Overview

This report shows 2nd-year retention rates for the previous ten most recent FTIAC student cohorts for which data are available.

FTIACs (First Time in Any College): FTIAC students are defined as all full-time, first-year degree-seeking students enrolled as of fall census. First-year students who enroll during the Summer II session and are enrolled as full-time, degree-seeking students for the Fall session are counted as FTIACs. FTIACs are grouped into cohorts based on the year of their arrival. Students who completely withdraw from classes before receiving any WMU credit may be counted as FTIACs again when they re-enroll at a later fall term.

Retention: A student has returned for their second-year if they are registered as a full- or part-time student by the Fall census occurring one year after initial enrollment.

Exceptions: Following procedures outlined by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE), students who are deceased prior to Fall census are removed from the denominator of retention calculations (i.e. the initial cohort or sub-cohort size is reduced by the number of deceased students).

Sources: Data reported here are sourced from snapshots of WMU’s Banner Operational Data Store (ODS) taken at Fall census. Any students not counted as FTIACs once Fall Census data are finalized will not be included in this report. However, some data presented here have historically been captured in the Banner census snapshots. The exceptions are:

• Pell eligibility: Pell eligibility is typically determined for FTIACs prior to Fall census but eligibility have been subject to change throughout the year. Starting in Fall 2021 Pell eligibility data are frozen as of census. For prior falls the existing Pell eligibility data for previous years were frozen during the Fall 2021 census as well. These historical eligibility data are no longer subject to change moving forward.
• Student cohort: these designations are typically set at Fall census and typically remain unchanged through time. Any updates to student cohorts made after fall census will be reflected when the report is updated.
  

Data breakdowns

In addition to showing the overall university-wide retention (see Overall tab), the tabs at the top of the page show retention breakdowns by:

• primary ethnicity
• gender
• high school GPA (in 0.5 grade point intervals)
• residency by location (Michigan resident, US non-resident, and international)
• college
• Pell eligibility
• credit hours enrolled (at Fall census)
• campus housing (‘On’ vs. ‘Off’ campus)
• top 10 Michigan counties by enrollment
• student cohorts
• other student groups
  • student employees (employed in 1st year)
  • first generation students
  • Honors College students
  • underrepresented minorities
  • veterans and military students

How to read this report

Each of the above tabs contains two sections: 2nd-year Retention Rate Summary and 2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort.

• 2nd-year Retention Rate Summary: shows aggregate retention data for each sub-cohort over the last ten years, including 3-, 5- and 10-year averages and 1-, 5-, and 10-year changes in retention. Changes in retention are the change in retention (pp) for the most recent year, across the last 5, and across the last 10 years (inclusive):
  • the ‘5-year’ change is between then 2018 and 2022 cohorts
  • the ‘10-year’ change is between the 2013 and 2022 cohorts.
• 2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort: includes a time-series chart showing the year-by-year change in retention for the selected sub-cohort. The charts also indicate the overall WMU retention over the same time-period for comparison. The neighboring table shows the number of FTIACS in the sub-cohort, the percentage of FTIACs in the sub-cohort, and the sub-cohort retention for each cohort year.

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

cohort	FTIACs	retention
2013	3,158	77.5%
2014	2,970	79.0%
2015	2,953	78.6%
2016	2,891	78.1%
2017	3,138	79.9%
2018	2,990	78.4%
2019	2,893	78.5%
2020	2,539	77.2%
2021	2,084	76.5%
2022	2,577	79.8%
2023	2,424

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: In 2010 students were given the opportunity to update their self-reported races after the addition of the Native Hawaiian and Two or More Races categories. Consequently, aggregations of pre-2010 and post-2010 ethnicity data are not valid, and only the 3- and 5-year averages and changes are currently available. Three- and 5-year averages are weighted by cohort size. Average cohort size is calculated from post-2010 cohorts. Three-, and 5-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

American Indian or Alaska Native

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	8	0.3%	50.0%
2014	10	0.3%	50.0%
2015	11	0.4%	72.7%
2016	11	0.4%	100.0%
2017	10	0.3%	80.0%
2018	11	0.4%	81.8%
2019	8	0.3%	87.5%
2020	5	0.2%	60.0%
2021	7	0.3%	57.1%
2022	5	0.2%	80.0%
2023	7	0.3%

