The University of Iowa retained most students in the class of 2025 since their classes started in 2021.

Overall, Iowa’s public institutions reported a slight 1 percent decrease, in undergraduate student retention, but the percentage of students graduating in four years is up 2 percent since last year.

For the past two years, the retention rate at the state Board of Regents institutions slightly rose to 86 percent for undergraduates returning for a second year across the universities, the regents’ fall 2022 graduation and retention report revealed.

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At the UI, retention improved by 1 percent, retaining 89 percent of the 2021 entry cohort.

The report highlighted the regent universities’ 1-2 percent improvement in students graduating within four years. The UI’s four-year graduation rate increased to 58 percent, a 1 percent increase from the entering class of 2017’s 57 percent four-year graduation rate.

The university’s 2022 first to second-year retention rate is 88.6 percent, an increase from 2021’s 88 percent.

The six-year graduation rate for the class of 2022 at the UI stayed consistent with the previous year’s rate at a steady 73.7 percent.