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Persistence and Retention Trends
Definitions:
- Persistence rate - is the rate at which students who completed the fall semester, enrolled in the next consecutive semester.
- Retention rate - is the rate at which students who completed the fall semester, enrolled in the following fall semester.
| All Students | ||||
| Term | Fall
2004 |
Fall
2005 |
Fall
2006 |
Fall 2007 |
| Enrolled | 4607
|
4543 |
4551 |
4664 |
| Graduated | 128 |
143 |
135 |
184 |
| Enrolled the next semester | 3135 |
3126 |
3142 |
3198 |
| Persistence rate |
70.0% |
71.0% |
71.2% |
71.4% |
| Graduated | 424 |
409 |
436 |
|
| Enrolled the next fall | 2109 |
2099 |
2112 |
|
| Retention rate |
50.4% |
50.8% |
51.3% |
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*National Community College Benchmarking Project (NCCBP)