Persistence & Retention
…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…
Completing College
…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…
Undergraduate Degree Earners
…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…
Current Term Enrollment Estimates
…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…
Persistence and Retention – 2025 Appendix (XLSX)
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…
Persistence and Retention – 2024 Appendix (XLSX)
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…
Stay Informed
…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…
Undergraduate Degree Earners – 2024 Appendix (XLSX)
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…
COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress
…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,…
Yearly Success and Progress Rates
…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…
Persistence and Retention – 2022 Appendix (XLSX)
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students.
Persistence and Retention – 2021 Appendix (XLSX)
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students.
Tracking Transfer
Latest six-year baccalaureate degree completion rate for transfer students from two- to four-year institutions is reported for the 2016 cohort of first-time degree-seeking students, analyzed by student demographics and institutional…
Some College, No Credential
…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,…
Undergraduate Degree Earners – 2023 (PDF)
Insights into undergraduate credential earners in the 2021-22 academic year by demographic and educational profiles….