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…

SHEEO – NSCRC College Closures Report – 2022 (PDF)

The College Closures Report seeks to quantify the impacts of college closures on students’ subsequent postsecondary enrollment and completion outcomes and to identify the policy levers states may have to…

Some College, No Credential – May 2022 (PDF)

In July 2020, the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) population has reached 39 million, approximately 22 percent of the U.S. population age 18 or older. A combination of net growth…

Some College, No Credential – 2024 (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…

Completing College – State & National – 2020 (PDF)

This is the ninth report in the Completing College report series, featuring the six-year college completion outcomes for the fall 2014 entering cohort, the eight-year outcomes for the fall 2012…

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…

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…

Persistence and Retention – 2025 Methodological Notes (PDF)

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…

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