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Section 1: Enrollment Trends Section 2: Demographic Characteristics of Students Section 3: Admission Profile of New Students Section 4: Resident Student Statistics Section 5: Degree Recipients Section 6: Student Financial Aid & University Finances Section 7: Faculty & Staff Statistics Section 8: Other University Statistics Section 9: Retention and Graduation Rates

Retention and Graduation Rates
Preface: Understanding Attrition and Graduation Rates Table 9-1: Freshman First Year Retention Rates Table 9-2: Freshman Fourth Year Graduation Rates Table 9-3: Freshman Fifth Year Graduation Rates Table 9-4: Freshman Six Year Graduation Rates Table 9-5: Transfer First Year Retention Rates Table 9-6: Transfer Fourth Year Graduation Rates Table 9-7: Transfer Fifth Year Graduation Rates Table 9-8: Transfer Six Year Graduation Rates
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Table 9-1
Freshman First-Year Retention Rates
2012 - 2016 Cohorts

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20122013201420152016

Number in Original Cohort2,5892,4222,5402,5172,451

Percent Returned, 1st Year85.4%87.2%83.8%85.1%83.6%

Race/Ethnicity*
African American77.4%82.9%79.0%75.7%79.9%
Asian-Pacific90.1%90.4%92.5%91.0%88.4%
Hispanic81.8%85.4%79.4%80.7%78.2%
Multiracial77.7%87.2%76.7%81.2%81.6%
White87.0%88.1%84.6%87.0%85.4%
Other/Unknown85.6%83.6%86.1%85.4%82.2%

Gender
Male87.5%88.6%84.4%86.0%82.3%
Female83.7%86.2%83.3%84.5%84.5%

Race/Ethnicity* and Gender
African American Male84.1%82.5%82.0%73.5%77.0%
African American Female74.2%83.2%77.4%77.1%81.9%
Asian-Pacific Male90.2%90.8%93.3%93.9%86.0%
Asian-Pacific Female89.9%90.1%91.7%88.0%90.6%
Hispanic Male84.5%83.3%77.6%81.4%77.4%
Hispanic Female80.1%86.6%80.6%80.2%78.7%
Multiracial Male90.0%95.6%68.6%83.3%86.5%
Multiracial Female69.8%81.9%81.8%80.0%79.2%
White Male88.3%90.1%86.3%87.9%84.0%
White Female85.9%86.7%83.4%86.4%86.5%
Other/Unknown Male85.2%84.9%80.0%83.6%79.7%
Other/Unknown Female86.0%82.2%93.5%87.1%84.6%

Geographic Origin**
Suburban88.0%89.3%86.5%86.7%86.0%
Chicago84.2%84.6%83.8%83.0%78.2%
Elsewhere in Illinois80.6%90.8%83.6%86.7%79.3%
Out of State/Country83.1%85.4%80.6%84.4%83.5%
Unknown100.0%100.0%100.0%

College
Business87.4%87.0%85.0%85.3%84.9%
Communication82.5%89.3%83.4%83.4%87.4%
Computing & Digital Media89.3%89.5%85.8%89.3%85.0%
Education87.2%88.5%87.6%87.3%82.9%
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences84.9%87.1%82.7%85.4%79.7%
Music85.7%93.4%93.8%88.1%84.1%
Science & Health79.5%83.6%79.6%80.2%80.9%
Theatre95.8%89.2%86.8%87.1%89.2%

*   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.

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