Student Retention 2016-2017 · Fall 2014 304,117 students. Fall 2015 324,669 students. Fall 2016...

Student Retention 2016-2017

Why retention?

National Retention Data

Of all students who started college in fall 2016, 73.9 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2017, while 61.6 percent were retained at their starting institution.

National Student Clearinghouse (2018). Snapshot Report First Year Persistence and Retention. Retrieved from https://nscresearchcenter.org/snapshotreport33-first-year-persistence-and-retention/

National Student Clearinghouse (2018). Snapshot Report First Year Persistence and Retention.

National Student Clearinghouse (2018). Snapshot Report First Year Persistence and Retention.

Texas Retention Rates

56.00%

57.00%

58.00%

59.00%

60.00%

61.00%

62.00%

Fall 2013287,129 students

Fall 2014304,117 students

Fall 2015324,669 students

Fall 2016312,135 students

Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate by Entering Cohort Year

National Student Clearinghouse (2018). Snapshot Report First Year Persistence and Retention.

Texas Persistence Rates

72.80%73.00%73.20%73.40%73.60%73.80%74.00%74.20%74.40%74.60%74.80%

Fall 2013287,129 students

Fall 2014304,117 students

Fall 2015324,669 students

Fall 2016312,135 students

Fall-to-Fall Persistence Rate by Entering Cohort Year

National Student Clearinghouse (2018). Snapshot Report First Year Persistence and Retention.

Peer Institutions

74.00% 76.00% 78.00% 80.00% 82.00% 84.00% 86.00% 88.00%

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Texas

UNT

FTIC 1yr Retention 2014-2015

Texas Peer Institutions

83.00%

86.00%

71.00%

79.00%

60.00% 65.00% 70.00% 75.00% 80.00% 85.00% 90.00%

TTU

UH

UTA

UNT

FTIC Retention 2014-2015

UNT Retention Data

73.00% 74.00% 75.00% 76.00% 77.00% 78.00% 79.00% 80.00%

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

FTIC Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate

UNT Retention Data

73.00% 73.50% 74.00% 74.50% 75.00% 75.50% 76.00% 76.50% 77.00% 77.50% 78.00%

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Transfer Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate

FTIC – First Generation Status

78.07

75.1

79.65

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

80

FTIC Overall First Generation Not First Generation

FTIC Retention by Gender

78.07

76.57

79.28

75

75.5

76

76.5

77

77.5

78

78.5

79

79.5

FTIC 2016 Male Female

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

FTIC

Black

White

Hispanic

Asian/Pacific Islander

Native American

Other

Non-resident Alien

FTIC by Ethnicity

FTIC Retention Rate by Application Date

January or earlier 80.80%February 72.17%March 69.84%April 74.07%May 68.69%June 60.71%July 58.97%August 47.37%

Why do students leave?

College Doesn't Care30%

Poor Service and Treatment30%Personal Reasons

3%

Grades 3%

Educational Quality2%

Finances8%

Schedule11%

Not Worth It13%

Source: Educational Policy Institute

Reason for Withdrawal Request 17-18

Mental Health 16.22% Financial Aid 2.85%Work/Class Conflict 11.55% Relocating 2.47%Family Emergency 11.28% Relationship Change 1.72%Financial Difficulty 9.40% Birth/Pregnancy 1.61%Health/Accident 8.97% Transportation 1.45%Personal 7.04% Child Care 1.40%Took New Job 6.98% Transfer 1.40%Academic Difficulty 5.69% Lost Job 1.29%Other 4.35% Military 0.86%Other Academic 3.49%

