The 2024 High School Benchmarks Report revealed enrollment within a year increased as much as 3.2 percentage points (pp) across nearly all high school characteristics—those defined by incomes, race/ethnicity, or locale.
Millions of students are attending college this fall. Through its reports, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center equips academic leaders with in-depth insights into the major fields students are pursuing.
The National Student Clearinghouse’s services and data offer academic leaders access to insights about learner pathways and outcomes, which can help them measure and improve retention.
Over 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Persistence and Retention report.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Some College, No Credential report reveals that the “some college, no credential” population — former students who stopped out without earning a credential — is up 2.9% from a year earlier.
Among the top 10 major fields for bachelor’s degree completers, computer and information sciences saw the largest increase, rising by 4.3% from the previous academic year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Spring 2024 Undergraduate Degree Earners report.