Table 2.

OLS regression predicting 2004–2017 retention change (net of 2004 retention rate) (N = 833)

	(1)	(2)	(3)
Percent need-based grant recipients	− 0.039*	− 0.017	− 0.001
	(0.018)	(0.020)	(0.020)
Percent part-time, FTF	− 0.032	− 0.050**	− 0.049*
	(0.0180)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Percent female, FTF	− 0.135***	− 0.135**	− 0.126***
	(0.034)	(0.036)	(0.036)
Percent Black, FTF	− 0.043*	− 0.0745***	− 0.070***
	(0.017)	(0.018)	(0.018)
Percent Latinx, FTF	0.023	− 0.007	− 0.002
	(0.018)	(0.019)	(0.019)
Percent Asian, FTF	0.035	0.012	0.003
	(0.034)	(0.034)	(0.034)
Percent Native, FTF	− 0.084*	− 0.093**	− 0.094*
	(0.030)	(0.030)	(0.030)
Percent first-time freshmen (FTF)	0.091**	0.082**	0.075**
	(0.026)	(0.027)	(0.027)
Enrollment (FTE), logged		0.803*	0.774*
		(0.372)	(0.370)
Tuition		− 0.559**	− 0.538*
		(0.218)	(0.217)
Percent loan recipients		− 0.065***	− 0.071***
		(0.017)	(0.017)
Student-faculty ratio		− 0.142**	− 0.126*
		(0.049)	(0.049)
Adjunct share of instructional staff		− 0.002	− 0.003
		(0.008)	(0.008)
Instructional spending/FTE, logged		1.201**	1.168**
		(0.409)	(0.407)
Academic support/FTE, logged		− 1.756***	− 1.862***
		(0.378)	(0.378)
Student services/FTE, logged		0.289	0.456
		(0.453)	(0.453)
Scholarships/FTE, logged		− 0.034	− 0.044
		(0.142)	(0.142)
County unemployment rate			− 0.574**
			(0.181)
Constant	8.316***	10.59**	12.68**
	(2.078)	(3.856)	(3.891)
Observations	833	833	833
R-squared	0.090	0.156	0.166

Source: IPEDS; permutation p values: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001