.0 |
Information not available | 4,650 | 8,143 | 4,576 | 3,382 | 2,399 | 3,300 | 5,874 | 3,333 | 2,207 | 1,673 | 71.0 | 72.1 | 72.8 | 65.3 | 69.7 |
For-profit institutions | 88,764 | 100,206 | 70,667 | 48,970 | 43,693 | 40,279 | 49,797 | 38,458 | 25,626 | 23,491 | 45.4 | 49.7 | 54.4 | 52.3 | 53.8 |
Open admissions | 45,273 | 46,801 | 20,894 | 16,997 | 16,350 | 18,735 | 22,723 | 12,459 | 9,329 | 8,990 | 41.4 | 48.6 | 59.6 | 54.9 | 55.0 |
90 percent or more accepted | 6,285 | 5,347 | 4,632 | 3,713 | 2,900 | 3,454 | 2,764 | 2,465 | 1,301 | 1,524 | 55.0 | 51.7 | 53.2 | 35.0 | 52.6 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 3,703 | 6,157 | 6,384 | 3,224 | 2,428 | 2,081 | 3,129 | 3,085 | 1,549 | 1,284 | 56.2 | 50.8 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 52.9 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 12,845 | 19,724 | 8,874 | 15,929 | 10,122 | 6,536 | 10,249 | 5,602 | 8,243 | 5,443 | 50.9 | 52.0 | 63.1 | 51.7 | 53.8 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 18,142 | 18,118 | 28,288 | 6,098 | 7,214 | 8,036 | 8,672 | 14,094 | 3,423 | 3,942 | 44.3 | 47.9 | 49.8 | 56.1 | 54.6 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | † | † | † | † | † |
Information not available | 2,516 | 4,059 | 1,595 | 3,009 | 4,679 | 1,437 | 2,260 | 753 | 1,781 | 2,308 | 57.1 | 55.7 | 47.2 | 59.2 | 49.3 |
2-year institutions | 712,983 | 764,551 | 784,329 | 920,928 | 879,618 | 426,646 | 466,348 | 470,225 | 560,038 | 526,976 | 59.8 | 61.0 | 60.0 | 60.8 | 59.9 |
Public institutions | 611,643 | 667,819 | 681,690 | 797,717 | 757,565 | 361,154 | 400,406 | 402,017 | 477,653 | 446,136 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 59.9 | 58.9 |
Nonprofit institutions | 8,573 | 8,414 | 7,933 | 7,960 | 10,952 | 5,324 | 4,981 | 4,759 | 4,697 | 6,697 | 62.1 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 61.1 |
For-profit institutions | 92,767 | 88,318 | 94,706 | 115,251 | 111,101 | 60,168 | 60,961 | 63,449 | 77,688 | 74,143 | 64.9 | 69.0 | 67.0 | 67.4 | 66.7 |
Part-time student retention | |||||||||||||||
All institutions | 463,234 | 532,827 | 519,619 | 551,181 | 545,227 | 191,586 | 219,857 | 210,836 | 231,593 | 228,460 | 41.4 | 41.3 | 40.6 | 42.0 | 41.9 |
Public institutions | 419,006 | 475,209 | 477,242 | 502,825 | 497,707 | 171,746 | 194,321 | 192,225 | 211,093 | 210,585 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 40.3 | 42.0 | 42.3 |
Nonprofit institutions | 14,585 | 14,414 | 11,213 | 10,369 | 9,861 | 7,018 | 6,523 | 5,477 | 4,899 | 4,360 | 48.1 | 45.3 | 48.8 | 47.2 | 44.2 |
For-profit institutions | 29,643 | 43,204 | 31,164 | 37,987 | 37,659 | 12,822 | 19,013 | 13,134 | 15,601 | 13,515 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 41.1 | 35.9 |
4-year institutions | 82,367 | 95,410 | 97,051 | 73,376 | 69,350 | 38,257 | 43,441 | 45,678 | 32,720 | 29,048 | 46.4 | 45.5 | 47.1 | 44.6 | 41.9 |
Public institutions | 48,353 | 48,190 | 63,932 | 34,504 | 29,922 | 23,631 | 23,006 | 31,910 | 17,240 | 15,361 | 48.9 | 47.7 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 51.3 |
Open admissions | 20,223 | 20,645 | 38,295 | 9,470 | 6,318 | 8,298 | 9,122 | 17,982 | 3,852 | 2,626 | 41.0 | 44.2 | 47.0 | 40.7 | 41.6 |
90 percent or more accepted | 3,745 | 3,450 | 2,707 | 3,735 | 4,930 | 1,909 | 1,667 | 1,205 | 1,861 | 2,784 | 51.0 | 48.3 | 44.5 | 49.8 | 56.5 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 8,969 | 8,145 | 7,476 | 6,504 | 5,650 | 4,196 | 3,818 | 3,872 | 3,277 | 2,856 | 46.8 | 46.9 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 50.5 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 11,599 | 12,236 | 11,969 | 11,496 | 10,667 | 6,766 | 6,245 | 6,649 | 6,131 | 5,699 | 58.3 | 51.0 | 55.6 | 53.3 | 53.4 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 3,373 | 3,023 | 3,084 | 3,125 | 2,262 | 2,223 | 1,866 | 1,992 | 2,023 | 1,330 | 65.9 | 61.7 | 64.6 | 64.7 | 58.8 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 65 | 44 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 50 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 76.9 | 77.3 | 81.0 | 79.5 | 81.4 |
