This EPIGraph looks at two-year, first time in college students who started in fall 2019 and what happened to them by 2022 (three years later). The first column shows that 19 percent earned a credential and 48 percent were still enrolled in college, while 33 percent were not enrolled and did not earn a credential. The next three columns focus on the attendance pattern for students. Twenty-five percent of students who were always full-timestatus earned a credential, compared to 19 percent for those who had mixed enrollment and only 2 percent who were always part-time students. Two thirds (68 percent) of students who were always part-time did not earn a degree and were not enrolled, compared to 42 percent of full-time students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2020/22 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:20/22). Downloaded and analyzed by EPI on October 10, 2025. Download the original NCES publication here.
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