Thirty-four percent of beginners with a bachelor’s degree goal completed that degree at their first institution within 4 years, and another 21 percent finished in 5 to 6 years, for a total of 55 percent completing a bachelor’s degree at the first institution within 6 years of starting there (table B). Those who began at a private not-for-profit institution were more likely to complete their bachelor’s degree at that institution than those who began at a public institution (65 percent vs. 50 percent) and were more likely to have finished in 4 years (52 percent vs. 24 percent).