This study examined trends in attrition and retention of State University of New York students enrolled in both baccalaureate and associate degree programs. A cohort survival analysis was used to evaluate the relative success of the students. Data are based on full-time, first-time and transfer Fall enrollees from 1987 through 1992 and were collected in Fall, 1993. Highlights of the findings include: (1) most full-time, first-time students are taking 5 to 6 years to earn a degree; (2) White and Asian/Pacific Islander students have higher than average graduation rates; (3) more than 18 percent of full-time, first-time students complete an associate degree during the third and fourth years after enrolling; (4) the number of baccalaureate students who earn a degree within 4 years declined through the 1980s and has steadily increased in the 1990s; (5) the percent of associate degree-seeking students who earned degrees in 2 years declined in the 1980s and continues to decline. The vast bulk of the document presents study data in tables organized in four parts. Part 1 covers attrition, retention and graduation information for students in Baccalaureate degree program; Part 2 covers students in associate degree programs; Part 3 includes trend information on baccalaureate students from 1977 through 1993; and Part 4 provides similar trend information for associate degree students from 1977 through 1993. (JB)