CPR Report 4: Table 39
Average freshmen retention rate of comparator institutions (from U.S. News and World Report) |
Comparator Institutions |
Total Average of the Proportion of Freshmen Entering Each Fall Who Returned the Following Fall |
2002
Edition |
2003 Edition |
2004 Edition |
2005
Edition |
2006 Edition |
1996- 1999 |
1997-2000 |
1998-2001 |
1999-2002 |
2000-2003 |
Anderson University |
75% |
75% |
74% |
74% |
75% |
Azusa Pacific University |
79% |
79% |
81% |
81% |
82% |
Biola University |
83% |
83% |
83% |
83% |
84% |
Calvin College |
86% |
86% |
86% |
87% |
87% |
Gordon College |
86% |
86% |
87% |
87% |
88% |
Seattle Pacific University |
80% |
80% |
80% |
80% |
81% |
Taylor University |
89% |
90% |
89% |
89% |
89% |
Westmont College |
83% |
84% |
84% |
85% |
85% |
Wheaton College |
93% |
94% |
94% |
94% |
95% |
Point Loma Nazarene University* |
75% |
77% |
80% |
81% |
82% |
*The figures for PLNU in this table differ from the figures in the PLNU Accreditation Data Tables due to USNWR using an average rate of four entering cohorts while the PLNU Accreditation Data Tables lists the data yearly for each entering cohort.