Improve the value of postsecondary learning

Indicator 2: Increase system efficiency and student persistence

Measure a: Freshman retention rates, fall to fall

Description:

Retention is an important barometer of steady progress towards a college degree.

This indicator measures freshman retention within the Washington public four-year higher education system as a whole. Among students entering a public four-year institution, what percentage were still enrolled at a Washington public baccalaureate institution one year later?

Fall to Fall Retention Rate for Freshman at four-year public higher education institutions
	Entering from high school
Fall 2002	85.3%
Fall 2003	85.9%
Fall 2004	85.9%
Fall 2005	85.8%
Fall 2006	85.3%

Source:

Office of Financial Management-Public Centralized Higher Education Enrollment System