Asian

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	49	1.6%	81.6%
2014	56	1.9%	87.5%
2015	51	1.7%	90.2%
2016	48	1.7%	83.3%
2017	56	1.8%	83.9%
2018	78	2.6%	78.2%
2019	50	1.7%	84.0%
2020	60	2.4%	80.0%
2021	44	2.1%	83.7%
2022	66	2.6%	84.8%
2023	73	3.0%

Black or African American

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	437	13.8%	72.8%
2014	441	14.8%	69.8%
2015	441	14.9%	68.7%
2016	542	18.7%	70.3%
2017	423	13.5%	74.9%
2018	312	10.4%	69.6%
2019	251	8.7%	71.3%
2020	198	7.8%	62.6%
2021	152	7.3%	67.8%
2022	189	7.3%	70.9%
2023	187	7.7%

Hispanic

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	202	6.4%	72.3%
2014	210	7.1%	77.6%
2015	215	7.3%	81.4%
2016	177	6.1%	75.1%
2017	224	7.1%	75.9%
2018	286	9.6%	77.3%
2019	207	7.2%	72.9%
2020	219	8.6%	73.5%
2021	195	9.4%	72.8%
2022	206	8.0%	76.7%
2023	229	9.4%

International

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	41	1.3%	92.7%
2014	44	1.5%	84.1%
2015	55	1.9%	87.3%
2016	52	1.8%	94.2%
2017	43	1.4%	90.7%
2018	87	2.9%	83.9%
2019	122	4.2%	81.1%
2020	60	2.4%	86.7%
2021	36	1.7%	77.8%
2022	44	1.7%	63.6%
2023	33	1.4%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	5	0.2%	80.0%
2014	2	0.1%	0.0%
2015	2	0.1%	100.0%
2016	1	0.0%	100.0%
2017	5	0.2%	40.0%
2018	2	0.1%	100.0%
2019	2	0.1%	100.0%
2020
2021	2	0.1%	50.0%
2022	1	0.0%	100.0%
2023	1	0.0%

Two or More Races

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	116	3.7%	71.6%
2014	102	3.4%	68.6%
2015	114	3.9%	71.9%
2016	142	4.9%	70.4%
2017	132	4.2%	71.2%
2018	118	3.9%	72.0%
2019	144	5.0%	67.4%
2020	119	4.7%	65.5%
2021	80	3.8%	71.2%
2022	152	5.9%	82.9%
2023	115	4.7%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	26	0.8%	69.2%
2014	15	0.5%	93.3%
2015	14	0.5%	85.7%
2016	10	0.3%	60.0%
2017	11	0.4%	63.6%
2018	47	1.6%	87.2%
2019	26	0.9%	69.2%
2020	52	2.0%	73.1%
2021	45	2.2%	75.6%
2022	19	0.7%	94.7%
2023	15	0.6%

White

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	2,274	72.0%	79.0%
2014	2,090	70.4%	81.4%
2015	2,050	69.4%	80.2%
2016	1,908	66.0%	80.6%
2017	2,234	71.2%	81.6%
2018	2,049	68.5%	79.8%
2019	2,083	72.0%	80.4%
2020	1,826	71.9%	79.7%
2021	1,523	73.1%	78.1%
2022	1,895	73.5%	80.8%
2023	1,764	72.8%

Notes on Primary Ethnicity

The report shows the breakdown by a student’s self-reported primary ethnicity as of census. Ethnicity groups are derived from the federal reporting categories as defined by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

• international students are reported under the International category whether or not they report as being a member of an additional race group
• non-international students who choose not to provide ethnicity information are reported under the Unknown category
• students who report as Hispanic are counted under the Hispanic category regardless of whether or not they report being a member of an additional race group
• otherwise…
  • students who report as being a member of single race group are reported under that ethnicity
  • non-Hispanic students who report as being a member of multiple racial groups (e.g. White and Asian) are counted under the Two or More Races category

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Female

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,619	51.3%	78.0%
2014	1,515	51.0%	80.8%
2015	1,490	50.5%	80.0%
2016	1,534	53.1%	78.4%
2017	1,631	52.0%	81.2%
2018	1,474	49.3%	81.7%
2019	1,426	49.3%	80.5%
2020	1,283	50.5%	78.9%
2021	1,052	50.5%	78.2%
2022	1,381	53.6%	82.1%
2023	1,266	52.2%

