Three-Year Retention Rates of Master's Degree Students by Fall Entry Term and Ethnicity
                         
        Fall 2000 Entrants   Fall 2001 Entrants   Fall 2002 Entrants   Fall 2003 Entrants   Fall 2004 Entrants
      Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
                         
                         
  Retention Rates                    
                         
  Minority   68.8 (32) 53.9 (26) 44.1 (34) 62.5 (32) 33.3 (24)
    African American -- (2) -- (3) 50.0 (4) 50.0 (2) -- (2)
    Asian American* 75.0 (12) -- (2) 50.0 (8) 58.3 (12) 50.0 (6)
    Latino/a   75.0 (16) 47.4 (19) 42.8 (21) 61.2 (18) 33.3 (15)
    Native American -- (2) -- (2) -- (1) -- (0) -- (1)
                         
  White   71.4 (91) 40.7 (59) 58.8 (85) 61.6 (73) 42.2 (83)
                         
  Other/Unknown 85.7 (21) 26.1 (23) 40.7 (27) 57.9 (19) 33.3 (15)
  Non-resident Alien -- (4) -- (1) 44.4 (9) 60.0 (5) 25.0 (4)
                         
  Combined Rate 73.0 (148) 40.4 (109) 51.6 (155) 61.2 (129) 38.9 (126)
                         
 
  *Includes Pacific Islanders
Source:
Enrollment Reporting System files and Degree files maintained by IP&A.
Note
: Degree files are refreshed every year. As a result, rates for prior years may change slightly.