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Table 9-5
Transfer First-Year Retention Rates
2015 - 2019 Cohorts

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20152016201720182019

Number in Original Cohort 2,4372,1191,9171,8811,806

Percent Returned, 1st Year79.3%78.2%78.4%80.0%80.2%

Race/Ethnicity*
African American65.1%59.3%60.9%59.6%65.7%
Asian-Pacific86.1%90.5%85.5%87.1%84.9%
Hispanic78.5%75.3%74.9%75.6%77.4%
Multiracial74.4%77.8%75.0%83.3%80.6%
White82.2%80.4%82.4%84.8%83.2%
Other/Unknown77.7%84.7%80.5%82.6%79.4%

Gender
Male81.0%79.8%81.0%81.1%81.0%
Female77.4%76.4%75.6%78.8%79.2%

Race/Ethnicity* and Gender
African American Male72.6%63.8%62.3%65.2%65.8%
African American Female59.6%55.8%60.0%55.5%65.6%
Asian-Pacific Male85.7%89.1%86.8%85.8%86.8%
Asian-Pacific Female86.7%92.6%83.3%89.0%81.6%
Hispanic Male78.2%74.8%78.8%75.2%78.1%
Hispanic Female78.9%75.8%71.2%75.9%76.7%
Multiracial Male71.8%74.2%90.0%82.9%84.0%
Multiracial Female76.9%81.3%65.6%83.7%78.4%
White Male83.0%81.9%81.5%84.9%82.3%
White Female81.3%78.4%83.5%84.7%84.3%
Other/Unknown Male81.3%85.2%89.0%83.6%83.7%
Other/Unknown Female73.3%84.0%66.7%81.0%75.0%

Geographic Origin**
Chicago72.4%69.8%72.7%70.6%74.4%
Elsewhere in Illinois87.7%73.3%74.5%86.4%80.6%
Out of State/Country79.1%78.0%71.8%83.3%76.1%
Suburban82.2%83.0%82.7%83.2%83.6%
Unknown87.0%92.3%100.0%100.0%75.0%

College
Business85.0%87.6%81.9%83.7%87.1%
Communication87.6%85.6%85.2%85.6%81.6%
Computing & Digital Media83.2%82.6%80.2%83.8%81.7%
Education80.9%74.7%83.3%83.1%84.4%
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences78.4%77.3%77.0%76.4%75.3%
Music100.0%100.0%87.5%100.0%83.3%
School of Cont & Prof Studies66.7%61.5%57.1%60.8%63.2%
Science & Health74.4%75.1%76.4%76.9%77.3%
Theatre100.0%66.7%90.9%100.0%88.9%

*   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 original residence. Out-of-State includes Out-of-Country.

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