WVU poised for historic freshmen retention rate
September 20, 2024
A multi-year focus on student success at West Virginia University is showing record-breaking results.
Preliminary enrollment figures for fall 2024 are nearly on target, including positive retention and persistence rates, despite the FAFSA challenges affecting higher education, according to a report from Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Maryanne Reed during the WVU Board of Governors regular meeting Friday (Sept. 20).
“We just learned last week that our preliminary freshmen retention rate is 83.2%, which would be our highest freshmen retention rate ever, achieving the five-year goal we set for ourselves in 2019 and putting us in line with some of our Big 12 peers,” said Reed who will begin a phased retirement from the University at the end of the month.