Table 1
University of Oklahoma
Norman Campus
Retention Rates of First-Time Students
Fall Semesters 1990 to 2000
	All First-Time Students (Full-time Degree-Seeking)
	First-Time			------  Retention Rates  ------					----- C u m u l a t i v e   G r a d u a t i o n   R a t e s   a n d   C o n t i n u a t i o n   R a t e s -----
	Student		Head		After		After		Within  Three  Years				Within  Four  Years				Within  Five  Years				Within  Six  Years
	Cohort:		Count		One Year		Two Years		Graduated		Continued		Graduated		Continued		Graduated		Continued		Graduated		Continued
	1990		2,487		77.4%		68.1%		0.3%		59.4%		16.3%		39.6%		37.2%		14.1%		44.0%		5.7%
	1991		2,199		77.0%		67.8%		0.5%		59.4%		16.2%		39.7%		38.2%		14.3%		45.1%		6.5%
	1992		2,337		76.6%		66.8%		0.4%		58.3%		15.9%		39.5%		38.7%		13.8%		45.4%		6.0%
	1993*		2,245		77.8%		68.2%		0.7%		60.0%		17.9%		41.8%		40.9%		14.8%		48.2%		6.7%
	1994		2,465		78.7%		70.1%		1.0%		62.8%		19.4%		41.0%		43.2%		13.3%		50.1%		5.5%
	1995		2,712		78.7%		70.2%		0.6%		62.2%		19.1%		41.0%		44.2%		11.3%		51.1%		5.5%
	COMBINED
	1990-1995		14,445		77.7%		68.6%		0.6%		60.4%		17.5%		40.4%		40.5%		13.5%		47.4%		6.0%
	1996		2,605		80.9%		72.4%		0.8%		64.6%		20.2%		42.2%		47.1%		12.7%
	1997		2,895		81.0%		71.4%		0.8%		63.2%		19.1%		43.2%
	1998		3,148		80.3%		72.7%		0.6%		66.9%
	1999		3,206		80.0%		73.7%
	2000		3,314		83.0%
	Notes:  1) The retention rates are adjusted to include Health Science Center transfers.
	2) Beginning with the 1993 cohort, the definition of full-time degree-seeking first-time freshmen was changed to include summer entries continuing to fall and early entry students.
	Sources:  Third-week enrollment files and MAINPROG.
	Institutional Research and Reporting 11/14/01																						File:  IR\STUDENTS\RETENTION\UNDERGRD\2001\REPORT\T1a main