Four-Year Retention Rates of Regularly Admitted First-time Freshmen by Fall Entry Term and Ethnicity  
 
                                         
        Fall 1995 Entrants   Fall 1996 Entrants   Fall 1997 Entrants   Fall 1998 Entrants   Fall 1999 Entrants   Fall 2000 Entrants   Fall 2001 Entrants   Fall 2002 Entrants   Fall 2003 Entrants
      Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
                                         
                                         
  Retention Rates                                    
                                         
  Minority   40.2 (102) 48.1 (106) 51.0 (106) 50.4 (125) 47.7 (149) 48.3 (209) 45.6 (182) 52.1 (288) 49.8 (299)
    African American 33.3 (6) 25.0 (8) 41.6 (12) 55.5 (9) 41.7 (12) 40.0 (10) 37.5 (16) 66.7 (18) 54.2 (24)
    Asian American* 50.0 (32) 51.7 (29) 55.0 (20) 50.0 (40) 48.0 (50) 52.6 (76) 54.2 (48) 57.5 (99) 50.6 (91)
    Latino/a   35 (60) 51.5 (66) 51.3 (72) 51.4 (74) 48.8 (82) 45.8 (118) 44.7 (114) 48.7 (166) 49.7 (173)
    Native American -- (4) -- (3) -- (2) -- (2) 40.0 (5) 60.0 (5) -- (4) 0.0 (5) 36.4 (11)
                                         
  White   49.6 (127) 35.9 (156) 54.6 (141) 49.7 (149) 48.7 (187) 42.3 (267) 49.4 (259) 54.0 (382) 49.8 (458)
                                         
  Other/Unknown 33.3 (27) 29.2 (24) 41.5 (41) 36.0 (25) 64.1 (39) 46.3 (41) 38.0 (50) 46.2 (91) 44.8 (67)
  Non-resident Alien 50.0 (12) 40.0 (5) 40.0 (5) 40.0 (5) 50.0 (8) 38.9 (18) 25.0 (12) 34.8 (23) 46.7 (15)
                                         
  Combined Rate 44.4 (268) 39.9 (291) 51.2 (293) 48.7 (304) 49.8 (383) 44.9 (535) 46.3 (503) 51.7 (784) 49.4 (839)