‘All Hands on Deck’ for Retention

Ohio Wesleyan University’s first-to-second-year retention rate tops 84 percent this academic year, nearly three percentage points higher than the year prior and six percentage points higher than the year before that. Among first-generation students, in particular, retention is up just about 10 percentage points. Among Pell-eligible students, it’s up seven. Retention among second- to third-year students increased seven percentage points over last year’s cohort, as well, to some 94 percent.