IRMA FactFile Table 9-1

Back Next

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Number in Original Cohort	2,454	2,589	2,422	2,540	2,517

Percent Returned, 1st Year	85.2%	85.4%	87.2%	83.8%	85.1%
Race/Ethnicity*
African American	82.3%	77.4%	82.9%	79.0%	75.7%
Asian-Pacific	93.2%	90.1%	90.4%	92.5%	91.0%
Hispanic	81.6%	81.8%	85.4%	79.4%	80.7%
Multiracial	78.5%	77.7%	87.2%	76.7%	81.2%
White	86.4%	87.0%	88.1%	84.6%	87.0%
Other/Unknown	83.2%	85.6%	83.6%	86.1%	85.4%
Gender
Male	84.8%	87.5%	88.6%	84.4%	86.0%
Female	85.5%	83.7%	86.2%	83.3%	84.5%
*Race/Ethnicity and Gender**

African American Male	80.0%	84.1%	82.5%	82.0%	73.5%
African American Female	83.5%	74.2%	83.2%	77.4%	77.1%

Asian-Pacific Male	90.2%	90.2%	90.8%	93.3%	93.9%
Asian-Pacific Female	95.8%	89.9%	90.1%	91.7%	88.0%

Hispanic Male	78.3%	84.5%	83.3%	77.6%	81.4%
Hispanic Female	83.8%	80.1%	86.6%	80.6%	80.2%

Multiracial Male	78.9%	90.0%	95.6%	68.6%	83.3%
Multiracial Female	78.2%	69.8%	81.9%	81.8%	80.0%

White Male	86.8%	88.3%	90.1%	86.3%	87.9%
White Female	86.1%	85.9%	86.7%	83.4%	86.4%

Other/Unknown Male	83.3%	85.2%	84.9%	80.0%	83.6%
Other/Unknown Female	83.2%	86.0%	82.2%	93.5%	87.1%

Geographic Origin**
Suburban	87.6%	88.0%	89.3%	86.5%	86.7%
Chicago	81.6%	84.2%	84.6%	83.8%	83.0%
Elsewhere in Illinois	90.2%	80.6%	90.8%	83.6%	86.7%
Out of State/Country	83.4%	83.1%	85.4%	80.6%	84.4%
Unknown	100.0%	100.0%			100.0%
College
Business	87.4%	87.4%	87.0%	85.0%	85.3%
Communication	85.7%	82.5%	89.3%	83.4%	83.4%
Computing & Digital Media	87.9%	89.3%	89.5%	85.8%	89.3%
Education	81.1%	87.2%	88.5%	87.6%	87.3%
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	82.8%	84.9%	87.1%	82.7%	85.4%
Music	93.8%	85.7%	93.4%	93.8%	88.1%
Science & Health	82.7%	79.5%	83.6%	79.6%	80.2%
Theatre	90.1%	95.8%	89.2%	86.8%	87.1%


* Asian-Pacific category includes Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. The Other/Unknown category includes Nonresident alien, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Unknown. ** Geographic Origin based on parent residence. Out-of-State includes Out-of-Country.
IRMA 2016