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

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.

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%

Why Did They Leave? Descriptive Statistics for Reenrollees and Non-reenrollees Reenrollees Non - Reenrollees Non - Reenrollees High School GPA Percent Female Percent Black Percent Asian Percent Hispanic Percent Non Northwest Florida ACT Combined SAT Two Percent Pell Grant Percent Scholarship Percent Living on Campus First Semester GPA FAFSA

Why Did They Leave? Reasons for Non Reenrollment Percent of Responses* Avg. Term GPA Percent of Responses Avg. Term GPA Financial23%1.9421%1.62 Transferred28%2.5413%2.42 Not a Good Fit3%0.7811%2.18 Moved9%1.9110%1.90 Taking Time Off / Not Enough Time for School 2%2.167%1.08 Grades6%1.477%0.35 Too Far from Home3%2.506%2.10 Military3%1.475%2.47 Working3%1.192%omitted Other / Personal18%1.6519%1.22 Suspended /ExpelledOmitted this Round – Values Recalculated*

What Are They Doing? Current Activities of Non Re-enrollees Status 2012 Responses 2013 Responses In School62% Working / Military / Law Enforcement29%33% Other9%6%

Where Are They Now? Institutions to Which UWF Students Transferred % UWF GPA 1 st HS GPA% UWF GPA 1 st HS GPA Florida State University System Florida State College Florida Private University Out of State Four Year College Out of State Two Year College omitted Trade/Other omitted

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 Where Are They Now?

Reasons for Choosing New School Reasons for Enrolling at New Institution Percent of Responses Avg. Term GPA Percent of Responses Avg. Term GPA Location / Closer to Home48%2.0458%1.88 Cheaper (Cost / Scholarship)18%1.9321%2.33 Degree Program19%2.658%1.88 Other / No Response6%2.6813%2.12 Improve Grades9%

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)

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