National college retention and persistence rates improved again last year, but part-time students persisted at a substantially lower rate than full-time enrollees. More than 77% of the millions of ...

Northeast Community College reported gains in student retention, graduation rates and financial aid in its latest annual ...

CHARLESTON - Katelyn Burgett almost gave up on college after meeting some seemingly insurmountable challenges her first year at Eastern Illinois University. "My freshman year was rough, especially ...

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine (UMaine) has achieved the highest first-to-second-year retention rate in its history. UMaine’s regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, also reported ...

TROY — Policy changes and a variety of academic and student support efforts have led to record student retention rates at Hudson Valley Community College over the past three years. According to ...

HERNDON, VA / ACCESS Newswire / June 26, 2025 / The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported today that over 86 percent of the college freshman class of 2023 returned for their second ...

Hudson Valley Community College says their students are staying in school at a record high rate. The college has maintained year-over-year student retention rates above 60% since the fall 2021 ...

A record percentage of first-year students who started classes at CU Boulder in fall 2024 chose to extend their academic studies into the 2025 spring semester, according to new retention data from the ...

Western Kentucky University’s fall undergraduate students maintained an 85.7% retention rate from fall to spring — the highest since WKU began tracking it 15 years ago, according to university ...