First-Year Persistence

The percentage of first-time degree/certificate/transfer-seeking/undecided students in the fall term who are enrolled in the following fall. Those who complete a certificate or degree in their first year are counted as persisted.
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Overall

METRIC	FA20	FA21	FA22	FA23	FA24
First-Year Persistence	69.9%	69.2%	75.6%	75.5%	76.4%

Ethnicity

	FA20	FA21	FA22	FA23	FA24
First-Year Persistence
Asian	78.1%	75.5%	82.0%	86.2%	82.9%
Black/African American	58.3%	43.5%	82.8%	66.7%	79.2%
Filipinx/a/o	57.1%	53.3%	83.3%	85.7%	60.0%
Latinx/a/o	62.7%	66.8%	76.1%	71.7%	73.8%
Multiethnic	75.0%	73.7%	74.0%	74.8%	80.7%
Native American	66.7%	100.0%	0.0%	66.7%	100.0%
Pacific Islander	66.7%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100.0%
Unknown	54.5%	38.5%	31.6%	31.2%	73.7%
White	76.3%	72.2%	77.1%	79.3%	77.2%

First-Generation

	FA20	FA21	FA22	FA23	FA24
First-Year Persistence
No	74.4%	73.8%	76.9%	78.7%	80.5%
Unknown	63.3%	60.5%	67.9%	72.7%	68.9%
Yes	57.1%	57.1%	72.6%	65.6%	66.0%

Gender

	FA20	FA21	FA22	FA23	FA24
First-Year Persistence
Women	70.8%	73.5%	80.4%	79.1%	78.5%
Men	69.3%	64.8%	71.3%	71.3%	74.7%
Non-binary or Unspecified	64.3%	72.2%	75.7%	82.6%	74.3%