Compendium First Year Student Retention
First-Year Student Retention
by College and Field of Study
2018-19 through 2024-25 cohorts
Athens Campus
These tables show the percent of students entering the Athens campus in each fall academic term as full-time, degree-seeking first-year students who return as second-year students. Students are counted in each major according to the first major in which they enrolled at the university.
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| College | Field of Study | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024 | AVG % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Sciences | African American Studies | 0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Arts & Sciences | Anthropology | 91% | 92% | 67% | 89% | 59% | 78% | 77% |
| Arts & Sciences | Biological Sciences | 80% | 81% | 78% | 83% | 85% | 83% | 82% |
| Arts & Sciences | Chemistry | 82% | 81% | 74% | 74% | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| Arts & Sciences | Classics & World Religions | 100% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 83% | 100% | 89% |
| Arts & Sciences | Earth and Environmental Geosciences | 100% | 100% | 86% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| Arts & Sciences | Economics | 29% | 50% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 86% | 63% |
| Arts & Sciences | English | 85% | 71% | 86% | 83% | 78% | 88% | 82% |
| Arts & Sciences | Environmental & Plant Biology | 78% | 71% | 75% | 91% | 87% | 86% | 85% |
| Arts & Sciences | Geography | 77% | 94% | 83% | 71% | 81% | 89% | 82% |
| Arts & Sciences | History | 86% | 76% | 83% | 82% | 88% | 88% | 84% |
| Arts & Sciences | International Affairs* | 91% | 88% | 63% | 89% | 83% | 100% | 85% |
| Arts & Sciences | Linguistics | 67% | 86% | 0% | 88% | 90% | 0% | 74% |
| Arts & Sciences | Mathematics | 88% | 95% | 57% | 83% | 85% | 92% | 84% |
| Arts & Sciences | Modern Languages | 100% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| Arts & Sciences | Philosophy | 50% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 60% | 83% |
| Arts & Sciences | Physics & Astronomy | 72% | 88% | 89% | 95% | 78% | 100% | 86% |
| Arts & Sciences | Political Science | 75% | 82% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 80% | 81% |
| Arts & Sciences | Psychology | 80% | 82% | 74% | 75% | 78% | 82% | 79% |
| Arts & Sciences | Sociology | 78% | 79% | 77% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 81% |
| Arts & Sciences | Undecided Arts & Sciences | 78% | 72% | 71% | 80% | 70% | 70% | 75% |
| Arts & Sciences | Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Stud. | N/A | 100% | N/A | 100% | 100% | 0% | N/A |
| Arts & Sciences | ARTS & SCIENCES TOTAL | 79% | 81% | 77% | 81% | 81% | 83% | 81% |
| Business | Analytics & Information Systems | 87% | 96% | 87% | 84% | 80% | 84% | 85% |
| Business | Accounting | 90% | 83% | 87% | 84% | 90% | 92% | 88% |
| Business | Business Economics | 82% | 68% | 74% | 82% | 82% | 80% | 80% |
| Business | Finance | 91% | 84% | 81% | 87% | 90% | 86% | 87% |
| Business | General Business | 78% | 82% | 87% | 97% | 74% | 81% | 85% |
| Business | Management Systems | 87% | 85% | 85% | 82% | 82% | 93% | 85% |
| Business | Marketing | 88% | 81% | 83% | 83% | 92% | 94% | 88% |
| Business | Sports Administration | 89% | 84% | 81% | 84% | 92% | 85% | 86% |
| Business | Undecided Business | 83% | 88% | 76% | 87% | 86% | 90% | 85% |
| Business | BUSINESS TOTAL | 85% | 84% | 82% | 85% | 87% | 89% | 86% |
| Communication | Communication Studies | 78% | 91% | 84% | 88% | 94% | 87% | 87% |
| Communication | Emerging Communication Tech | 33% | 100% | 83% | 84% | 92% | 84% | 85% |
| Communication | Journalism | 87% | 87% | 86% | 94% | 94% | 84% | 89% |
| Communication | Media Arts & Studies | 84% | 85% | 80% | 82% | 87% | 90% | 85% |
| Communication | Visual Communication | 91% | 86% | 90% | 100% | 91% | 84% | 90% |
| Communication | COMMUNICATION TOTAL | 84% | 87% | 84% | 89% | 91% | 87% | 87% |
| Education | Early Childhood Education | 71% | 86% | 87% | 83% | 84% | 86% | 83% |
| Education | Human & Consumer Sciences | 100% | 82% | 81% | 91% | 72% | 85% | 85% |
| Education | Middle Childhood Education | 78% | 91% | 70% | 83% | 84% | 90% | 93% |
| Education | Recreation & Sport Pedagogy | 100% | 83% | 54% | 55% | 80% | 86% | 75% |