Male

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,539	48.7%	77.0%
2014	1,455	49.0%	77.2%
2015	1,463	49.5%	77.2%
2016	1,357	46.9%	77.9%
2017	1,507	48.0%	78.5%
2018	1,516	50.7%	75.2%
2019	1,467	50.7%	76.5%
2020	1,256	49.5%	75.5%
2021	1,032	49.5%	74.8%
2022	1,196	46.4%	77.2%
2023	1,158	47.8%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Reported high school GPAs are adjusted weighted 4-point scale by the WMU admissions office to give extra credit for AP and IB courses. That weighted 4-point scale is what is reported here. Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

0.00 - 2.50

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	45	1.4%	68.9%
2014	37	1.2%	64.9%
2015	31	1.0%	61.3%
2016	44	1.5%	68.2%
2017	38	1.2%	73.7%
2018	38	1.3%	55.3%
2019	25	0.9%	64.0%
2020	36	1.4%	66.7%
2021	25	1.2%	64.0%
2022	26	1.0%	65.4%
2023	26	1.1%

2.50 - 2.99

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	881	27.9%	68.0%
2014	753	25.4%	70.1%
2015	817	27.7%	68.5%
2016	810	28.0%	64.9%
2017	767	24.4%	69.3%
2018	668	22.3%	66.8%
2019	523	18.1%	69.6%
2020	458	18.0%	64.0%
2021	373	17.9%	58.9%
2022	348	13.5%	62.4%
2023	369	15.2%

3.00 - 3.49

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,026	32.5%	76.7%
2014	993	33.4%	75.7%
2015	936	31.7%	79.1%
2016	918	31.8%	77.9%
2017	1,012	32.2%	79.0%
2018	895	29.9%	77.0%
2019	916	31.7%	73.1%
2020	681	26.8%	70.9%
2021	616	29.6%	71.9%
2022	706	27.4%	75.2%
2023	653	26.9%

3.50 - 3.99

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	827	26.2%	83.2%
2014	804	27.1%	86.9%
2015	770	26.1%	82.9%
2016	762	26.4%	86.2%
2017	914	29.1%	84.5%
2018	815	27.3%	83.1%
2019	863	29.8%	82.2%
2020	769	30.3%	82.6%
2021	747	35.8%	84.2%
2022	1,037	40.2%	84.9%
2023	938	38.7%

4.00 - 4.49

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	313	9.9%	93.9%
2014	331	11.1%	90.9%
2015	358	12.1%	91.1%
2016	323	11.2%	92.3%
2017	372	11.9%	93.3%
2018	427	14.3%	92.0%
2019	523	18.1%	90.6%
2020	513	20.2%	88.1%
2021	286	13.7%	89.2%
2022	395	15.3%	90.4%
2023	387	16.0%

4.50 - 5.00

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	14	0.4%	85.7%
2014	20	0.7%	90.0%
2015	19	0.6%	100.0%
2016	15	0.5%	93.3%
2017	22	0.7%	95.5%
2018	32	1.1%	87.5%
2019	29	1.0%	96.6%
2020	43	1.7%	90.7%
2021	24	1.2%	95.8%
2022	29	1.1%	96.6%
2023	23	0.9%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	52	1.6%	71.2%
2014	32	1.1%	78.1%
2015	22	0.7%	86.4%
2016	19	0.7%	100.0%
2017	13	0.4%	61.5%
2018	115	3.8%	78.3%
2019	14	0.5%	64.3%
2020	39	1.5%	87.2%
2021	13	0.6%	69.2%
2022	36	1.4%	75.0%
2023	28	1.2%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Domestic Non-Resident

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	341	10.8%	85.3%
2014	333	11.2%	81.7%
2015	341	11.5%	83.0%
2016	375	13.0%	77.9%
2017	561	17.9%	86.8%
2018	708	23.7%	81.2%
2019	670	23.2%	77.3%
2020	566	22.3%	79.3%
2021	488	23.4%	76.8%
2022	505	19.6%	79.6%
2023	509	21.0%

