Purdue freshman retention rate

aglages
Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:44 +0000

According to Ohio State University the national average for freshmen retention of college students is 77%. However TOSU is retaining 85% of their freshman engineering students…despite being a public university.

[Engineering Points of Pride :: College of Engineering](http://engineering.osu.edu/futurestudents/pointsofpride.php?z=1)
“From 1988 through today, retention of incoming freshmen through graduation in engineering has steadily increased. The College’s First Year Engineering program for incoming students, puts real engineering experience up front, has been a major contributor to the improved retention and performance of students throughout their programs First to second year retention in the College of Engineering now exceeds 85% compared to the national average for freshmen retention of college students is 77%, last year there were nearly 1,100 new first quarter freshmen in engineering.”