Office of Institutional Research

First-Year Retention

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

Fall 2006 - Fall 2011 cohorts:

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
University Total
Retained	78%	76%	79%	79%	78%	76%
Dismissed/ Suspended	8%	8%	6%	6%	6%	6%
Withdrew	14%	16%	15%	15%	16%	18%
College of Education & Human Development
Retained	84%	80%	81%	86%	82%	70%
Dismissed/ Suspended	3%	4%	1%	1%	3%	4%
Withdrew	13%	16%	18%	13%	15%	27%
College of Engineering
Retained	80%	84%	84%	86%	82%	84%
Dismissed/ Suspended	9%	8%	9%	6%	8%	5%
Withdrew	10%	7%	7%	8%	10%	11%
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Retained	79%	78%	77%	80%	76%	76%
Dismissed/ Suspended	8%	7%	5%	7%	6%	6%
Withdrew	13%	15%	18%	13%	19%	18%
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, & Agriculture
Retained	81%	79%	82%	78%	84%	77%
Dismissed/ Suspended	5%	5%	5%	3%	2%	6%
Withdrew	14%	16%	12%	19%	14%	17%
Maine Business School
Retained	77%	75%	77%	82%	81%	86%
Dismissed/ Suspended	8%	9%	7%	1%	6%	1%
Withdrew	15%	16%	17%	17%	12%	13%

Fall 2000 - Fall 2005 cohorts:

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
University Total
Retained	79%	79%	78%	80%	79%	80%
Dismissed/ Suspended	7%	8%	7%	6%	7%	7%
Withdrew	14%	14%	14%	14%	14%	13%
College of Education & Human Development
Retained	86%	85%	80%	81%	79%	83%
Dismissed/ Suspended	5%	6%	6%	7%	6%	5%
Withdrew	9%	9%	14%	12%	15%	12%
College of Engineering
Retained	83%	89%	83%	82%	84%	87%
Dismissed/ Suspended	7%	5%	9%	10%	8%	6%
Withdrew	10%	6%	8%	8%	7%	7%
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Retained	79%	77%	77%	81%	83%	81%
Dismissed/ Suspended	8%	9%	7%	4%	5%	6%
Withdrew	13%	15%	16%	14%	12%	13%
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, & Agriculture
Retained	78%	79%	83%	83%	81%	84%
Dismissed/ Suspended	6%	6%	4%	3%	6%	4%
Withdrew	15%	15%	13%	14%	13%	13%
Maine Business School
Retained	74%	82%	78%	79%	74%	77%
Dismissed/ Suspended	7%	6%	6%	6%	8%	6%
Withdrew	18%	13%	16%	16%	18%	17%

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