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? Descriptive Statistics for Reenrollees and Non-reenrollees 20122013 Reenrollees Non - Reenrollees Non - Reenrollees High School GPA3.293.163.473.43 Percent Female58.156.558.157.8 Percent Black15.017.515.55.4 Percent Asian2.91.83.24.5 Percent Hispanic9.07.111.19.7 Percent Non Northwest Florida50.651.456.953.9 ACT Combined22.922.422.9 SAT Two1009100310131036 Percent Pell Grant41.843.045.145.5 Percent Scholarship69.056.059.853.2 Percent Living on Campus58.752.359.420.1 First Semester GPA2.861.782.652.35 FAFSA92.791.294.092.2

5. Why Did They Leave? Reasons for Non Reenrollment 20122013 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*

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

7. Where Are They Now? Institutions to Which UWF Students Transferred 20122013 % UWF GPA 1 st HS GPA% UWF GPA 1 st HS GPA Florida State University System 17.63.093.399.72.183.77 Florida State College 60.71.733.1872.21.903.41 Florida Private University 2.43.223.605.51.923.50 Out of State Four Year College 8.52.583.046.91.953.32 Out of State Two Year College 5.52.283.104.1omitted Trade/Other 4.91.383.121.3omitted

8. 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?

9. Reasons for Choosing New School Reasons for Enrolling at New Institution 20122013 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%1.01 - -

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)

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