| Control of institution, sex, and admissions acceptance rate | Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander |
American Indian/ Alaska Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 starting cohort | ||||||
| Total | 55.4 | 58.1 | 38.9 | 45.7 | 63.4 | 38.0 |
| Public | 51.7 | 54.3 | 36.8 | 42.1 | 59.5 | 35.3 |
| Male | 48.1 | 50.8 | 30.3 | 37.5 | 55.2 | 33.1 |
| Female | 54.7 | 57.4 | 41.0 | 45.7 | 63.5 | 37.0 |
| Private nonprofit | 63.1 | 65.7 | 44.6 | 55.7 | 73.5 | 48.1 |
| Male | 60.4 | 63.0 | 38.9 | 52.1 | 71.5 | 46.7 |
| Female | 65.4 | 67.9 | 48.4 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 49.2 |
| Private for-profit | 28.0 | 33.2 | 19.2 | 24.6 | 28.9 | 23.1 |
| Male | 28.0 | 32.3 | 19.4 | 26.7 | 31.7 | 30.8 |
| Female | 27.9 | 34.5 | 19.0 | 21.9 | 24.9 | 17.3 |
| 2004 starting cohort | ||||||
| Total | 58.3 | 61.5 | 39.5 | 50.1 | 68.7 | 39.4 |
| Public | 56.0 | 58.9 | 38.3 | 47.8 | 66.2 | 37.0 |
| Open admissions | 28.8 | 32.9 | 17.0 | 28.4 | 34.4 | 10.6 |
| 90 percent or more accepted | 44.2 | 47.0 | 29.3 | 30.9 | 41.6 | 27.9 |
| 75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 54.9 | 57.3 | 39.8 | 45.8 | 59.6 | 38.0 |
| 50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 59.9 | 63.1 | 41.5 | 53.6 | 67.5 | 43.8 |
| 25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 62.2 | 68.6 | 42.1 | 51.8 | 68.0 | 48.7 |
| Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 82.2 | 83.0 | 49.2 | 80.0 | 90.2 | 78.1 |
| Private nonprofit | 65.4 | 67.9 | 44.9 | 60.5 | 76.2 | 50.7 |
| Open admissions | 36.4 | 43.8 | 22.2 | 31.2 | 43.4 | 25.9 |
| 90 percent or more accepted | 50.0 | 52.9 | 32.6 | 40.7 | 51.1 | 40.0 |
| 75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted | 60.3 | 63.3 | 40.5 | 51.1 | 59.1 | 41.7 |
| 50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted | 63.8 | 66.6 | 44.9 | 58.4 | 69.2 | 50.0 |
| 25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted | 79.3 | 82.3 | 58.2 | 73.7 | 88.3 | 69.8 |
| Less than 25.0 percent accepted | 90.5 | 92.7 | 69.2 | 90.7 | 95.5 | 85.1 |
| Private for-profit | 28.4 | 35.3 | 21.3 | 28.9 | 38.9 | 19.2 |
| Male | 30.2 | 37.0 | 21.2 | 29.1 | 43.5 | 18.5 |
| Female | 26.8 | 33.4 | 21.3 | 28.7 | 33.3 | 19.6 |
| 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. Admissions acceptance rate data is not included for for-profit institutions due to the high acceptance rates at most of these institutions. Included in the totals, but not shown separately, are estimates for persons with unknown race/ethnicity and nonresident aliens. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity and classification of postsecondary education institutions, see Appendix C - Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), see Appendix B - Guide to Sources. | ||||||
| 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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