One-Year Continuation* Rates of Regularly Admitted First-time Freshmen by Fall Entry Term and Ethnicity

  
 
                             
       Fall 2001 Entrants  Fall 2002 Entrants  Fall 2003 Entrants  Fall 2004 Entrants  Fall 2005 Entrants  Fall 2006 Entrants
      Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
                             
                             
  Minority   57.7 (182) 69.8 (288) 69.9 (299) 67.0 (267) 74.4 (277) 68.9 (549)
    African American 37.5 (16) 61.1 (18) 54.2 (24) 74.1 (27) 52.6 (19) 68.6 (51)
    Asian American** 56.3 (48) 64.6 (99) 79.1 (91) 75.0 (80) 86.1 (79) 74.5 (141)
    Latino/a   62.3 (114) 74.1 (166) 67.6 (173) 60.9 (156) 72.2 (169) 66.6 (347)
    Native American -- (4) -- (5) 63.6 (11) -- (4) 60.0 (10) 70.0 (10)
                             
  White   65.3 (259) 72.3 (382) 75.5 (458) 70.3 (327) 76.5 (392) 71.0 (665)
                             
  Other/Unknown 64.0 (50) 68.1 (91) 58.2 (67) 80.0 (50) 81.8 (55) 71.4 (105)
  Non-resident Alien 66.7 (12) 60.9 (23) 66.7 (15) 93.3 (15) 61.9 (21) 69.2 (26)
                             
  Combined Rate 62.4 (503) 70.5 (784) 72.0 (839) 70.3 (659) 75.7 (745) 70.1 (1345)
                             
 
        ** Includes Pacific Islanders

        * A one-year continuation rate shows the percentage of an entry cohort that is enrolled at the beginning of the third term after entry.