Retention by Program

The example below shows retention, graduation and transfer by academic program for a particular cohort.  This view reveals interesting trends (below, you will find an explanation of the terms). 

For example, looking at the MATH majors, one can see that the drop out rate () is much lower than average.  However, looking closer, Estudias also shows that among these students, there is a very large number were retained, but changed their major ().  This may indicate that the students who are ambitious enough to choose mathematics as a major are more likely than average to stay enrolled at the institution (even if they change their major).

Students are grouped into one of several categories:

• Retained in Major: students who returned the following term and did not change their major, showing departmental retention.
• Retained in Institution: students who returned the following term, but to a different major, showing institutional retention.
• Graduated, Returned to Major: students who graduated and returned to the school the following term with the same major
• Graduated, Returned to Institution: students who graduated and returned to the school the following term, but with a different major
• Graduated, Left Institution: students who graduated and did not return to the institution
• Transfer Out: Students who, according to National Student Clearinghouse data, transferred to another institution the following term (Requires optional module to integrate with NSC data)
• Stop Out: students who did not graduate, did not transfer, and did not return the following term, but did return some subsequent term
• Drop Out: students who did not graduate, did not transfer, and did not return for any following terms