Chart (B) | How are retention rates of students of color trending vs. white students?

Race/ethnicity % of total undergraduate population:

First-year retention rate¹ of FTIC² students by race/ethnicity for undergraduate students

Students	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
White	61%	61%	59%	57%	57%	56%	54%	54%	52%	47%	47%
Other	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	6%
Hispanic	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	6%	7%	7%	7%	7%
Black/AA	6%	6%	6%	7%	7%	6%	7%	7%	6%	8%	8%
Asian	12%	12%	12%	14%	14%	15%	16%	17%	18%	19%	21%

1. Rate of first-year students retained into second year.
2. First time in college full-time students.
3. Excludes populations comprising less than 5% of student population each year.
4. Retention rate for students of color at Total Public Four-Year Institutions.
5. Foreign Students & Unknown/Unreported figures omitted from the data.
Source: SCHEV Research Sub-Cohort Retention and Completion Rate Trends; SCHEV Research RT01: Retention Report (First-time, Full-time Students); SCHEV Research E22: Fall Headcount Trends in Race Ethnicity.