Domestic Resident

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	2,776	87.9%	76.3%
2014	2,593	87.3%	78.6%
2015	2,557	86.6%	77.8%
2016	2,464	85.2%	77.8%
2017	2,534	80.8%	78.2%
2018	2,195	73.4%	77.3%
2019	2,101	72.6%	78.7%
2020	1,913	75.3%	76.3%
2021	1,560	74.9%	76.4%
2022	2,028	78.7%	80.2%
2023	1,882	77.6%

International

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	41	1.3%	92.7%
2014	44	1.5%	84.1%
2015	55	1.9%	87.3%
2016	52	1.8%	94.2%
2017	43	1.4%	90.7%
2018	87	2.9%	83.9%
2019	122	4.2%	81.1%
2020	60	2.4%	86.7%
2021	36	1.7%	77.8%
2022	44	1.7%	63.6%
2023	33	1.4%

Notes on Residency

Residency categories are defined by students’ home addresses (inside or outside Michigan) and not their residency categories for tuition purposes:

• Domestic Residents: domestic students coming from Michigan counties
• Domestic Non-Residents: domestic students coming from non-Michigan counties
• International: All international students (regardless of address at enrollment)

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Students are associated with their ‘discipline’ college (i.e. the college associated with their major) and not their degree-granting college. Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Arts & Sciences

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	700	22.2%	75.3%
2014	618	20.8%	78.8%
2015	585	19.8%	74.9%
2016	643	22.2%	75.6%
2017	679	21.6%	78.1%
2018	637	21.3%	77.2%
2019	600	20.7%	73.0%
2020	477	18.8%	78.0%
2021	449	21.5%	74.2%
2022	582	22.6%	74.9%
2023	480	19.8%

Aviation

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	157	5.0%	84.7%
2014	143	4.8%	78.3%
2015	164	5.6%	81.1%
2016	163	5.6%	81.0%
2017	213	6.8%	85.4%
2018	224	7.5%	82.1%
2019	274	9.5%	78.8%
2020	257	10.1%	75.1%
2021	188	9.0%	83.0%
2022	135	5.2%	88.1%
2023	230	9.5%

Education & Human Development

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	248	7.9%	79.8%
2014	245	8.2%	75.9%
2015	230	7.8%	81.7%
2016	228	7.9%	79.4%
2017	220	7.0%	80.9%
2018	221	7.4%	83.3%
2019	218	7.5%	82.6%
2020	190	7.5%	79.5%
2021	163	7.8%	76.1%
2022	215	8.3%	83.7%
2023	194	8.0%

Engineering & Applied Sciences

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	421	13.3%	79.8%
2014	470	15.8%	82.3%
2015	451	15.3%	80.9%
2016	351	12.1%	81.5%
2017	392	12.5%	81.4%
2018	395	13.2%	76.5%
2019	394	13.6%	80.4%
2020	369	14.5%	81.8%
2021	263	12.6%	76.0%
2022	355	13.8%	79.7%
2023	354	14.6%

Fine Arts

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	197	6.2%	86.2%
2014	203	6.8%	88.7%
2015	189	6.4%	87.3%
2016	189	6.5%	89.9%
2017	233	7.4%	88.8%
2018	192	6.4%	86.5%
2019	226	7.8%	89.4%
2020	218	8.6%	86.2%
2021	170	8.2%	87.1%
2022	261	10.1%	87.4%
2023	267	11.0%

Haworth College of Business

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	524	16.6%	78.6%
2014	464	15.6%	76.9%
2015	536	18.2%	81.5%
2016	493	17.1%	80.5%
2017	606	19.3%	79.0%
2018	599	20.0%	79.1%
2019	547	18.9%	77.7%
2020	430	16.9%	76.5%
2021	387	18.6%	76.7%
2022	496	19.2%	81.7%
2023	417	17.2%

Health & Human Services

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	426	13.5%	79.3%
2014	317	10.7%	85.8%
2015	353	12.0%	78.8%
2016	373	12.9%	76.1%
2017	403	12.8%	81.9%
2018	329	11.0%	78.7%
2019	316	10.9%	81.6%
2020	263	10.4%	73.4%
2021	192	9.2%	76.0%
2022	238	9.2%	82.8%
2023	204	8.4%

