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¶

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q2 i? Among fall 2015 two-year public entrants, white students' one-year retention rate (50.2 percent) was lower than Hispanic students' (55.1 percent), reflecting a higher share of white students transferring to four-year institutions by the second fall. → 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 race/ethnicity disaggregation for the two-year public sector, fall 2015 cohort (Figure 7). The report also notes Hispanic and white persistence rates of 64.9 and 67.8 percent, and that race/ethnicity data were present for 76 percent of the sector's cohort.

"White students had a somewhat lower one-year retention rate (50.2 percent) than Hispanic students (55.1 percent). This refl ects the fact that a higher share of white students transferred to four-year institutions by their second fall term."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Among fall 2015 entrants, Asian students had the highest persistence rate (84.2 percent) and Black students the lowest (66.9 percent)
• 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)
• 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
• 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 — related
• On average, the overall persistence rate is about 13 percentage points higher than the retention rate, meaning nearly one in eight starting students transfer by the following fall — related
• 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 — a broader claim this one bears on