Information not available | 379 | 647 | 359 | 130 | 52 | 189 | 254 | 176 | 61 | 31 | 49.9 | 39.3 | 49.0 | 46.9 | 59.6 |
Nonprofit institutions | 12,828 | 12,886 | 9,883 | 9,609 | 9,110 | 6,045 | 5,614 | 4,772 | 4,499 | 3,992 | 47.1 | 43.6 | 48.3 | 46.8 | 43.8 |
Open admissions | 5,446 | 5,330 | 3,369 | 3,821 | 3,949 | 2,579 | 2,306 | 1,504 | 1,693 | 1,614 | 47.4 | 43.3 | 44.6 | 44.3 | 40.9 |
90 percent or more accepted | 523 | 1,272 | 971 | 393 | 478 | 237 | 434 | 421 | 199 | 180 | 45.3 | 34.1 | 43.4 | 50.6 | 37.7 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 2,459 | 2,132 | 1,307 | 1,177 | 951 | 1,047 | 895 | 633 | 558 | 456 | 42.6 | 42.0 | 48.4 | 47.4 | 47.9 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 3,131 | 2,899 | 2,016 | 3,256 | 2,955 | 1,406 | 1,307 | 1,029 | 1,531 | 1,333 | 44.9 | 45.1 | 51.0 | 47.0 | 45.1 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 853 | 917 | 1,963 | 712 | 647 | 452 | 478 | 1,016 | 366 | 319 | 53.0 | 52.1 | 51.8 | 51.4 | 49.3 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 112 | 94 | 78 | 93 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 70 | 78 | 67 | 76.8 | 89.4 | 89.7 | 83.9 | 79.8 |
Information not available | 304 | 242 | 179 | 157 | 46 | 238 | 110 | 99 | 74 | 23 | 78.3 | 45.5 | 55.3 | 47.1 | 50.0 |
For-profit institutions | 21,186 | 34,334 | 23,236 | 29,263 | 30,318 | 8,581 | 14,821 | 8,996 | 10,981 | 9,695 | 40.5 | 43.2 | 38.7 | 37.5 | 32.0 |
Open admissions | 10,515 | 20,602 | 10,933 | 10,996 | 13,052 | 4,105 | 9,896 | 4,296 | 4,333 | 4,767 | 39.0 | 48.0 | 39.3 | 39.4 | 36.5 |
90 percent or more accepted | 2,212 | 1,616 | 3,518 | 1,375 | 2,549 | 639 | 735 | 1,037 | 379 | 569 | 28.9 | 45.5 | 29.5 | 27.6 | 22.3 |
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 2,838 | 2,702 | 2,057 | 3,151 | 2,407 | 1,342 | 959 | 697 | 1,093 | 527 | 47.3 | 35.5 | 33.9 | 34.7 | 21.9 |
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 2,774 | 4,360 | 3,686 | 4,661 | 6,237 | 1,134 | 1,399 | 1,707 | 2,283 | 1,996 | 40.9 | 32.1 | 46.3 | 49.0 | 32.0 |
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 2,033 | 3,185 | 2,584 | 1,099 | 1,826 | 627 | 951 | 1,116 | 342 | 583 | 30.8 | 29.9 | 43.2 | 31.1 | 31.9 |
Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 0 | 170 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 22 | 0 | 0 | † | 39.4 | 45.8 | † | † |
Information not available | 814 | 1,699 | 410 | 7,981 | 4,247 | 734 | 814 | 121 | 2,551 | 1,253 | 90.2 | 47.9 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 29.5 |
2-year institutions | 380,867 | 437,417 | 422,568 | 477,805 | 475,877 | 153,329 | 176,416 | 165,158 | 198,873 | 199,412 | 40.3 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 41.6 | 41.9 |
Public institutions | 370,653 | 427,019 | 413,310 | 468,321 | 467,785 | 148,115 | 171,315 | 160,315 | 193,853 | 195,224 | 40.0 | 40.1 | 38.8 | 41.4 | 41.7 |
Nonprofit institutions | 1,757 | 1,528 | 1,330 | 760 | 751 | 973 | 909 | 705 | 400 | 368 | 55.4 | 59.5 | 53.0 | 52.6 | 49.0 |
For-profit institutions | 8,457 | 8,870 | 7,928 | 8,724 | 7,341 | 4,241 | 4,192 | 4,138 | 4,620 | 3,820 | 50.1 | 47.3 | 52.2 | 53.0 | 52.0 |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||
1 Adjusted student counts exclude students who died or were totally and permanently disabled, served in the armed forces (including those called to active duty), served with a foreign aid service of the federal government (e.g., Peace Corps), or served on official church missions. | |||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2008 and Spring 2011, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared November 2012.) |