Other

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	485	15.4%	68.9%
2014	510	17.2%	71.8%
2015	445	15.1%	71.2%
2016	451	15.6%	71.6%
2017	392	12.5%	72.1%
2018	393	13.1%	72.0%
2019	318	11.0%	73.6%
2020	335	13.2%	69.3%
2021	272	13.1%	70.1%
2022	295	11.4%	70.8%
2023	278	11.5%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Not Eligibile

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,610	51.0%	80.5%
2014	1,505	50.7%	82.2%
2015	1,472	49.8%	83.1%
2016	1,492	51.6%	79.8%
2017	1,709	54.5%	82.8%
2018	1,679	56.2%	81.8%
2019	1,694	58.6%	80.0%
2020	1,577	62.1%	79.6%
2021	1,352	64.9%	79.1%
2022	1,580	61.3%	83.0%
2023	1,484	61.2%

Pell Eligibile

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,135	35.9%	73.4%
2014	1,114	37.5%	73.8%
2015	1,092	37.0%	71.6%
2016	1,049	36.3%	75.1%
2017	1,076	34.3%	74.8%
2018	908	30.4%	71.7%
2019	759	26.2%	74.3%
2020	625	24.6%	70.6%
2021	481	23.1%	70.4%
2022	669	26.0%	74.6%
2023	688	28.4%

Unknown

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	413	13.1%	77.2%
2014	351	11.8%	82.1%
2015	389	13.2%	81.2%
2016	350	12.1%	80.3%
2017	353	11.2%	81.3%
2018	403	13.5%	79.4%
2019	440	15.2%	79.8%
2020	337	13.3%	78.3%
2021	251	12.0%	74.5%
2022	328	12.7%	75.3%
2023	252	10.4%

Notes on Pell Eligibility

Pell eligibility is determined using a student’s expected family contribution (PELL EFC) as calculated from their FAFSA and Federal guidelines on Pell award amounts.

Incoming FTIACs can be divided into three distinct groups based on the Pell eligibility status:

• Pell-eligible: students whose EFC falls below the cutoff
• Non-eligible: students whose EFC falls above the cutoff
• Unknown: students who did not submit a FAFSA

Note that the Unknown group above is a mix of students who did not submit a FAFSA because they did not need aid, were not eligible (e.g. international), or otherwise forgot or missed the relevant deadline for submission.

Lastly, the numbers shown here may differ slightly from the number of student who were actually offered Pell awards in any given year.

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Credit hour categories indicate enrolled credits as of Fall census. Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

12 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	338	10.7%	70.1%
2014	330	11.1%	71.2%
2015	348	11.8%	74.4%
2016	335	11.6%	71.0%
2017	416	13.3%	74.0%
2018	144	4.8%	59.7%
2019	169	5.8%	74.6%
2020	224	8.8%	63.4%
2021	216	10.4%	67.0%
2022	165	6.4%	77.0%
2023	225	9.3%

13 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	547	17.3%	71.3%
2014	540	18.2%	72.6%
2015	476	16.1%	70.8%
2016	504	17.4%	73.6%
2017	615	19.6%	79.8%
2018	274	9.2%	74.8%
2019	310	10.7%	72.3%
2020	420	16.5%	74.0%
2021	394	18.9%	74.6%
2022	561	21.8%	78.4%
2023	420	17.3%

14 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	849	26.9%	79.7%
2014	857	28.9%	81.6%
2015	846	28.6%	78.3%
2016	907	31.4%	78.7%
2017	899	28.6%	80.7%
2018	760	25.4%	81.4%
2019	789	27.3%	77.6%
2020	935	36.8%	78.6%
2021	724	34.7%	78.3%
2022	864	33.5%	78.5%
2023	889	36.7%

15 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,150	36.4%	80.7%
2014	1,042	35.1%	81.8%
2015	1,089	36.9%	82.2%
2016	995	34.4%	80.4%
2017	1,040	33.1%	81.0%
2018	1,534	51.3%	78.9%
2019	1,362	47.1%	80.0%
2020	782	30.8%	80.7%
2021	617	29.6%	77.6%
2022	780	30.3%	81.2%
2023	712	29.4%

