87%
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 2021 for the indicator reporting year of 2023
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
87%
is currently at or above the average of the 3 previous years (87%)
ADEQUACY
87%
is currently at or above the benchmark set by Peers (87%)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County's peers as of 2015
| University of California, Riverside |
| University of California, Santa Cruz |
| University of Massachusetts - Lowell |
| University of Massachusetts - Amherst |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| State University of New York at Albany |
| Binghamton University |
| North Carolina State University |
| Miami University |
| George Mason University |
USM Institutions
Second-year retention rate
(Indicator Number: 3)
| Bowie State University | 73% |
| Coppin State University | 64% |
| Frostburg State University | 72% |
| Salisbury University | 79% |
| Towson University | 85% |
| University of Baltimore | 77% |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | 87% |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 95% |
| University of Maryland, Eastern Shore | 65% |