Among all students who enrolled in college for the first time in fall 2017, 73.8 percent persisted at any U.S. institution in fall 2018, while 61.7 percent were retained at their starting institution. This brief report presents the following statistics on first-year persistence and retention for the Fall 2017 Cohort: (1) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Starting Enrollment Intensity, All Institutions, 2009-2017; (2) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Race and Ethnicity All Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; (3) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Age at College Entry All Institutions, 2009-2017; (4) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Students Who Started College in Four-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017; (5) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Race and Ethnicity Four-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; (6) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Students Who Started College in Two-Year Public Institutions, 2009-2017; (7) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Race and Ethnicity Two-Year Public Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; (8) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Students Who Started College in Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, 2009-2017; (9) First-Year Persistence and Retention by Race and Ethnicity Four-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; (10) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Students Who Started College in Four-Year Private For-Profit Institutions, 2010-2017; (11) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Top Five Popular Majors, Bachelor's Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; (12) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Top Five Popular Majors, Associate Degree Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort; and (13) First-Year Persistence and Retention for Top Five Popular Majors, Undergraduate Certificate Programs, Fall 2017 Entering Cohort. Definitions and notes on cohort selection are included.