16 credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	230	7.3%	78.7%
2014	157	5.3%	84.7%
2015	156	5.3%	87.8%
2016	122	4.2%	88.5%
2017	143	4.6%	85.3%
2018	234	7.8%	78.2%
2019	227	7.8%	82.8%
2020	143	5.6%	75.5%
2021	108	5.2%	79.6%
2022	167	6.5%	86.8%
2023	135	5.6%

17+ credit hours

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	44	1.4%	79.5%
2014	44	1.5%	81.8%
2015	38	1.3%	81.6%
2016	28	1.0%	100.0%
2017	25	0.8%	76.0%
2018	44	1.5%	90.9%
2019	36	1.2%	83.3%
2020	35	1.4%	94.3%
2021	25	1.2%	96.0%
2022	40	1.6%	85.0%
2023	43	1.8%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Off campus

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	372	11.8%	70.4%
2014	421	14.2%	71.3%
2015	343	11.6%	75.8%
2016	341	11.8%	70.4%
2017	352	11.2%	75.6%
2018	372	12.4%	72.6%
2019	369	12.8%	72.9%
2020	679	26.7%	72.6%
2021	396	19.0%	72.2%
2022	388	15.1%	73.7%
2023	361	14.9%

On campus

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	2,786	88.2%	78.5%
2014	2,549	85.8%	80.3%
2015	2,610	88.4%	79.0%
2016	2,550	88.2%	79.2%
2017	2,786	88.8%	80.5%
2018	2,618	87.6%	79.2%
2019	2,524	87.2%	79.3%
2020	1,860	73.3%	78.9%
2021	1,688	81.0%	77.5%
2022	2,189	84.9%	80.9%
2023	2,063	85.1%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary (Top 10 US Counties by Average Enrollment)

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

Cook (IL)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	117	3.7%	85.5%
2014	131	4.4%	80.2%
2015	92	3.1%	73.9%
2016	133	4.6%	66.9%
2017	201	6.4%	85.1%
2018	225	7.5%	79.6%
2019	155	5.4%	76.8%
2020	141	5.6%	78.0%
2021	94	4.5%	78.7%
2022	110	4.3%	75.5%
2023	101	4.2%

Kalamazoo (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	369	11.7%	76.2%
2014	428	14.4%	78.0%
2015	348	11.8%	83.9%
2016	360	12.5%	79.7%
2017	335	10.7%	79.4%
2018	370	12.4%	73.2%
2019	377	13.0%	78.2%
2020	314	12.4%	75.8%
2021	286	13.7%	76.2%
2022	307	11.9%	76.5%
2023	292	12.0%

Kent (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	156	4.9%	71.2%
2014	173	5.8%	79.8%
2015	189	6.4%	76.2%
2016	154	5.3%	79.9%
2017	192	6.1%	78.1%
2018	185	6.2%	80.5%
2019	173	6.0%	79.8%
2020	158	6.2%	76.6%
2021	123	5.9%	85.4%
2022	197	7.6%	80.2%
2023	173	7.1%

Livingston (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	82	2.6%	86.6%
2014	74	2.5%	82.4%
2015	77	2.6%	81.8%
2016	60	2.1%	86.7%
2017	90	2.9%	88.9%
2018	68	2.3%	83.8%
2019	60	2.1%	76.7%
2020	64	2.5%	81.2%
2021	45	2.2%	75.6%
2022	84	3.3%	76.2%
2023	64	2.6%

Macomb (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	178	5.6%	80.3%
2014	219	7.4%	86.3%
2015	170	5.8%	78.8%
2016	187	6.5%	77.5%
2017	180	5.7%	77.2%
2018	149	5.0%	81.2%
2019	118	4.1%	82.2%
2020	93	3.7%	86.0%
2021	75	3.6%	77.3%
2022	111	4.3%	78.4%
2023	94	3.9%

Oakland (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	402	12.7%	80.8%
2014	309	10.4%	80.6%
2015	346	11.7%	76.9%
2016	372	12.9%	81.7%
2017	386	12.3%	79.9%
2018	291	9.7%	82.5%
2019	286	9.9%	80.4%
2020	278	10.9%	75.5%
2021	198	9.5%	74.6%
2022	238	9.2%	83.6%
2023	233	9.6%

