| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| | | | | |
| Number in Original Cohort | 3,033 | 2,820 | 2,936 | 2,659 | 2,824 |
| | | | | |
| Percent Returned, 1st Year | 84.3% | 85.8% | 84.4% | 82.5% | 80.3% |
Race/Ethnicity* | | | | | |
| African American | 75.6% | 84.7% | 77.2% | 76.3% | 70.8% |
| Asian-Pacific | 84.4% | 82.8% | 85.0% | 83.1% | 80.3% |
| Hispanic | 83.4% | 83.4% | 85.5% | 79.1% | 85.5% |
| Multiracial | 78.9% | 82.4% | 81.3% | 79.5% | 81.8% |
| Nonresident Alien | 92.5% | 89.9% | 86.4% | 84.2% | 79.7% |
| White | 85.6% | 86.4% | 85.6% | 86.3% | 84.6% |
| Other/Unknown | 75.2% | 82.4% | 86.3% | 66.3% | 60.6% |
Gender | | | | | |
| Male | 82.0% | 83.7% | 81.3% | 80.5% | 76.4% |
| Female | 86.1% | 87.5% | 86.7% | 84.2% | 83.5% |
Race/Ethnicity* and Gender | | | | | |
|
| African American Male | 71.0% | 85.4% | 69.4% | 74.6% | 70.3% |
| African American Female | 78.4% | 84.3% | 81.8% | 77.3% | 71.1% |
|
| Asian-Pacific Male | 75.6% | 79.3% | 82.3% | 83.2% | 74.7% |
| Asian-Pacific Female | 91.4% | 86.1% | 87.3% | 83.1% | 83.7% |
|
| Hispanic Male | 83.1% | 79.6% | 78.7% | 73.5% | 81.0% |
| Hispanic Female | 83.6% | 86.2% | 89.8% | 81.8% | 87.6% |
|
| Multiracial Male | 70.2% | 76.9% | 78.8% | 72.2% | 76.2% |
| Multiracial Female | 84.0% | 85.4% | 83.0% | 86.5% | 85.3% |
|
| Nonresident Alien Male | 90.2% | 91.4% | 87.1% | 82.5% | 77.3% |
| Nonresident Alien Female | 94.6% | 88.2% | 85.7% | 86.4% | 83.5% |
|
| White Male | 83.8% | 83.7% | 83.5% | 84.8% | 79.2% |
| White Female | 87.3% | 88.7% | 87.2% | 87.5% | 88.1% |
|
| Other/Unknown Male | 82.0% | 70.0% | 81.7% | 60.4% | 52.9% |
| Other/Unknown Female | 69.1% | 92.1% | 90.1% | 73.3% | 68.8% |
|
Geographic Origin** | | | | | |
| Chicago | 86.1% | 85.8% | 84.6% | 84.2% | 84.5% |
| Elsewhere in Illinois | 88.7% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 83.3% | 90.4% |
| Out of State/Country | 82.6% | 85.4% | 83.2% | 80.8% | 76.7% |
| Suburban | 83.0% | 86.1% | 85.0% | 82.9% | 82.4% |
| Unknown | 92.9% | 81.4% | 82.2% | 80.0% | 56.0% |
College | | | | | |
| College of Communication | 83.3% | 91.7% | 83.3% | 84.1% | 91.7% |
| College of Education | 84.1% | 92.4% | 87.3% | 87.5% | 84.9% |
| College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences | 84.6% | 85.3% | 81.1% | 81.7% | 81.6% |
| College of Science and Health | 91.9% | 88.9% | 91.7% | 93.9% | 93.7% |
| Driehaus College of Business | 85.4% | 85.7% | 86.8% | 81.5% | 79.6% |
| Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media | 80.0% | 83.3% | 77.7% | 77.0% | 74.3% |
| School of Continuing and Professional Studies | 64.0% | 86.7% | 81.8% | 77.8% | 70.0% |
| School of Music | 88.2% | 68.9% | 89.2% | 86.3% | 93.0% |
| The Theatre School | 92.9% | 92.3% | 100.0% | 93.8% | 85.7% |
