Retention Rates

Retention rates are one measure of the success of students making progress in reaching their educational goals. A retention rate is the percentage of students in a given entering Fall semester cohort (group) who returned to the same college or university in the following Fall semester. The number of students in the entering cohort is the denominator of the rate; the number of students returning for the next Fall semester is the numerator of the rate. The entering cohort of an institution includes all first-time, full-time degree or certificate seeking undergraduate students who began in the stated cohort year.

Many factors should be taken into consideration when reviewing retention rates. It is important to recognize that students withdraw from college for various reasons - academic, medical, employment opportunities, personal and financial issues are among those reasons.

UArts Retention Rate for the Fall 2021 first-time, full-time freshmen cohort: 80%
UArts 5-year average first-to-second Fall term retention rate: 81%
UArts 10-year average first-to-second Fall term retention rate: 81%