Postsecondary Education
Completions
Table A-45-1. Percentage of students seeking a bachelor’s degree at 4-year institutions who completed a bachelor's degree, by control of institution, sex, and time to degree attainment: Starting cohort years 1996 and 2004
| Sex and time to degree attainment |
1996 starting cohort |
|
2004 starting cohort |
| Total |
Public |
Private nonprofit |
Private for-profit |
|
Total |
Public |
Private nonprofit |
Private for-profit |
| All students |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 years |
33.7 |
26.0 |
48.6 |
21.8 |
|
37.9 |
31.3 |
52.4 |
20.4 |
| 5 years |
50.2 |
45.9 |
59.2 |
25.4 |
|
53.9 |
50.6 |
62.9 |
25.8 |
| 6 years |
55.4 |
51.7 |
63.1 |
28.0 |
|
58.3 |
56.0 |
65.4 |
28.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 years |
28.5 |
20.8 |
43.6 |
22.3 |
|
32.9 |
26.1 |
47.7 |
23.3 |
| 5 years |
46.2 |
41.6 |
55.8 |
25.6 |
|
50.5 |
46.8 |
60.0 |
27.6 |
| 6 years |
52.0 |
48.1 |
60.4 |
28.0 |
|
55.5 |
53.0 |
63.0 |
30.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4 years |
38.0 |
30.3 |
52.6 |
21.1 |
|
42.1 |
35.7 |
56.2 |
17.7 |
| 5 years |
53.6 |
49.5 |
61.8 |
25.1 |
|
56.8 |
53.7 |
65.2 |
24.1 |
| 6 years |
58.2 |
54.7 |
65.4 |
27.9 |
|
60.6 |
58.5 |
67.3 |
26.8 |
NOTE: The graduation rate was calculated as the total number of students who completed a degree within 150 percent of the normal time to degree attainment (for example, for bachelor’s degrees, 6 years) divided by the number of students in the revised cohort (i.e., the cohort minus any allowable exclusions). For this indicator, the revised cohorts are the spring 2011 estimates of the number of students who entered a 4-year institution in fall 2004 and the spring 2003 estimates of the number of students who entered a 4-year institution in fall 1996 as first-time, full-time undergraduates seeking a bachelor’s or equivalent degree. Students who transferred to another institution and graduated are not counted as completers at their initial institution. For more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), see Appendix B - Guide to Sources.
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| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003 and Spring 2011, Graduation Rates and Institutional Characteristics components. |
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