One-Year Continuation* 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  Fall 2005 Entrants   Fall 2006 Entrants
      Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number
                                 
                                 
  Minority   75.0 (32) 84.6 (26) 55.9 (34) 68.8 (32) 75.0 (24) 84.2 (38) 2.9 (34)
    African American -- (2) 66.7 (3) 50.0 (4) 50.0 (2) 100.0 (2) 40.0 (5) -- (2)
    Asian American** 83.3 (12) 100.0 (2) 50.0 (8) 66.7 (12) 83.3 (6) 90.9 (11) -- (12)
    Latino/a   81.3 (16) 84.2 (19) 61.9 (21) 72.2 (18) 73.3 (15) 90.9 (22) 5.3 (19)
    Native American 50.0 (2) 100.0 (2) -- (1) -- (0) -- (1) -- (0)   (1)
                                 
  White   81.3 (91) 79.7 (59) 76.5 (85) 78.1 (73) 79.5 (83) 80.7 (88) -- (50)
                                 
  Other/Unknown 95.2 (21) 56.5 (23) 59.3 (27) 73.7 (19) 66.7 (15) 87.5 (16) -- (13)
  Non-resident Alien 75.0 (4) -- (1) 66.7 (9) 60.0 (5) 50.0 (4) 100.0 (2) -- (4)
                                 
  Combined Rate 81.8 (148) 75.2 (109) 68.4 (155) 74.4 (129) 76.2 (126) 81.9 (144) 1.0 (101)
                                 
* A one-year continuation rate shows the percentage of an entry cohort that is enrolled at the beginning            
of the third term after entry. (Minimum n=6 to calculate rate).                    
** Includes Pacific Islanders