IPEDS college freshmen retention rate - 2008 state level released

Release note at CL Higher Education Center

The CL Higher Education Center just released the 2008 state level college freshmen retention rate data.

The CL Higher Education Center is releasing the 2008 state level IPEDS college freshmen retention rate data.

The data is compiled from the National Center for Education Statistics'(NCES) IPEDS(Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) survey. The release detailed each State's student retention rate for each sector (e.g. Public 4 Year, Public 2 Year, Private non-for profit 4 year ...). The release also separated out rates just for degree-granting institutions.

The college freshmen retention rate, in essence, measures the percent of students that still enrolled in the same institution after one year of their initial enrollment. For official definition, please check out the IPEDS survey site.