Undergraduate Retention Rates | University of Montevallo

Undergraduate Retention Rate

The University monitors undergraduate retention in accordance with Theme 2: Focus on Growth of University’s Strategic Plan 2021-2026 (expanded to 2027) that includes developing and implementing initiatives to increase University student retention.

The interactive table below shows current and historical retention rates for all students and for students based on membership in various categories.

As the goal is to seek to increase student retention rate, the current targets and the minimal threshold of acceptability are informed by trends in the data and are aspirational based on mission and capacity. Retention rate is the percentage of first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at UM the next year.

Target Retention Rate – 75%
Minimum Threshold of Acceptability – No more than a 5% drop in retention rate over two years.
Current Data:

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Freshmen to Sophomore Retention Rates, by gender only.
	Fall 2014Freshman	Fall 2015Freshman	Fall 2016Freshman	Fall 2017Freshman	Fall 2018Freshman	Fall 2019Freshman	Fall 2020Freshman
Men	76%	72%	73%	69%	73%	76%	65%
Women	77%	74%	80%	80%	75%	78%	74%

Freshmen to Sophomore Retention Rates, by gender and race/ethnicity.
	Fall 2014Freshman	Fall 2015Freshman	Fall 2016Freshman	Fall 2017Freshman	Fall 2018Freshman	Fall 2019Freshman	Fall 2020Freshman
Men
Nonresident Alien	–	–	–	87%	55%	88%	90%
Black or African American	85%	71%	69%	79%	77%	68%	73%
American Indian or Native Alaskan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Asian	–	–	–	–	–	–	100%
Hispanic/Latino	–	–	75%	46%	88%	40%	57%
White	75%	73%	74%	65%	76%	81%	61%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Two or More Races	56%	–	86%	86%	56%	73%	60%
Race or Ethnicity Unknown	83%	–	–	–	–	33%	50%
	Fall 2014Freshman	Fall 2015Freshman	Fall 2016Freshman	Fall 2017Freshman	Fall 2018Freshman	Fall 2019Freshman	Fall 2020Freshman
Women
Nonresident Alien	–	100%	–	67%	–	86%	100%
Black or African American	71%	80%	84%	78%	76%	70%	69%
American Indian or Native Alaskan	–	–	–	–	–	0%	–
Asian	83%	–	–	–	–	100%	–
Hispanic/Latino	78%	77%	92%	88%	75%	81%	72%
White	77%	71%	80%	81%	75%	79%	75%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	–	–	–	–	–	100%	50%
Two or More Races	80%	80%	69%	67%	63%	64%	75%
Race or Ethnicity Unknown	84%	–	–	–	83%	100%	80%