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2009 Retention and Enrollment Data

Retention Rates

The freshman retention rate on the Twin Cities campus reached an all-time high this year of 90.6 percent, as compared with 88.5 percent in fall 2008. This means that 90.6 percent of last year's freshmen returned this fall. This continues a substantial upward trend over the last four years, as illustrated in this first year retention graph.

Entering Class Profile and Enrollment Data

The quality of the incoming freshman class at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities continues to improve, as illustrated in the following graphs of enrollment data from 2003-2009:

1. Freshman Applicants, Offers, and Enrollees
2. Average ACT Composite Score of New Freshmen
3. Number of National Merit Scholars
4. Average High School Rank Percentile of New Freshmen
5. Percentage of New Freshmen in the Top 10% and Top 25% of their High School Class
6. Percentage of Students of Color among New Freshmen
7. New Freshmen of Color and International Freshmen
8. New Freshmen by Gender
9. Numbers of New Freshmen and New Transfer Students
10. Enrollments by Level
11. Total Enrollments