Table 21-1 Average number of months between postsecondary entry and degree completion among 1999–2000 first-time recipients of bachelor's degrees who did not stop out of college for 6 months or more, by control of degree-granting institution and selected characteristics

¹Included in the total but not shown separately are graduates of private for-profit institutions.

²Included in the total but not shown separately are graduates who began at other types of institutions.

NOTE: Sixty-nine percent of first-time recipients of bachelor's degrees had not stopped out of college for 6 months or more. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:2000/01).