Data Tables

Web Tables—Six-Year Attainment, Persistence, Transfer, Retention, and Withdrawal Rates of Students Who Began Postsecondary Education in 2003-04

NCES
Data Owner(s):
Paul Skomsvold, Alexandria Walton Radford, and Lutz Berkner
Data access:
Public-use data
Study/Program:
BPS - Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study
Release date:
July 2011
Data weighted:
No
Data part of a series:
No
Publication number:
NCES 2011152

Summary

These Web Tables present data on the enrollment experiences of a nationally representative sample of 2003–04 first-time postsecondary students over a period of 6 academic years, from 2003–04 to 2008–09. Tables include students' certificate or degree attainment and persistence at their first institution and at any institution; withdrawal from both first institution and from postsecondary education without a degree or certificate; characteristics of first transfer among students who transferred; and 4-, 5-, and 6-year bachelor's degree completion rates. Results are shown by students' demographics, enrollment characteristics, and persistence risk factors.

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