This report is intended to show the changes in attendance patterns for traditional college students enrolled in the North Dakota University System (NDUS) over a sixteen-year period between 2001-2016. This encompasses the entirety of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reported data since the inception of online IPEDS reporting. This study defines traditional college students using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definition of a first time student. Under this definition, a student is traditional if attending college as a full time student, seeking an undergraduate degree, and has not enrolled in any prior college courses for credit with the exception of dual credit enrollment while in high school. While national IPEDS data shows that the number of student who enter college as first time students has decreased slightly, from 51% to 47% between 2001 and 2016, data for NDUS shows a more dramatic decrease from 64% to 51% in the same time period. Note, however, that although the current rates for NDUS are higher than the national average (51% as compared to 47%), the difference in earlier years was much greater (64% for NDUS compared to 51% national). Thus, it can be inferred that NDUS is beginning to more closely reflect national attendance patterns for traditional college students.