Find insights into college student persistence, progression, and retention with this benchmark report, taken from a survey of college and university officials. These benchmarks can help your institution compare your outcomes for first-time-in-college (FTIC) students as well as transfer students. This report features 12 key benchmarks in three…

To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring. Proactive and intensive coaching interventions are effective, but are costly and difficult to scale. We evaluate a relatively lower-cost group coaching program targeted at first-year college students placed on academic probation.…

This benchmark report provides insights into college student persistence, progression, and retention for first-year, second-year, and transfer students at four-year private and public institutions, taken from a survey of college and university officials. This report features 14 key benchmarks in four major categories: (1) annual expenditures on…

This report provides benchmarks of key indicators of undergraduate student retention, based on an electronic poll of college and university officials in January and February of 2017. This report includes: (1) term-to-term persistence benchmarks for first-year, second-year, and transfer students; (2) progression benchmarks (indicators of successful…

This biennial report from Ruffalo Noel Levitz allows colleges and universities to compare persistence, progression, and retention rates for several high-priority student populations. The report is based on a web-based poll of campus officials in the fall of 2014 in which respondents reported official census data from the 2013-14 academic year and…

This biennial report from Noel-Levitz assists colleges and universities with raising the bar on student retention and degree completion subgoals by benchmarking key predictive indicators such as term-to-term persistence and the ratio of credit hours completed vs. credit hours attempted. The report is based on a Web-based poll of campus officials…