Ottawa (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	94	3.0%	68.8%
2014	66	2.2%	80.3%
2015	96	3.3%	75.0%
2016	72	2.5%	81.9%
2017	93	3.0%	78.5%
2018	78	2.6%	75.6%
2019	82	2.8%	82.9%
2020	73	2.9%	72.6%
2021	65	3.1%	78.5%
2022	83	3.2%	89.2%
2023	86	3.5%

Van Buren (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	101	3.2%	79.0%
2014	88	3.0%	81.8%
2015	90	3.0%	79.8%
2016	67	2.3%	83.6%
2017	63	2.0%	74.6%
2018	63	2.1%	76.2%
2019	54	1.9%	85.2%
2020	52	2.0%	78.8%
2021	59	2.8%	71.2%
2022	57	2.2%	78.9%
2023	75	3.1%

Washtenaw (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	121	3.8%	79.3%
2014	97	3.3%	82.5%
2015	92	3.1%	83.7%
2016	79	2.7%	78.5%
2017	73	2.3%	84.9%
2018	70	2.3%	81.4%
2019	82	2.8%	79.3%
2020	65	2.6%	78.5%
2021	68	3.3%	79.4%
2022	63	2.4%	88.9%
2023	61	2.5%

Wayne (MI)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	388	12.3%	75.8%
2014	320	10.8%	74.7%
2015	315	10.7%	72.7%
2016	391	13.5%	75.4%
2017	349	11.1%	75.1%
2018	265	8.9%	74.7%
2019	227	7.8%	77.5%
2020	191	7.5%	72.3%
2021	143	6.9%	74.8%
2022	194	7.5%	78.4%
2023	180	7.4%

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	28	0.9%	82.1%
2014	38	1.3%	73.7%
2015	38	1.3%	92.1%
2016	21	0.7%	81.0%
2017	27	0.9%	92.6%
2018	35	1.2%	94.3%
2019	16	0.6%	87.5%
2020	36	1.4%	86.1%
2021	14	0.7%	71.4%
2022	29	1.1%	89.7%
2023

Fall Welcome Participants

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	2,916	92.3%	77.2%
2014	2,839	95.6%	79.3%
2015	2,741	92.8%	78.4%
2016	2,681	92.7%	77.6%
2017	2,891	92.1%	79.4%
2018	2,700	90.3%	78.1%
2019	2,670	92.3%	78.6%
2020
2021
2022
2023

First-Year Experience

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	1,495	47.3%	76.9%
2014	1,421	47.8%	77.3%
2015	1,365	46.2%	77.3%
2016	869	30.1%	75.0%
2017	833	26.5%	77.0%
2018	876	29.3%	76.4%
2019	824	28.5%	76.3%
2020	710	28.0%	75.2%
2021	551	26.4%	73.8%
2022	715	27.7%	75.1%
2023	688	28.4%

Kalamazoo Promise

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	117	3.7%	76.9%
2014	131	4.4%	74.8%
2015	102	3.5%	81.4%
2016	89	3.1%	76.4%
2017	70	2.2%	75.7%
2018	110	3.7%	63.6%
2019	98	3.4%	67.3%
2020	115	4.5%	71.3%
2021	80	3.8%	71.2%
2022	85	3.3%	77.6%
2023	71	2.9%

MLK Scholars

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	50	1.6%	92.0%
2014	49	1.6%	91.8%
2015	51	1.7%	80.4%
2016	46	1.6%	91.3%
2017	49	1.6%	89.8%
2018	24	0.8%	100.0%
2019	22	0.8%	77.3%
2020	29	1.1%	75.9%
2021	27	1.3%	81.5%
2022	27	1.0%	88.9%
2023

STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	379	12.0%	81.0%
2014	401	13.5%	82.0%
2015	387	13.1%	79.6%
2016	295	10.2%	81.0%
2017	342	10.9%	80.4%
2018	325	10.9%	75.7%
2019	325	11.2%	79.6%
2020
2021
2022
2023

Seita Scholars

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	32	1.0%	84.4%
2014	33	1.1%	72.7%
2015	33	1.1%	60.6%
2016	37	1.3%	62.2%
2017	21	0.7%	66.7%
2018	18	0.6%	77.8%
2019	22	0.8%	68.2%
2020	14	0.6%	50.0%
2021	12	0.6%	100.0%
2022	21	0.8%	71.4%
2023	11	0.5%

TRiO Student Success Program (SSP)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	57	1.8%	78.9%
2014	58	2.0%	75.9%
2015	57	1.9%	86.0%
2016	61	2.1%	72.1%
2017	61	1.9%	70.5%
2018	63	2.1%	74.6%
2019	70	2.4%	72.9%
2020	22	0.9%	86.4%
2021	40	1.9%	85.0%
2022	58	2.3%	70.7%
2023	56	2.3%

Notes on Student Cohorts

This tab shows the breakdown by official student cohorts as defined in the Banner Information System.

