| First-Year Persistence, Progression and Graduation Rates in Public Universities, Colleges, and Technical Institutes or Colleges 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-Year Colleges and Universities | Two-Year Colleges | Two-Year Colleges | Technical Institutes or Colleges | |||||||||||||||||
| First-Year Persistence Rate 2 | Progression Rate 3 | Graduation Rate | First-Year Persistence Rate 2 | Progression Rate 3 | Progression Rate 3 | Graduation Rate | First-Year Persistence Rate 2 | Progression Rate 3 | Graduation Rate | |||||||||||
| 2004 Cohort |
Change 2000 to 2004 |
1999 Cohort |
Change 1994 to 1999 |
1999 Cohort |
Increase 1994 to 1999 |
2004 Cohort |
Change 2000 to 2004 |
2002 Cohort |
Change 1997 to 2002 |
2002 Cohort |
Change 1997 to 2002 |
2004 Cohort |
Change 2000 to 2004 |
2002 Cohort |
Increase 1997 to 2002 |
2002 Cohort |
Increase 1997 to 2002 |
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| United States | — |
— |
— |
— |
54 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
22 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
52 |
— |
United States | |
| SREB states | 84 |
* |
73 |
4 |
52 |
7 |
58 |
* |
48 |
3 |
17 |
-1 |
53 |
-8 |
50 |
14 |
30 |
* |
SREB states | |
| SREB states as a percent of U.S. | — |
— |
97 |
— |
— |
81 |
— |
— |
58 |
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| Alabama | 85 |
-4 |
56 |
6 |
49 |
3 |
70 |
-11 |
43 |
8 |
19 |
-1 |
55 |
-4 |
48 |
12 |
38 |
8 |
Alabama | |
| Arkansas | 75 |
-3 |
70 |
8 |
39 |
7 |
56 |
-1 |
53 |
0 |
20 |
-7 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Arkansas | |
| Delaware | 79 |
-6 |
65 |
1 |
65 |
1 |
— |
— |
104 |
-3 |
10 |
-3 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Delaware | |
| Florida | 86 |
1 |
73 |
2 |
59 |
5 |
70 |
-2 |
59 |
16 |
31 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Florida | |
| Georgia | 85 |
3 |
78 |
7 |
48 |
7 |
68 |
1 |
54 |
3 |
15 |
1 |
52 |
-9 |
49 |
— |
35 |
— |
Georgia | |
| Kentucky | 84 |
2 |
65 |
-4 |
46 |
2 |
64 |
5 |
65 |
7 |
35 |
25 |
66 |
33 |
68 |
— |
59 |
— |
Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | 78 |
1 |
60 |
7 |
36 |
7 |
65 |
6 |
39 |
10 |
6 |
-1 |
54 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Louisiana | |
| Maryland | 87 |
-1 |
66 |
-6 |
59 |
6 |
72 |
-14 |
56 |
12 |
8 |
-5 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Maryland | |
| Mississippi | 76 |
0 |
53 |
5 |
48 |
6 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Mississippi | |
| North Carolina | 84 |
-1 |
77 |
1 |
59 |
3 |
— |
— |
27 |
6 |
18 |
-3 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
North Carolina | |
| Oklahoma | 81 |
-2 |
79 |
8 |
46 |
7 |
60 |
-2 |
51 |
1 |
18 |
0 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Oklahoma | |
| South Carolina | 87 |
0 |
76 |
2 |
60 |
7 |
54 |
-12 |
45 |
7 |
13 |
-1 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
South Carolina | |
| Tennessee | 82 |
2 |
68 |
5 |
46 |
5 |
58 |
-3 |
44 |
13 |
12 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Tennessee | |
| Texas | 87 |
-2 |
83 |
3 |
55 |
14 |
61 |
-12 |
48 |
-1 |
11 |
1 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Texas | |
| Virginia | 90 |
1 |
83 |
2 |
65 |
4 |
64 |
1 |
44 |
-1 |
14 |
0 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Virginia | |
| West Virginia 5 | 79 |
1 |
64 |
8 |
45 |
7 |
60 |
8 |
30 |
-19 |
9 |
-20 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
West Virginia 5 | |
| * Change of less than one-half of 1 percent. "NA" indicates not applicable. There was no institution of this type in the state. “—” indicates not available. 1 These rates are based on the first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students who enrolled in public four-year institutions and on the first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students who enrolled in public two-year colleges and technical institutes or colleges in the fall term. 2 The SREB first-year persistence rate is the percentage of students who remained enrolled at the institution they first attended as well as students who transferred to other colleges the next fall. 3 The SREB progression rate for four-year colleges and universities is the percentage of the entering group who, within 150 percent of normal program time (six years for most programs), either completed bachelor's degrees at or remained enrolled at their original institutions or transferred to other postsecondary institutions. The SREB progression rate for two-year colleges and technical institutes or colleges is the percentage of the entering class who, within 150 percent of normal program time (three years for most programs), either completed degrees or certificates at or remained enrolled at their original institutions or transferred to other postsecondary institutions. | 4 Two-year colleges in Delaware are the only two-year colleges that report neither student transfers nor those still enrolled after three years. 5The reorganization of two-year colleges formerly embedded in and reported with four-year college data have disrupted and realigned graduation rate reporting. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: | SREB-State Data Exchange. SREB analysis of National Center for Education Statistics completions surveys — (www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds). | |||||||||||||||||||
June 2007 |
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