April 18, 2018

As you search for your ideal school to attend, you are probably considering factors like academic standards, extracurricular activities offered, dorm room options, and tuition. However, you may not have checked into the college completion rate and college retention rates of schools you’re interested in. Statistics are likely available for any school that you are looking at, so you can easily search for things like, “private school retention rates.”

Not sure why those rates matter? Here’s what they mean, and why you should consider them as you choose a school.