A measure of the rate at which students persist in their educational program at an institution, expressed as a percentage. For four-year institutions , this is the percentage of first-time bachelors (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduates from the previous fall who are again enrolled in the current fall. For all other institutions this is the percentage of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either re-enrolled or successfully completed their program by the current fall.
Percentage of students who fail or do not advance to the next grade.
This represents the percent of earnings that have been put back into the company. It is calculated as 100 minus the Payout Ratio.
The percentage of former customers who continue to make purchases. It is the opposite of Attrition Rate.
The percentage of students who begin at a college freshman year and return for their sophomore year.
The proportion of a group of students or participants starting who continue to a particular level, e.g. the proportion of school students who complete Year 12.
When used in the context of customers, the percentage of customers that remain customers after a number of experiences with a product or company. Usually linked to customer satisfaction. A high customer retention rate would lead to a high lifetime value from those customers.
Percentage of customers who continue to do business with a company over a specified period of time.
The number and percentage of students returning for the sophomore year.
In teleservices human resource management terms; the percentage of a company's employees that remain with the company during the course of a year. Conversely, the churn or turnover rate is the percentage of employees who will leave within the course of a year.
The percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
The percent of trailing 12-month earnings that have been ploughed back into the company. It is calculated as 100 minus the trailing 12-month payout ratio.