65.00% 67.00% 69.00% 71.00% 73.00% 75.00% 77.00% 79.00% 81.00% 83.00% 85.00%

TFI: 150K and aboveTFI:140-149KTFI:130-139KTFI:120-129KTFI:110-119KTFI:100-109K

TFI:90-99KTFI:80-89KTFI:70-79KTFI:60-69KTFI:50-59KTFI:40-49KTFI:30-39KTFI:20-29KTFI:10-19K

TFI:1-9KEFC=0

FTIC Overall

Retention by Financial Aid Information

The Cost of Attrition

Lifetime value of undergraduate student

Average time to degree

Annual Tuition &Fees Lifetime Value

FTIC 4 10,853 $43,412

Transfer 2 10,853 $21706

UNT’s performance

6-yearGrad Rate

6-year Attrition Rate (A)

Tuition (T) Undergraduate FTE

Adjusted FTE (P)

Projected Loss from Attrition

2008* 45% 55% $7496 23,521 21,875 $44.7 M

P x A=SL(SL x T)/2

*Average of 2003-2009

Raisman, N. (2013). The Cost of College Attrition at Four-Year Colleges & Universities. Educational Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.educationalpolicy.org/pdf/1302_PolicyPerspectives.pdf

The cost of student attrition to your institution:

Lost Revenue

Change in Lost Revenue by Increasing Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention by:

2.5% 5.0% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5%

THIS ACADEMIC YEAR ONLY -- from all students (sophomore, junior, and seniors) who did not return from the previous academic year.

43,324,099 41,975,067 40,641,541 39,292,508 37,943,476 36,594,443

FRESHMAN STUDENTS ONLY --those who will never return to your institution over a typical four-year period.

66,825,411 60,406,339 53,939,364 47,520,292 41,101,220 34,682,149

ALL STUDENTS, ALL YEARS --Freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors who left over a typical four-year period.

100,597,843 95,315,524 90,017,224 84,734,905 79,468,547 74,186,228

IMPORTANT NOTE: These figures DO NOT include funds spend on recruitment, admissions, student, and academic services spent on students who did not succeed. The addition of these funds would add significant dollars to the total numbers above.

Source: EPI Retention Calculator

Change in Revenue by Increasing the Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention rate by:2.5% 5.0% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5%

THIS ACADEMIC YEAR ONLY -- from all students (sophomore, junior, and seniors) who did not return from the previous academic year.

1,349,032 2,682,559 4,031,591 5,380,624 6,729,656

FRESHMAN STUDENTS ONLY -- those who will never return to your institution over a typical four-year period.

6,419,072 12,886,047 19,305,119 25,724,190 32,143,262

ALL STUDENTS, ALL YEARS --Freshman, sophomore, junior, and seniors who left over a typical four-year period.

5,282,319 10,580,619 15,862,938 21,129,296 26,411,616

IMPORTANT NOTE: These figures DO NOT include funds spend on recruitment, admissions, student, and academic services spent on students who did not succeed. The addition of these funds would add significant dollars to the total numbers above.

Source: EPI Retention Calculator

How does Student Affairs affect retention?

What are our assumptions about student persistence?

Individual student characteristics

Institutional environment

Tinto’s Student Integration Model

Engagement – socially and academically

Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement

Retention Rates by housing

65.00%

67.00%

69.00%

71.00%

73.00%

75.00%

77.00%

79.00%

81.00%

83.00%

FTIC Campus Housing Not on Campus -City of Denton

Commuting - withinDenton Co

Commuting -outside Denton Co

FTIC Retenion by Housing - 2016/2017

FTIC Retention Rates by Orientation Date

60.00% 65.00% 70.00% 75.00% 80.00% 85.00% 90.00%

Late OrientationFreshman Orientation 8Freshman Orientation 7Freshman Orientation 6Freshman Orientation 5Freshman Orientation 4Freshman Orientation 3Freshman Orientation 2Freshman Orientation 1

2016 FTIC

Transfer Retention Rates by Orientation Date

60.00% 65.00% 70.00% 75.00% 80.00% 85.00% 90.00%

Transfer Drive In 6

Transfer Drive In 5

Transfer Drive In 4

Transfer Drive In 3

Transfer Drive In 2

Transfer Drive In 1

2016 Transfer

Student Veteran Services

Number of Students using services 3005

User retention rate 83.06%

Veteran non-user retention rate 24.26%

Emerald Eagle Scholars Retention

88.24

83.43

86

78.07

72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

88

90

Emerald Eagle Scholars Campus-wide Emerald Eagle Scholars - Freshmen FTIC campus-wide

