76%
Second-year retention rate
(Indicator Number: 3)
Category: Student: Access, Affordability, and Attainment
What It Measures: Relative quality of new freshmen & their success in their freshman year
Data Reporting Lag: The reporting for this indicator has a 2 year difference. The latest data available is from 2018 for the indicator reporting year of 2020
Value Comparison: When comparing this value for Adequacy and Improvement, a higher value is better.
Data Source For Indicator Value: IPEDS
Data Source For Peer Value: IPEDS
Benchmark Set By: Peers
IMPROVEMENT
76%
is currently at or above the average of the 3 previous years (76%)
ADEQUACY
76%
is currently at or above the benchmark set by Peers (75%)
Frostburg State University's peers as of 2015
| California State University, Northridge |
| Sonoma State University |
| Bridgewater State University |
| Fitchburg State University |
| University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth |
| Kean University |
| SUNY College at Buffalo |
| Western Carolina University |
| Clarion University of Pennsylvania |
USM Institutions
Second-year retention rate
(Indicator Number: 3)
| Bowie State University | 71% |
| Coppin State University | 63% |
| Frostburg State University | 76% |
| Salisbury University | 83% |
| Towson University | 85% |
| University of Baltimore | 72% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 87% |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 95% |
| University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | 61% |