High School Benchmarks – 2024 Methodology (PDF)
The current report examines first-fall (immediate) college enrollment for the high school graduating class of 2023, persistence for the class of 2021, and completion for the class of 2017.
Some College, No Credential – 2025 (PDF)
The Some College, No Credential report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary education without receiving a credential and are no longer…
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…
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 – 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…
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…
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…
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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…
Current Term Enrollment Estimates Methodological Notes – Fall 2024 (PDF)
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…
Current Term Enrollment Estimates Methodological Notes – Spring 2025 (PDF)
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,…
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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Current Term Enrollment Estimates – Spring 2020 Supplement (PDF)
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…
Stay Informed Methodological Notes – First-Look Spring 2021 Update (PDF)
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…