by NSC Research Center | Dec 2, 2025
…journey toward completion with an in-depth analysis of six-and eight-year cohort completion rates. In this report, completion is defined as graduating with an undergraduate certificate, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree….
by NSC Research Center | Jun 26, 2025 | 2024, National, Persistence, Postsecondary, Snapshot Report
…persistence and retention. Among Fall 2023 starters, first spring persistence was 67.4 percent for part-time students, compared to 92.1 percent for their full-time peers. Similarly, second fall persistence was 53.2…
by NSC Research Center | Nov 29, 2023 | 2023, Completions, National, Postsecondary, Signature Report, State
…enrolling full-time or part-time at two-year or four-year institutions, and completing at any U.S. degree-granting institution. The results include those who complete after transfer, not just completions at the starting…
by NSC Research Center | Apr 10, 2025 | 2025, Completions, National, Postsecondary, Undergraduate Degree Earners Report
…a bachelor’s degree as their highest undergraduate award, 25.1 percent (821,400) earned an associate degree, and 16.1 percent (525,200) earned an undergraduate certificate. The total number of undergraduate degree earners…
by NSC Research Center | May 22, 2025 | 2025, Current Enrollment, Current Term Enrollment Estimates, National, Postsecondary
…coverage. Postsecondary institutions actively submitting enrollment data to the Clearinghouse account for 97 percent of the total enrollments at Title IV, degree-granting institutions in the U.S. The dashboard-based report allows…
by NSC Research Center | Jun 16, 2025
The Persistence and Retention report series helps institutions understand first-year college persistence and retention patterns, both into the second fall and the first spring, and identify disparities across different student…
by NSC Research Center | Jun 24, 2024
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students. Persistence rate is measured by the percentage of students who return to college at…
by NSC Research Center | Oct 23, 2024 | 2024, Enrollment Trends, National
…impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on postsecondary enrollments. The report’s dashboards continue to be updated within the first two months of every fall term to provide preliminary but timely enrollment…
by NSC Research Center | Apr 9, 2024
The Undergraduate Degree Earners Report provides a demographic and education credential profile for all students who graduate with an undergraduate-level credential, encompassing undergraduate certificates and associate and bachelor’s degrees. In…
by NSC Research Center | Sep 13, 2022 | 2022, National, Postsecondary, Progress, Transfers
…one term after transferring declined across the board and remained below pre-pandemic levels. Year 2, however, showed signs of recovery among younger students (20 or younger), men, bachelor’s degree-seeking students,…
by NSC Research Center | Apr 4, 2023 | 2023, National, Postsecondary, Progress, Snapshot Report, State
…entry, broken out by the type of starting institution and enrollment intensity at entry (full-time vs. part-time). Results do not account for enrollment intensity changes after entry. The outcome categories…
by NSC Research Center | Jun 27, 2022
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students.
by NSC Research Center | Nov 1, 2021
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students.
by NSC Research Center | Jun 4, 2025 | 2025, National, Postsecondary, Progress, Signature Report
…without receiving a postsecondary credential has become a key objective for most states as they pursue postsecondary attainment goals. To achieve this, accurate and timely information about this Some College,…
by NSC Research Center | Mar 15, 2023
Insights into undergraduate credential earners in the 2021-22 academic year by demographic and educational profiles….