Retention Rates

The following Persistence to Second Year figures provide summary data on what proportion of student cohorts return to the subsequent fall term. A cohort is comprised of those degree-seeking students, beginners or transfers, who are new to an IU campus in the fall or those who began in the previous summer session and re-enrolled in the fall. In order to recognize the increasing population of high school students who begin taking college courses in high school, they have been included in the cohort. Previously these students were coded as non-degree seeking students and when they arrived on campus after graduating from high school, they were coded as returning students. Hence, they were excluded from the cohorts previously. This cohort definition conforms to the standards required by various external groups for reporting purposes. A student's "home campus" is defined by their first fall semester enrollment regardless of intercampus transfer.

Retention is defined as re-enrollment or receipt of a degree. Retention rates have been restated for fall 96 and fall 97 to comply with the new cohort definition.

Persistence to the Second Year - Indiana University

	F92	F93	F94	F95	F96	F97	F98
Bloomington	85.8%	86.2%	84.1%	85.1%	87.0%	86.8%	86.1%
Indianapolis	56.0%	56.8%	56.8%	58.1%	56.5%	56.8%	56.8%
East	52.0%	52.1%	48.4%	48.3%	53.8%	54.4%	48.4%
Kokomo	50.7%	50.4%	46.1%	49.7%	49.5%	51.7%	50.3%
Northwest	56.7%	58.2%	60.8%	56.9%	56.1%	52.3%	61.5%
South Bend	57.4%	57.6%	56.7%	54.2%	56.1%	60.7%	58.8%
Southeast	55.8%	54.5%	53.5%	57.8%	60.8%	60.4%	56.8%
Fort Wayne	55.3%	56.7%	54.5%	56.8%	54.8%	56.6%	57.7%
Total Indiana University	67.4%	68.1%	67.3%	67.5%	68.2%	68.7%	68.6%

*To provide a manageable view of the data, the earliest cohorts are aggregated.

SOURCE: Student Information and Fiscal Services

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