by NSC Research Center | Apr 24, 2023
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…
by NSC Research Center | Jun 26, 2025 | 2024, National, Persistence, Postsecondary, Snapshot Report
Persistence and Retention Fall 2023 Beginning Postsecondary Student Cohort June 26, 2025 The Persistence and Retention report series examines early college enrollment outcomes for beginning postsecondary students, tracking both first…
by NSC Research Center | Nov 14, 2022
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…
by NSC Research Center | May 10, 2022
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…
by NSC Research Center | Jun 3, 2024
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…
by NSC Research Center | Feb 9, 2022
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…
by NSC Research Center | Jan 12, 2022
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…
by NSC Research Center | Jul 7, 2021
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…
by NSC Research Center | Nov 29, 2023 | 2023, Completions, National, Postsecondary, Signature Report, State
Completing College National and State Reports With Six- and Eight-Year Completion Rates Dashboards November 30, 2023 Continuing a trend of stagnation over the last two years, the overall completion rates…
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 | May 19, 2025
Total postsecondary enrollment increased 3.2 percent (+562,000) from spring 2024, with increases at both the undergraduate (+3.5%, +516,000) and graduate levels (+1.5%, +46,000). Undergraduate enrollment increased across major institutional sectors,…
by NSC Research Center | Jan 22, 2025
Total postsecondary enrollment increased 4.5 percent (+817,000) from fall 2023, with increases at both the undergraduate (+4.7%, +716,000) and graduate levels (+3.3%, +100,000; Figure 1.2). As a result, postsecondary enrollment…
by NSC Research Center | Dec 9, 2020
by NSC Research Center | Jun 29, 2020
With ongoing campus shutdowns and online-only classes amid the COVID-19 crisis, there is a critical need for real data and reliable information about how students are responding. By leveraging the…
by NSC Research Center | Mar 10, 2021
The Stay Informed series is designed to track the impact of COVID-19 on postsecondary enrollment, using the latest data available and the historical data from the two most recent years…