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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…