Impact

A Success Story

  • Total students in a Fall 2024 LC is 6,772 (5,544 first year)
  • 94.2% of all first-year students are in a learning community
  • The one-year retention rate for the Fall 2023 cohort of New Direct from High School (NDHS) learning community students was five percentage points higher than for non-learning community students
  • The six-year graduation rate for the Fall 2018 cohort of NDHS learning community students was 6.1 percentage points higher than for non-learning community students
  • 600+ LC peer mentors provide leadership
  • 79 learning community options available in fall 2024
  • 100+ faculty and staff learning community coordinators
  • LC students report higher satisfaction and engagement 
  • LC students report high levels of engagement on the NSSE benchmarks
  • LC program is important for student recruitment
  • 118,794 total students have participated in LCs since 1995

Reports