On average, increased access is the main driver of growth in one-term throughput

2019-2022 change   2018-2019 change  

Source: Authors' calculations using MIS data. NOTES: Percentage point change, fall 2019 vs fall 2022. Each dot is a college. The black diagonal line is the trend line. The correlation coefficient between changes in direct access to college composition and changes in one-term throughput is 0.44, which means that the coefficient of determination or R2 is 0.19.