First Time In College: Non-Reenrolling Student Study

1. First Time In College: Non-Reenrolling Student Study 2013 Draft Findings

2. Overview • Prepared for Academic & Student Affairs to examine the antecedents of Non-Reenrollment for First Time in College Students (FTIC). • Descriptive Statistics • Data Collected from a Survey of Non Reenrollees to determine… • Reasons for Non-Reenrollment • Current activities of “Non-Reenrollees” • Educational Institutions Selected • Reasons for Selecting Another Educational Institution • Likelihood of Returning to UWF • Data from 2012 include fall and spring non re-enrollments. Data from 2013 include only spring non re-enrollments.

3. Key Facts about Respondents • Of the 1596 students in the Fall 2012 cohort, 180 did not reenroll in the spring • The Center received contact information for 177 of these individuals • 14 had incorrect or no contact information for a valid pool of 163 respondents • 123 Non-Reenrollees decided to participate – 9 declined • The calculated response rate was 75.9%

4. Why Did They Leave?

5. Why Did They Leave?

6. What Are They Doing?

7. Where Are They Now?

8. Where Are They Now? Key Facts about Transfers 36.1% left to attend a local state college • Pensacola State College captured 23.6% • Northwest Florida State College captured 9.7% • College and Universities in South Florida captured 30.6% • Miami-Dade College capture 11.1% • Over half (58.1%) left to attend a school outside the Northwest Florida Region

9. Reasons for Choosing New School

10. How Likely Are They to Return? • In 2012: • 42% indicated some interest in returning • 31% said they would not return • 28% were unsure • In 2013: • 29% indicated that they were highly likely to return (8 or above; Avg. Term GPA = 1.82) • 41% indicated that they were unlikely to return (3 or below; GPA = 1.72)

11. Questions? Questions?