Chabot College
Persistence rates of new students by gender and race-ethnicity
Fall 1995 to Spring 1996 through Fall 2000 to Spring 2001

Persistence rates measure the proportion of students in one term who continue to enroll in college from one term to the next. Term to term persistence rates are defined as the percentage of students enrolled as of Census Day in the first term who are subsequently enrolled as of Census Day in the following term. Usually, almost two thirds of new students in the Fall persist to the Spring semester. In Fall 2000, the persistence rate of new students was 64 percent. The rates of students in most race-ethnicity groups were near or above this average. However, in Fall 2000, African American, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, and male students had lower than average rates.
Persistence rates of new students            
    All New Students Gender    Race-ethnicity        
    Female Male African
Amer.		 Asian
Amer.		 Pacific
Islander		 Filipino  Latino Native
Amer.		 Middle
Eastern		  White  Other
Fall enrollments            
Fall 95 2,203 1,040 1,103 311 367 49 207 470 23 22 659 117
Fall 96 2,110 1,022 1,021 347 323 60 186 419 ---  23 639 95
Fall 97 2,160 1,120 982 354 308 55 165 450 21 21 677 130
Fall 98 1,933 954 927 314 309 65 141 424 28 26 521 105
Fall 99 2,256 1,127 1,073 398 345 65 151 524 24 35 598 37
Fall 00 2,086 1,031 1,010 303 351 64 182 513 20 25 500 29
Fall to Spring persistence rates            
F95/S96 68% 70% 66% 55% 79% 73% 75% 68% 48% 82% 64% 50%
F96/S97 66% 69% 64% 53% 75% 65% 76% 63% ---  74% 68% 66%
F97/S98 63% 66% 60% 58% 75% 64% 67% 63% 62% 57% 58% 53%
F98/S99 64% 66% 61% 52% 73% 58% 65% 60% 61% 77% 67% 67%
F99/S00 63% 63% 63% 52% 75% 57% 72% 57% 50% 77% 68% 57%
F00/S01 64% 68% 62% 52% 76% 61% 69% 63% 70% 60% 63% 66%
NOTE: --- Less than 20 students            

Chart: Persistence of New Students by Ethnicity

Last Updated on 6/3/02
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