A study was made of the attrition/retention pattern at Hagerstown Junior College. Four groups were studied, those first enrolled in fall 1971, spring 1972, fall 1972, and spring 1973. Results showed that: (1) the attrition rate for full-time students has declined markedly; (2) the attrition rate for part-time students has increased very slightly; (3) for full-time students, the attrition rate over the summer is much higher than between the fall and spring semesters; (4) for full-time non-returnees, the most frequently listed reasons were employment and transfer to another school; (5) for part-time non-returnees, the most frequently listed reason was that they were interested in only one course; (6) the number of transfers and readmits who enroll for the first time is fairly constant for either fall or spring semesters, while most new first-timers enroll in a fall semester; (7) of the total fall 1971 enrollment, nearly 31% have graduated before fall 1973 (42.5% of the full-time, 12.4% of the part-time); (8) of the new, first-time, full-time fall 1971 students, 26.5% graduated before fall 1973; (9) of the full-time students who were returning in fall 1971, nearly 60% graduated before fall 1973; (10) during the five-semester period of study, 112 students out of a total population of 2,390 dropped out for at least one semester and were then readmitted; and (11) attrition in general remains more constant for part-timers than for full-timers. For full-timers, the attrition rate tends to level off after the first couple of semesters. (Author/KM)