| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| | | | | |
| Number in Original Cohort | 2,779 | 2,936 | 2,989 | 2,949 | 3,033 |
| | | | | |
| Percent Returned, 1st Year | 85.8% | 85.0% | 86.3% | 84.4% | 84.3% |
Race/Ethnicity* | | | | | |
| African American | 76.8% | 81.5% | 81.1% | 78.0% | 75.6% |
| Asian-Pacific | 83.3% | 83.1% | 87.0% | 82.0% | 84.4% |
| Hispanic | 81.6% | 83.8% | 81.1% | 81.2% | 83.4% |
| Multiracial | 84.1% | 89.3% | 87.5% | 73.7% | 78.9% |
| Nonresident Alien | 93.6% | 90.1% | 91.6% | 92.3% | 92.5% |
| White | 85.9% | 85.3% | 86.5% | 86.0% | 85.6% |
| Other/Unknown | 86.1% | 80.7% | 87.1% | 84.3% | 75.2% |
Gender | | | | | |
| Male | 83.8% | 84.7% | 84.3% | 82.6% | 82.0% |
| Female | 87.5% | 85.3% | 88.2% | 85.9% | 86.1% |
Race/Ethnicity* and Gender | | | | | |
|
| African American Male | 70.9% | 87.2% | 79.3% | 79.0% | 71.0% |
| African American Female | 80.4% | 78.8% | 82.1% | 77.5% | 78.4% |
|
| Asian-Pacific Male | 82.2% | 81.0% | 86.3% | 74.8% | 75.6% |
| Asian-Pacific Female | 84.6% | 85.6% | 88.0% | 88.1% | 91.4% |
|
| Hispanic Male | 76.4% | 84.2% | 77.7% | 77.2% | 83.1% |
| Hispanic Female | 85.7% | 83.5% | 84.1% | 83.7% | 83.6% |
|
| Multiracial Male | 73.9% | 100.0% | 80.0% | 68.0% | 70.2% |
| Multiracial Female | 90.0% | 84.6% | 91.5% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
|
| Nonresident Alien Male | 92.4% | 90.0% | 90.8% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| Nonresident Alien Female | 94.4% | 90.2% | 92.5% | 93.9% | 94.6% |
|
| White Male | 84.2% | 84.6% | 83.2% | 84.5% | 83.8% |
| White Female | 87.5% | 86.0% | 89.7% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
|
| Other/Unknown Male | 86.9% | 75.5% | 87.4% | 83.2% | 82.0% |
| Other/Unknown Female | 85.4% | 85.2% | 86.8% | 85.3% | 69.1% |
|
Geographic Origin** | | | | | |
| Chicago | 85.6% | 82.2% | 86.5% | 82.6% | 86.1% |
| Elsewhere in Illinois | 92.3% | 81.9% | 83.6% | 85.9% | 88.7% |
| Out of State/Country | 86.3% | 87.8% | 86.0% | 83.4% | 82.6% |
| Suburban | 83.7% | 84.6% | 86.2% | 85.8% | 83.0% |
| Unknown | 92.6% | 81.3% | 89.0% | 94.7% | 92.9% |
College | | | | | |
| College of Communication | 87.8% | 87.1% | 87.7% | 90.2% | 83.3% |
| College of Education | 85.6% | 85.2% | 88.2% | 81.9% | 84.1% |
| College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences | 87.1% | 87.5% | 87.0% | 86.3% | 84.6% |
| College of Science and Health | 84.3% | 92.8% | 92.3% | 91.0% | 91.9% |
| Driehaus College of Business | 91.2% | 86.4% | 88.1% | 86.9% | 85.4% |
| Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media | 80.6% | 79.4% | 81.1% | 77.8% | 80.0% |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | 79.6% | 82.5% | 69.7% | 76.2% | 64.0% |
| School of Music | 89.7% | 93.0% | 92.2% | 84.9% | 88.2% |
| The Theatre School | 92.3% | 92.9% | 85.7% | 100.0% | 92.9% |
