The rates for Black and Hispanic students who persisted, or remained in college, increased 1.4 and 1.5 percentage points, respectively, from fall 2024 to fall 2025.
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Black and Hispanic students who began college in fall 2024 remained in college and returned to the same institution the following fall at the highest rates in a decade, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s latest analysis of persistence and retention among first-year college students.
From fall 2024 to fall 2025, the rates for Black and Hispanic students who persisted, or remained in college, sat at 70 percent and 74.5 percent, respectively, up 1.4 and 1.5 percentage points. Their retention rates also climbed one point and 1.5 points, respectively, reaching 59.6 percent for Black students and 66.9 percent for Hispanic students.
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