Purdue freshman retention rate

aglages
Tue, 18 May 2010 14:28:52 +0000

I just heard last week from a Purdue freshman ChemE major that she was told in one of her classes that Purdue’s first year engineering retention rate is only 50%. Evidently it was said to encourage them to continue in the program after Summer. Judging by the number of students remaining in her classes she felt the number was not an exaggeration. Does anyone have any hard data to support that number?