Foster Care Alumni Outcomes

Number of Students Served 80

Retention rate (including graduates) 82.71%

ACCESS Mentoring Program

Total participants 508Retained 95.08% 483 participantsFTIC retention 78.07% 17.01% difference

Average Freshman GPA 2.5

Average all UG GPA 2.91

Average GPA participants 2.82 -.09 from campus GPA

Median GPA participants 3.1 +.19 from campus GPA

Fall 2016 Cohort

Residence Life and Housing Student Success Meetings

Intentional Conversation

1:1 with Student

Focused on specific topics – Connections, Academics, or Personal

Student Success Meeting Outcomes

2016 – 43% of on campus population had a SSM (1755 students) Students who participated in a SSM retained at 81% vs. 76% for

those who did not Largest impact was on students who graduated in 2nd quartile of HS

class2nd quartile is largest population of FTIC students living on campus

– 37% YES SSM NO SSM DIFFERENCE2.31 GPA 2.38 GPA 0.2178% retention 69% retention 9%

Card Swipe Data & Unit/Program Retention Results

Departments included in Card Swipe data

Center for Leadership & ServiceCenter for Student Affairs –Discovery ParkDean of StudentsOffice of Disability AccommodationsOrientation & TransitionSHWC Meadows CenterStudent Support Services (TRIO)Student Activities CenterStudent Money Management CenterStudent Veteran Services CenterUniversity Program Council

Retention Impact based on Card Swipe Data

Enrollment for 16-17 37,979Total Retained 31,687 83.43%*Not retained 6292 16.56%Total Cardswipe users 12,123 31.92% of populationCardswipe users retention rate 86.10% 2.67 > populationNon cardswipe users retention 82.19% 3.91 < Cardswipe users

*Includes all students (grad, TAMS, returning, etc.)

Retention by # of Swipes

Retained?Number of Swipes Across All Units NO YES Grand Total Retention Rate0 4606 21250 25856 82.19%1 903 5156 6059 85.10%1-9 1662 10122 11784 85.90%10-19 21 275 296 92.91%20-29 3 32 35 91.43%30-39 0 8 8 100.00%

