Among all students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2017, 73.8 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2018, while 61.7 percent were retained at their starting institution. This brief report presents the following statistics on first-year persistence and retention for the Fall 2017 Cohort: (1) First-Year Persistence and…

In the state supplement to the National Student Clearinghouse's sixth Signature Report, a national study on college completion, the authors take a state-by-state look at the various pathways that students take to complete a college degree or certificate. The results are displayed in three sets of tables organized by institution type, showing each…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

These Web Tables present information on the employment and enrollment status of first-time bachelor's degree recipients one year after graduation. The analysis uses data collected in the first follow-up surveys of three administrations of the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B). The first follow-up studies, conducted in 1994,…

As a supplement to "Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates," the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center's fourth publication in the Signature Report series, this report focuses on six-year student success outcomes and college completion rates by state. Results are presented in three sections that show…

College completion, earning a degree or certificate, is considered to be a key college success outcome, supported by every educational policymaker. Yet, institutions and policymakers in the U.S. know surprisingly little about the rates of completion for students who follow all but the most traditional of postsecondary pathways. This is because…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

More than 3 million students were enrolled in graduate or first-professional programs in the United States during the 2007-08 academic year. These students varied widely both in their demographic characteristics and in the degree programs they pursued. These Web Tables use data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student Aid Study…

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…

This report is the third in a series presenting information and analysis on transfer students among Washington's two- and four-year public and private colleges and universities. Transfer data are presented for each institution for fall terms 1971 through 1975. While some variations in transfer patterns exist in each sector during the years…

This report presents enrollment data for institutions of higher education in the 50 states and the District of Columbia from the "Fall Enrollment" survey which is part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System survey administered by the National Center for Education Statistics. The first set of tables presents enrollment statistics in…

Thirty tables are presented, in both summary form and for individual institutions, giving enrollment by age category for students in New Jersey colleges and universities in the fall of both 1977 and 1978. Tables include: headcounts for undergraduate students, percent distribution of undergraduates, and headcount and percent distribution for…

Data on age distributions for students enrolled in higher education institutions in Missouri for the 1978-79 school year are presented. The majority of students were within the traditional age group for college attendance (21 years of age or younger). This was especially true for the full-time undergraduate student. A substantial number of…