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Persistence and Graduation of New Freshmen and
Transfer Students

First-Year Persistence Rates

First-Time Freshmen New Transfer Students
Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Fall 2013

Resident Students 85.1% 87.5% 87.2% 84.9% 87.8% 87.8%
Pell Grant Recipients
Non-Pell Grant Recipients 83.6% 83.8% 84.9% 86.1% 85.1% 86.3%
First-Generation Students
Non-First-Generation Students 85.7% 88.8% 87.9% 84.2% 89.5% 88.5%
Minority Students
Non-Minority Students 79.7% 82.9% 82.7% 84.8% 84.6% 88.5%

Non-Resident Students 87.2% 89.4% 88.8% 85.0% 89.7% 87.4%
Pell Grant Recipients
Non-Pell Grant Recipients 84.4% 85.7% 86.3% 87.7% 83.9% 85.1%
First-Generation Students
Non-First-Generation Students 85.3% 88.0% 87.4% 84.4% 88.6% 88.3%
Minority Students
Non-Minority Students 83.3% 84.0% 82.5% 84.7% 84.6% 86.8%

Total Students 65.5% 67.9% 69.9% 65.0% 75.9% 75.9%
Pell Grant Recipients
Non-Pell Grant Recipients 86.1% 86.1% 84.0% 89.1% 86.6% 89.1%
First-Generation Students
Non-First-Generation Students 72.5% 74.4% 72.6% 72.7% 59.4% 75.0%
Minority Students
Non-Minority Students 85.6% 85.8% 84.3% 88.3% 92.6% 90.1%

80.6% 80.7% 76.3% 78.4% 72.2% 76.3%

83.8% 84.6% 83.6% 85.5% 86.4% 88.2%

84.7% 86.6% 86.0% 84.9% 87.1% 87.5%

81.2% 81.7% 82.9% 83.2% 83.9% 84.8%

85.8% 88.1% 86.8% 85.7% 88.7% 88.7%

78.6% 81.6% 81.0% 82.7% 80.4% 86.1%

86.8% 88.4% 87.5% 85.9% 90.5% 88.2%

83.7% 84.7% 84.3% 85.9% 81.7% 83.4%

84.9% 87.1% 86.4% 84.7% 88.1% 88.3%

Note: Includes only full-time students who enrolled for their second fall semester. For example, the percentage of students listed under fall 2013 includes students who
enrolled for fall 2012. Excludes students who completed a full-university withdrawal. For additional information on the persistence and graduation of new freshmen
and transfer students, please refer to the student success section on the Institutional Research website at www.ir.colostate.edu/retention.aspx.

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