First-year persistence declines with age at entry: 78.2 percent for students 20 and under, 57.8 percent for ages over 20 to 24, and 52.7 percent for students over 24¶

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q2 i? Fall 2015 entrants aged 20 and under persisted at 78.2 percent, the over-20-to-24 group at 57.8 percent, and students over 24 at 52.7 percent. → First-Year Persistence and Retention 2017

Evidence¶

First-Year Persistence and Retention 2017¶

First-Year Persistence and Retention. (2017). National Student Clearinghouse Snapshot Report. https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/NSC_SnapshotReport28_PersistenceRetention_Data_Tables.xlsx

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Descriptive disaggregation of the fall 2015 entering cohort by age at college entry (Figure 3). The report also states the 20-and-under group persisted at 78.2 percent and showed the highest persistence-retention spread, with 14.5 percent enrolling elsewhere in year two.

"Fall 20 1 5 entering students who were in the >20 to 24 age group had a persistence rate of 57.8 percent, while students who were over age 24 (at time of entry) had a persistence rate of 52.7 percent."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Of students who started college in fall 2015, 73.4 percent persisted at any U.S. institution and 61.1 percent were retained at their starting institution in fall 2016
• Among fall 2015 entrants, Asian students had the highest persistence rate (84.2 percent) and Black students the lowest (66.9 percent)
• Sector persistence rates for fall 2015 entrants: 81.7 percent at four-year public, 84.9 percent at four-year private, 62.7 percent at two-year public, and 55.7 percent at four-year for-profit institutions
• In four-year private institutions, white and Asian students had nearly identical persistence rates (89.8 and 89.6 percent), but Asian students were more likely to continue at their starting institution (82.5 percent) — related
• In two-year public institutions, white students had a lower retention rate (50.2 percent) than Hispanic students (55.1 percent) because a higher share of white students transferred to four-year institutions — related