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First-Year Retention

Retention and Attrition Rates of First-Time, Full-Time Baccalaureate Students One Year After Matriculation

Fall 2001 - Fall 2006 cohorts:

 

2001

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

University Total

Retained

79.0% 77.8% 79.9% 78.8% 79.7% 78.0%

Dismissed/
Suspended

7.5% 7.3% 6.3% 7.0% 7.3% 7.9%

Withdrew

13.5% 14.9% 13.9% 14.2% 12.9% 14.1%

College of Business, Public Policy, & Health

Retained

77.9% 78.2% 79.0% 76.8% 79.4% 76.8%

Dismissed/
Suspended

6.6% 5.6% 4.9% 8.8% 4.5% 8.1%

Withdrew

15.5% 16.2% 16.1% 14.4% 16.2% 15.1%

College of Education & Human Development 

Retained

85.1% 80.2% 79.9% 78.6% 82.8% 83.6%

Dismissed/
Suspended

5.7% 6.3% 7.5% 6.0% 5.4% 3.1%

Withdrew

9.2% 13.5% 12.7% 15.5% 11.8% 13.3%

College of Engineering 

Retained

88.7% 81.6% 81.7% 84.3% 86.0% 80.6%

Dismissed/
Suspended

5.0% 9.2% 10.8% 8.0% 6.0% 9.3%

Withdrew

6.3% 9.2% 7.9% 7.6% 8.0% 10.1%

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Retained

76.5% 76.4% 81.9% 83.7% 81.1% 79.3%

Dismissed/
Suspended

8.5% 6.9% 3.6% 4.9% 6.0% 7.8%

Withdrew

15.0% 16.7% 14.5% 11.3% 12.9% 12.9%

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, & Agriculture

Retained

81.7% 83.3% 83.3% 79.5% 82.7% 80.6%

Dismissed/
Suspended

6.1% 4.0% 3.6% 5.7% 4.6% 5.4%

Withdrew

12.2% 12.7% 13.1% 14.8% 12.7% 14.0%

Fall 1995 - Fall 2000 cohorts:

 

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

University Total

Retained

79.1%

76.6%

80.9%

79.8%

77.4%

78.6%

Dismissed/
Suspended

6.1%

7.4%

4.7%

6.5%

9.0%

7.2%

Withdrew

14.8%

16.0%

14.4%

13.7%

13.7%

14.2%

College of Business, Public Policy, & Health

Retained

78.2%

72.2%

71.7%

78.0%

77.3%

74.4%

Dismissed/
Suspended

5.5%

9.8%

5.3%

7.9%

7.0%

6.7%

Withdrew

16.4%

18.0%

23.0%

14.0%

15.7%

18.9%

College of Education & Human Development 

Retained

79.6%

77.5%

80.5%

80.0%

79.0%

86.5%

Dismissed/
Suspended

5.8%

3.1%

4.9%

3.3%

7.0%

4.7%

Withdrew

14.6%

19.4%

14.6%

16.7%

14.0%

8.8%

College of Engineering 

Retained

83.6%

81.7%

85.4%

82.1%

81.1%

82.7%

Dismissed/
Suspended

7.5%

8.0%

4.7%

9.0%

11.9%

8.0%

Withdrew

9.0%

10.3%

9.9%

9.0%

7.0%

9.3%

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Retained

80.7%

72.7%

79.7%

80.0%

77.5%

79.0%

Dismissed/
Suspended

5.0%

7.8%

4.0%

6.0%

8.8%

7.9%

Withdrew

14.2%

19.5%

16.3%

14.1%

13.7%

13.1%

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, & Agriculture

Retained

76.9%

78.1%

85.2%

78.8%

81.3%

78.9%

Dismissed/
Suspended

6.0%

8.0%

4.5%

5.4%

7.1%

6.4%

Withdrew

17.1%

13.9%

10.3%

15.8%

11.6%

14.7%


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