Black and Hispanic College Freshmen Return for Their Second Year at Highest Rate in a Decade

Black, Hispanic freshmen hit decade-high return rates

A new national report shows most first-year college students are staying enrolled at similar rates as last year, with notable gains among Black, Hispanic and part-time students.

Black and Hispanic College Freshmen Return for Their Second Year at Highest Rate in a Decade

/PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 86 percent of the 2.62 million students who entered college in the fall of 2024 returned for their second semester – and more than 77...

Persistence, Retention Among Certain Freshmen Reach Highs

While persistence and retention rates for the entering class of 2024 remained the same as the previous year, Black and Hispanic students saw slight increases in both, a new report finds. Black and Hispanic students who began college in fall 2024 remained in college and returned to the same institution the following fall at the highest rates in a decade, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s latest analysis of persiste…

College Persistence Rate Ticks Up, With Some Groups Showing Strong Gains

More than 77% of the over 2.6 million students who entered college in the fall of 2024 returned to school for a second year, according to a new national report.

Persistence rate tops 77%, the highest level in a decade, report finds

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also showed that Black and Hispanic persistence rates reached decade highs.

Persistence, retention rise again at community colleges

Persistence and retention rates for new community college students have steadily increased since the Covid pandemic and even exceeded pre-pandemic figures, according to new findings from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Persistence — the rate at which students who started at a community college and continued enrollment at any institution for a second semester and into the following fall, whether the same college or a different…