Results show that SAT performance is related to third year retention rates. Even after controlling for student and institutional characteristics, returners had higher SAT total scores than non-returners, and the performance gap is not due to differences in the demographic makeup of the two groups. Furthermore, while differences in retention can be observed between various student and institutional subgroups, these differences are minimized and in some instances eliminated when controlling for SAT performance, especially for higher SAT score bands. A list of "Institutions Providing Third Year Retention Data on the 2006 Freshman Cohort" is appended.