These Colleges Have the Best Student Retention
Leading is Columbia and University of Chicago at 99 percent.
US News reports.
Colleges Where Freshmen Usually Return
The process of finding the right college doesn’t always end once students move into their dorms and start their freshman year.
Some realize their chosen university doesn’t offer what they need or the time isn’t right for school and decide not to return for sophomore year. Among public institutions, an average of 64.2 percent of full-time, first-time students who started school in fall 2013 returned in fall 2014, according to a report from ACT, which manages the standardized test by the same name. The average rate is slightly higher at private colleges and universities: 70.2 percent.
At a few schools, however, almost every freshman returns for another year.
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I wonder what the statistical correlation is between selectivity in admissions and retention? I’d guess that in general the harder it is to gain acceptance for admission the more likely it is that admitted students will remain.