OLYMPIA, WA. — AV continues to experience strong momentum in student enrollment and retention, with preliminary data showing a 13% year-over-year increase in spring 2025 enrollment. This marks the third consecutive year of spring enrollment growth and includes significant gains among first-generation undergraduate students.
“Our spring enrollment at AV continues to surge ahead year over year with 13% more students at the college spring 2025,” said John Reed, Chief Enrollment Officer. “An important component of this enrollment growth is the improvement we are seeing in our student retention. First-year students from fall 2024 to spring 2025 are persisting at a rate of 85%, the highest we have seen in 12 years.”
The college’s fall-to-spring retention rate for first-time, first-year students has steadily improved, rising from 68% in 2020 to 85% in 2024 — a 17-point increase over five years. Preliminary data also shows that the number of first-generation undergraduate students enrolled this spring reached 459, up from 371 the previous year.
AV’s efforts to support student success through personalized advising, flexible academic pathways, and community-building programs are credited as key drivers behind these trends.
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