Freshmen Persistence Rates
| Cohort | Percent Continuing or Graduated After: | |||
| Year | Size | One Year | Two Years | Three Years |
| 2015 | 4,209 | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 4,370 | 93.7 | – | – |
| 2013 | 4,159 | 93.0 | 88.4 | – |
| 2012 | 4,218 | 92.6 | 87.7 | 85.2 |
| 2011 | 4,551 | 92.0 | 86.3 | 82.2 |
| 2010 | 4,547 | 89.4 | 84.5 | 81.7 |
| 2009 | 4,589 | 89.5 | 83.6 | 81.0 |
| 2008 | 4,660 | 90.9 | 84.0 | 81.2 |
| 2007 | 4,786 | 89.6 | 83.7 | 80.5 |
| 2006 | 4.535 | 89.2 | 82.0 | 78.4 |
| 2005 | 4,243 | 89.4 | 82.7 | 79.8 |
| 2004 | 3,835 | 89.2 | 82.6 | 79.5 |
| 2003 | 3,839 | 90.7 | 83.8 | 80.5 |
| 2002 | 3,613 | 90.0 | 82.8 | 78.9 |
| 2001 | 3,809 | 89.2 | 82.1 | 77.6 |
| 2000 | 3,733 | 88.7 | 82.1 | 78.7 |
| 1999 | 3,528 | 89.0 | 81.3 | 77.9 |
| 1998 | 3,617 | 88.0 | 79.2 | 75.0 |
| 1997 | 3,620 | 87.9 | 78.1 | 72.4 |
| 1996 | 3,517 | 88.1 | 78.7 | 74.2 |
| 1995 | 3,497 | 86.7 | 76.4 | 70.8 |
| 1994 | 3,530 | 86.4 | 74.5 | 69.0 |
| 1993 | 3,176 | 88.9 | 78.4 | 73.5 |
| 1992 | 3,065 | 87.5 | 76.9 | 71.4 |
| 1991 | 3,243 | 88.8 | 80.1 | 73.7 |
| 1990 | 3,263 | 89.1 | 80.9 | 75.9 |
| 1989 | 3,374 | 90.0 | 81.3 | 76.1 |
| 1988 | 3,465 | 90.1 | 82.1 | 76.8 |
| 1987 | 3,268 | 90.4 | 80.5 | 75.9 |
| 1986 | 3,422 | 85.2 | 74.8 | 70.2 |
| 1985 | 3,396 | 87.8 | 76.6 | 71.2 |
| 1984 | 3,414 | 87.5 | 77.7 | 70.6 |
| 1983 | 3,189 | 86.0 | 75.9 | 71.1 |
| 1982 | 3,026 | 85.6 | 74.8 | 68.1 |
| 1981 | 2,935 | 84.0 | 73.4 | 68.5 |
| 1980 | 3,254 | 84.1 | 73.2 | 68.4 |
| 1979 | 3,029 | 82.5 | 71.8 | 66.1 |
Persistence rates (combining graduation and continued enrollment) are reported one, two, three, and ten years after first-time enrollment.