by NSC Research Center | Jul 26, 2023
Persistence and Retention – 2023 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...
by NSC Research Center | Jan 16, 2024 | 2024, Completions, National, PDP, Postsecondary
The PDP Insights report focuses on students’ first year credit completion ratio (CCR) and credit accumulation rate (CAR). These early momentum measures can offer insights into students’ progression toward degree completion and provide indicators of when and where gaps in ultimate degree attainment between groups may begin.
by NSC Research Center | Jun 27, 2022
Persistence and Retention - 2022 (PDF) Seventy-five percent of students who started college in the first fall of the COVID-19 pandemic returned for their second year. This persistence rate represents a one-year increase of 1.1 percentage points but has yet to recover...
by NSC Research Center | Feb 1, 2023
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Fall 2022 Appendix (XLSX) Fall undergraduate enrollment has begun to stabilize in 2022, contracting only by 0.6 percent or about 94,000 students, compared to fall 2021. However, postsecondary enrollment remains well below...
by NSC Research Center | Feb 1, 2023
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Fall 2022 Appendix (XLSX) Fall undergraduate enrollment has begun to stabilize in 2022, contracting only by 0.6 percent or about 94,000 students, compared to fall 2021. However, postsecondary enrollment remains well below...
by NSC Research Center | Jul 7, 2021
Persistence and Retention - 2021 (PDF) Seventy-four percent of first-time freshmen in fall 2019 returned to college for their second year. This rate represents a pandemic-related, unprecedented one-year drop of two percentage points in this important early student...
by NSC Research Center | Oct 25, 2023
Stay Informed Data Appendix - Fall 2023 (XLSX) In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities are pressed to re-evaluate their long- and short-term strategies, particularly as they pertain to enrollment management and student support...
by NSC Research Center | Jan 12, 2022
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Fall 2021 (PDF) Total postsecondary enrollment declined by 2.7 percent or 476,100 students in fall 2021, for a total two-year decline of 5.1 percent or 937,500 students since the beginning of the COVID-19...
by NSC Research Center | Jun 9, 2021
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Spring 2021 (PDF) Overall spring enrollment fell to 16.9 million from 17.5 million, marking a one-year decline of 3.5 percent or 603,000 students, seven times worse than the decline a year...
by NSC Research Center | Jan 12, 2022
Current Term Enrollment Estimates - Fall 2020 (PDF) Overall postsecondary enrollments declined 2.5 percent in fall 2020, nearly twice the rate of enrollment decline reported in fall 2019. Undergraduate enrollment was the primary driver for this decline, decreasing 3.6...
by NSC Research Center | May 23, 2023
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Spring 2023 (PDF) Community college enrollment grew slightly this spring (up 0.5%, 22,000 students from spring 2022), after large declines in the previous two years. A growing number of younger students, primarily dual enrolled high...
by NSC Research Center | Apr 24, 2023
Some College, No Credential – 2023 (PDF) The Some College, No Credential (SCNC) report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary education without receiving a postsecondary credential and are no longer...
by NSC Research Center | Jan 12, 2022
Current Term Enrollment Estimates - Fall 2021 Appendix (XLSX) Total postsecondary enrollment declined by 2.7 percent or 476,100 students in fall 2021, for a total two-year decline of 5.1 percent or 937,500 students since the beginning of the COVID-19...
by NSC Research Center | Jun 14, 2022
Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Spring 2022 (PDF) College enrollment declines appear to be worsening. Total postsecondary enrollment fell a further 4.1 percent or 685,000 students in spring 2022 following a 3.5 percent drop last spring. Continued enrollment losses...
by NSC Research Center | Jun 9, 2021
Current Term Enrollment Estimates - Spring 2021 Appendix (XLSX) Overall spring enrollment fell to 16.9 million from 17.5 million, marking a one-year decline of 3.5 percent or 603,000 students, seven times worse than the decline a year...