| Education | Adolescent to Young Adult | 82% | 84% | 81% | 90% | 81% | 85% | 84% |
| Education | Special Education | 92% | 87% | 80% | 88% | 100% | 94% | 89% |
| Education | Undecided Education | 85% | 78% | 100% | 58% | 57% | 75% | 79% |
| Education | EDUCATION TOTAL | 81% | 85% | 81% | 84% | 83% | 86% | 83% |
| Engineering & Technology | Aviation | 75% | 85% | 83% | 81% | 89% | 88% | 85% |
| Engineering & Technology | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 87% | 93% | 88% | 81% | 97% | 93% | 90% |
| Engineering & Technology | Civil Engineering | 92% | 86% | 85% | 92% | 91% | 90% | 90% |
| Engineering & Technology | Computer Science | 88% | 67% | 84% | 86% | 89% | 87% | 85% |
| Engineering & Technology | Electrical Engineering | 86% | 92% | 76% | 84% | 89% | 92% | 86% |
| Engineering & Technology | Engineering Tech & Management | 91% | 77% | 63% | 88% | 85% | 85% | 83% |
| Engineering & Technology | Industrial & Systems Engineering | 100% | 75% | 100% | 88% | 88% | 100% | 93% |
| Engineering & Technology | Mechanical Engineering | 89% | 81% | 74% | 86% | 89% | 90% | 86% |
| Engineering & Technology | Undecided Engineering | 77% | 82% | 71% | 84% | 94% | 93% | 83% |
| Engineering & Technology | ENGINEERING & TECH TOTAL | 86% | 82% | 79% | 85% | 90% | 90% | 86% |
| Fine Arts | Art | 72% | 90% | 90% | 85% | 87% | 93% | 88% |
| Fine Arts | Dance | 88% | 90% | 93% | 85% | 90% | 100% | 91% |
| Fine Arts | Film | 76% | 96% | 89% | 92% | 94% | 96% | 91% |
| Fine Arts | Music | 90% | 88% | 86% | 86% | 91% | 85% | 75% |
| Fine Arts | Theater | 86% | 83% | 96% | 93% | 90% | 86% | 88% |
| Fine Arts | FINE ARTS TOTAL | 84% | 89% | 90% | 88% | 90% | 90% | 89% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Athletic Training | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Child & Family Studies | 92% | 79% | 86% | 93% | 85% | 100% | 89% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Communication Sciences & Disorders | 94% | 88% | 94% | 90% | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Environmental Health | 100% | 100% | 89% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Exercise Physiology | 75% | 81% | 77% | 82% | 83% | 86% | 81% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Health Administration | 100% | 100% | 78% | 94% | 92% | 75% | 90% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Nursing | 85% | 83% | 81% | 75% | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Nutrition Sciences | 85% | 68% | 90% | 92% | 86% | 83% | 84% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Public Health | 100% | 100% | 50% | 67% | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Social Work | 91% | 72% | 91% | 74% | 88% | 75% | 80% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | Undecided Health Sciences & Prof | 75% | 72% | 76% | 69% | 72% | 71% | 73% |
| Health Sciences & Professions | HEALTH SCIENCES & PROF TOTAL | 82% | 81% | 81% | 78% | 82% | 82% | 81% |
| Honors Tutorial College | HONORS TUTORIAL TOTAL | 98% | 100% | 96% | 96% | 99% | 100% | 98% |
| University College | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TOTAL | 74% | 72% | 68% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 74% |
| University Total | UNIVERSITY TOTAL | 81% | 81% | 79% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 82% |
**Beginning in 2023, International Studies moved under Arts & Sciences and Communication
| College | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | AVG % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS & SCIENCES TOTAL | 79% | 80% | 81% | 77% | 81% | 79% | 83% | 81% |
| BUSINESS TOTAL | 89% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 85% | 85% | 89% | 86% |
| COMMUNICATION TOTAL | 88% | 84% | 87% | 84% | 89% | 87% | 87% | 87% |
| EDUCATION TOTAL | 83% | 81% | 85% | 81% | 84% | 83% | 86% | 83% |
| ENGINEERING & TECH TOTAL | 82% | 86% | 82% | 79% | 85% | 90% | 90% | 86% |
| FINE ARTS TOTAL | 87% | 84% | 89% | 90% | 88% | 90% | 90% | 89% |
| HEALTH SCIENCES & PROF TOTAL | 77% | 82% | 81% | 81% | 78% | 82% | 82% | 81% |
| HONORS TUTORIAL TOTAL | 99% | 98% | 100% | 96% | 96% | 99% | 100% | 98% |
| UNIVERSITY COLLEGE TOTAL | 77% | 74% | 72% | 68% | 77% | 77% | 76% | 74% |
| UNIVERSITY TOTAL | 81% | 81% | 81% | 79% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 82% |
**Beginning in 2023, International Studies moved under Arts & Sciences and Communication