The state of retention and completion in higher education in 9 charts - Shalina Chatlani & Autumn A. Arnett, Education Dive

The United States has one of the highest college dropout rates in the industrial world according to a Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2014 report. Administrators are acutely aware that it’s not enough to just get students into college. Once they have enrolled, how and why they depart matters just as equally. But data suggests the situation is improving slowly. Overall, U.S full-time student retention is 74.4% for full-time students. At 81.6%, four-year private not-for-profit colleges had the h https://www.educationdive.com/news/the-state-of-retention-and-completion-in-higher-education-in-9-charts/515382/