Persistence and Retention Rates
Source: NSHE Data Warehouse [Enrollment, Cohort (end-of-term)], Completions.
Fall Entering Cohort: includes all students who enter the NSHE institution as first-time, degree-seeking, undergraduates.
Enrollment Load: Full-time: enrolled in 12 credits or more; Part-time: enrolled in less than 12 credits. Status based on the enrollment intensity in the entering fall semester.
Retention Rate: is the percentage of the students in the fall entering cohort who re-enroll at the same NSHE institution in the fall semester of the student's first and second year or completion of a credential at the same institution at any time between the start of the fall semester of the first year and end of the fall semester of the second year.
Persistence Rate: is the percentage of students in the fall entering cohort who re-enroll at any NSHE institution in the fall semester of the student's second year or completion of a credential at any NSHE instituiton between the start of the fall semester of the first year and end of the fall semester of the second year.