The national six-year completion rate appears to have reached a plateau, showing the smallest increase of the last five years, a 0.3 percentage point growth to 60.1 percent, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Research Reports
Research Center to Release in December the 8th Annual High School Benchmarks Report
The High School Benchmarks Report provides high school-to-college transition rates for graduates of different types of high schools.
Dual Enrollment Shows Promise to Help Close Equity Gaps
Dual enrollment allows students still in high school to take courses for credit from community colleges, and helpful in closing equity gaps.
Fall Enrollment: Freshman Show Steep Declines; Student Mobility Appears Constrained
Undergraduate enrollment is down 4.4% while graduate enrollment is up 2.9% compared to the same time last year. Overall, postsecondary enrollment this fall is 3.3% lower.
Fall 2020 First Look Research Reveals Transfer Patterns and Enrollment Challenges
Discover the postsecondary enrollment, transfer, mobility, and progress data that will quantify the impact of COVID-19 on higher education in the United States.
COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress Report to Launch Oct. 27
Recognizing the urgency of COVID-19’s impact on students and institutions, the Research Center will explain how the pandemic is changing transfer pathways across higher education over the next two years.
Community Colleges, For-Profit and Rural Institutions, Black Undergraduates, Male Undergraduates Suffered Most from Online-Only 2020 Summer Sessions
The new research series, “Stay Informed with the Latest Enrollment Information,” will track the impact of COVID-19 on postsecondary enrollments, using the latest data available.
5 Practices for Improving Higher Education Retention Rates
What can four-year and two-year institutions do to improve their retention rates? Review these five practical strategies for retention and postsecondary success.
New Research Center Reports to Help Institutions Navigate Enrollment Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, the Research Center will provide monthly updates to the Spring 2020 Current Term Enrollment Estimates to help institutions have more current data.
Research Center Releases 2020 Persistence and Retention Report
The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary students. 76% of first-time freshmen in fall 2018 returned to college for their second year.