• Only students who are also FTIACs are reported here. Cohort totals may not match totals reported here if non-FTIAC students are included in cohort (including students who start in Summer I).

• Students are included in a cohort if they are assigned the cohort at any point while at WMU, not just if they are assigned to the cohort during their first fall term.

• By definition, students can be included in more than one cohort listed above, so the cohorts should not be considered as mutually exclusive groups.

• Similarly, student cohorts are not created to be compared directly with one another. Consequently, the ‘2nd-year Retention Rate Summary Table’ above is presented in alphabetical order only, and the ‘2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort’ plots show only the data for the selected cohort (as well as the overall WMU retention).

2nd-year Retention Rate Summary

Notes: Three-, 5-, and 10-year average retention are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort

First Generation

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	617	19.5%	73.6%
2014	589	19.8%	72.5%
2015	612	20.7%	73.5%
2016	548	19.0%	72.8%
2017	581	18.5%	72.1%
2018	481	16.1%	71.1%
2019	437	15.1%	71.6%
2020	368	14.5%	68.5%
2021	302	14.5%	69.2%
2022	392	15.2%	72.7%
2023	350	14.4%

Honors College

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	370	11.7%	91.6%
2014	371	12.5%	91.4%
2015	412	14.0%	89.8%
2016	413	14.3%	91.5%
2017	501	16.0%	89.0%
2018	365	12.2%	89.9%
2019	414	14.3%	91.5%
2020	549	21.6%	90.3%
2021	465	22.3%	89.2%
2022	674	26.2%	89.0%
2023	612	25.2%

Student Employees (1st Year)

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	596	18.9%	83.1%
2014	597	20.1%	86.1%
2015	649	22.0%	83.4%
2016	781	27.0%	84.9%
2017	694	22.1%	87.0%
2018	646	21.6%	87.0%
2019	494	17.1%	82.6%
2020	133	5.2%	86.5%
2021	282	13.5%	91.5%
2022	422	16.4%	88.6%
2023	12	0.5%

Underrepresented Minorities

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	747	23.7%	72.0%
2014	749	25.2%	71.2%
2015	756	25.6%	72.6%
2016	856	29.6%	71.3%
2017	764	24.3%	74.0%
2018	702	23.5%	73.2%
2019	589	20.4%	71.0%
2020	510	20.1%	66.5%
2021	411	19.7%	70.3%
2022	501	19.4%	75.2%
2023	498	20.5%

Veterans and Military

year	FTIACs	% of FTIACs	retention
2013	32	1.0%	56.2%
2014	20	0.7%	65.0%
2015	21	0.7%	66.7%
2016	23	0.8%	47.8%
2017	25	0.8%	72.0%
2018	18	0.6%	61.1%
2019	25	0.9%	48.0%
2020	24	0.9%	62.5%
2021	27	1.3%	51.9%
2022	38	1.5%	71.1%
2023	11	0.5%

Notes: In 2010 students were given the opportunity to update their self-reported races after the addition of the Native Hawaiian and Two or More Races categories. Consequently, aggregations of pre-2010 and post-2010 ethnicity data are not valid. Three-, and 5-year average graduation are weighted by cohort size. pp = percentage points

Notes on Student Groups

This tab shows the breakdown into miscellaneous student groups and designations.

• Only students who are also FTIACs are reported here. Group totals may not match totals reported here if non-FTIAC students are added to the group after census.

• By definition, students can be included in more than one group listed above, so the groups should not be considered as mutually exclusive.

• The ‘2nd-year Retention Rate Summary Table’ above is presented in alphabetical order only, and the ‘2nd-year Retention Rate by Cohort’ plots show only the data for the selected group (as well as the overall WMU retention).