by NSC Research Center | Dec 18, 2018 | 2018, Completions, National, Postsecondary, Signature Report
This seventh annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2012. It looks at the various pathways students took toward degree completion, as well as the completion rates...
by NSC Research Center | Dec 13, 2018 | 2018, Current Enrollment, Current Term Enrollment Estimates, National, Postsecondary
Overview In fall 2018, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.7 percent from the previous fall. Figure 1 shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments increased 2.4 percent at...
by NSC Research Center | Oct 24, 2018 | 2018, Benchmarks, High School Benchmarks, National, Secondary
National College Progression Rates for high schools participating in the National Student Clearinghouse StudentTracker service Our sixth annual report provides the most updated data on high school graduates’ college access, persistence, and completion outcomes. The...
by NSC Research Center | Aug 7, 2018 | 2018, National, Postsecondary, Signature Report, Transfers
This third report on transfer and mobility examines multiple transfer pathways for the cohort of students who started postsecondary education in fall 2011. It analyzes student enrollment patterns across different institutions and across state boundaries, including,...
by NSC Research Center | Jun 27, 2018 | 2018, National, Persistence, Postsecondary, Snapshot Report
Of all students who started college in fall 2015, 73.4 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2016, while 61.1 percent were retained at their starting institution. The persistence rate is the percentage of students who return to college at any institution...
by NSC Research Center | May 21, 2018 | 2018, Current Enrollment, Current Term Enrollment Estimates, National, Postsecondary
Overview In spring 2018, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased1.3 percent from the previous spring. Figure1 shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments decreased among four-year...
by NSC Research Center | Mar 19, 2018 | 2018, National, Postsecondary, Progress, Snapshot Report
This snapshot goes beyond traditional measures of postsecondary attainment by tracking the fall 2011 entering cohort over time, and showing persistence, stop-out, and completion rates at the end of each subsequent academic year. The model tracks outcomes for both...
by NSC Research Center | Feb 27, 2018 | 2018, Completions, Postsecondary, Signature Report, State
In the state supplement to our sixth annual report on national college completion rates, we take a state-by-state look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2011. Download Report (pdf) Results Data Tables (xlsx) Appendix A...
by NSC Research Center | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018, Completions, National, Postsecondary, Undergraduate Degree Earners Report
First-Time Graduates and Graduates with Prior Awards The number of students earning their first undergraduate degree in 2016-17 (first-time graduates) was 2,232,069, a slight decrease of 0.3 percent compared to 2015-16 (Figure 1). In contrast, the number of graduates...
