Retention

Statistics continue to show that Rising Star works with a 75 percent total retention rate of Fall 2007 first-year students returning in Fall 2008. This is way above state and national averages (See comparisons chart below.)

Rising Star students do not have the financial burdens that most college students carry; therefore, they are more likely to stay in school and continue their academic pursuits.

* Source: The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Measuring Up 2006: The National Report on Higher Education. http://measuringup.highereducation.org