15 or more 6 111 117 94.87%

65.00%

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

100.00%

0 1 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39

Retention Rate by # of swipes

FTIC Retention Impact based on Card Swipe Data

FTIC Enrollment for 16-17 4774

Total Retained 3699 77.48%

Not retained 1075 22.52%

Total FTIC Cardswipe users 3909 81.88% of FTIC pop

FTIC Cardswipe users retention rate 79.56% 11.47 > than non-users

FTIC Non cardswipe users retention 68.09%

68.09%

75.46%77.08%

85.02%86.74%

88.15%

81.55%

50.00%

55.00%

60.00%

65.00%

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

0 swipes 1 swipe 1-5 swipes 6-10 swipes 11-15 swipes 16-20 swipes 21 or more

FTIC Retention by Number of Swipes

92.50%

60.00%

65.00%

70.00%

75.00%

80.00%

85.00%

90.00%

95.00%

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

FTIC Retention rate by number of swipes

Card Swipe Unit User Retention Rate Non User Retention Rate

Difference

Center for Leadership & Svc 91.47% 83.41% 8.07%

Ctr for Stud Aff - Disc Park 93.76% 83.06% 10.70%

Dean of Students - Gen 65.40% 83.71% -18.31%

Office of Disability Accom 84.76% 83.42% 1.35%

Orientation & Transition 84.90% 83.40% 1.50%

SHWC Meadows Center 84.84% 83.36% 1.48%

Stud Sup Srvs 94.95% 83.37% 11.59%

Student Activities Center 88.02% 82.48% 5.54%

Student Money Mgmt Center 81.22% 83.50% -2.28%

Student Veterans Services Center 85.40% 83.42% 1.98%

Univ Program Council 85.70% 83.17% 2.54%

91.47%

93.76%

65.40%

84.76%

84.90%

84.84%

94.95%

88.02%

81.22%

85.40%

85.70%

83.41%

83.06%

83.71%

83.42%

83.40%

83.36%

83.37%

82.48%

83.50%

83.42%

83.17%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

83.43%

60.00% 65.00% 70.00% 75.00% 80.00% 85.00% 90.00% 95.00% 100.00%

Center for Leadership & Svc

Ctr for Stud Aff - Disc Park

Dean of Students - Gen

Office of Disability Accom

Orientation & Transition

SHWC Meadows Center

Stud Sup Srvs

Student Activities Center

Student Money Mgmt Center

Student Veterans Services Center

Univ Program Council

User vs. Non-user retention

All-campus retention Non User Retention Rate User Retention Rate

Student Affairs Impact on GPA

2.25

2.35

2.45

2.55

2.65

2.75

2.85

2.95

3.05

3.15

3.25

3.35

3.45

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

FTIC Average GPA by number of swipes

2.25

2.35

2.45

2.55

2.65

2.75

2.85

2.95

3.05

3.15

3.25

3.35

3.45

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Transer Average GPA by number of swipes

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

3

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Sophomore AVG GPA by number of swipes

FTIC GPA by number of swipes per dept.Number of Swipes

Department 0 1 2 3Center for Leadership and Service 2.78 2.91Center for Student Affairs at Discovery Park 2.77 3.31 3.23 3.71Counseling and Testing 2.78 2.43Dean of Students 2.8 1.73 2.88 2.82Office of Disability Accommodations 2.78 2.62 2.095 3.8Orientation, Transition and Parent Programs 2.76 2.87 3.26 2.83SHWC 2.73 2.94 3.11 2.86Student Activities Center 2.7 2.86 3.16 3.05Student Money Management Center 2.77 2.99 2.5 2.92Student Support Services 2.78 3.8 3.4 3.2Student Veterans Services Center 2.78 2.83 2.7Union 2.78 3.53UPC 2.73 2.82 2.9 3.05

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

Center for Leadership andService

Center for Student Affairsat Discovery Park

Counseling and Testing Dean of Students

FTIC GPA by number of swipes per dept

0 swipes 1 swipe 2 swipes 3 swipes

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

Office of DisabilityAccommodations

Orientation, Transitionand Parent Programs

SHWC Student ActivitiesCenter

FTIC GPA by number of swipes per dept

0 swipes 1 swipe 2 swipes 3 swipes

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

Student MoneyManagement

Center

Student SupportServices

Student VeteransServices Center

Union UPC

FTIC GPA by number of swipes per dept

0 swipes 1 swipe 2 swipes 3 swipes

2.75

2.8

2.85

2.9

2.95

3

Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Fall 2015 Spring 2016 Fall 2016 Spring 2017 Fall 2017 Spring 2018

All Greek GPA vs. all Undergraduate GPA 2013-2018

All UG GPA All Greek GPA

2.5

2.55

2.6

2.65

2.7

2.75

2.8

2.85

Fall 2013 Spring2014

Fall 2014 Spring2015

Fall 2015 Spring2016

Fall 2016 Spring2017

Fall 2017 Spring2018

All Fraternity GPA vs. All UG Men GPA2013-2018

All Men's GPA All Fraternity GPA

2.85

2.9

2.95

3

3.05

3.1

3.15

Fall 2013 Spring2014

Fall 2014 Spring2015

Fall 2015 Spring2016

Fall 2016 Spring2017

Fall 2017 Spring2018

All Sorority GPA vs All UG Women's GPA 2013-2018

All Women's GPA All Sorority GPA

Recreation Center Users by GPA

2

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

3

3.1

3.2

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors

Users Non users

What can we do to increase student retention?