A Success Story
- Total students in a Fall 2023 LC is 6,518 (5,413 first year)
- 93.4% of all first-year students are in a learning community
- Average one-year retention rate for LC students: 7 percentage points higher than non-LC students
- Average six-year graduation rate for LC students: 10 percentage points higher than non-LC students
- 93.2% of first-year students of color are in a learning community
- 600+ LC peer mentors provide leadership
- 84 learning community options available in fall 2023
- 110 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
- 112,022 total students have participated in LCs since 1995