Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions for bachelor's-seeking students, by control of institution, gender, and time to degree: United States, cohort year 1997 | ||||
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Gender, graduation rate component, and time to degree |
Total | Public |
Private not-for-profit |
Private for-profit |
All students | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-seeking cohort | 1,065,848 | 686,767 | 368,082 | 10,999 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 362,909 | 181,364 | 179,378 | 2,167 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 544,516 | 322,145 | 219,827 | 2,544 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 596,480 | 362,321 | 231,438 | 2,721 |
4-year graduation rate (%) | 34.0 | 26.4 | 48.7 | 19.7 |
5-year graduation rate (%) | 51.1 | 46.9 | 59.7 | 23.1 |
6-year graduation rate (%) | 56.0 | 52.8 | 62.9 | 24.7 |
Men | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-seeking cohort | 483,080 | 312,751 | 163,999 | 6,330 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 140,212 | 66,256 | 72,603 | 1,353 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 227,892 | 133,104 | 93,237 | 1,551 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 254,678 | 154,197 | 98,841 | 1,640 |
4-year graduation rate (%) | 29.0 | 21.2 | 44.3 | 21.4 |
5-year graduation rate (%) | 47.2 | 42.6 | 56.9 | 24.5 |
6-year graduation rate (%) | 52.7 | 49.3 | 60.3 | 25.9 |
Women | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-seeking cohort | 582,768 | 374,016 | 204,083 | 4,669 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 222,697 | 115,108 | 106,775 | 814 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 316,624 | 189,041 | 126,590 | 993 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 341,802 | 208,124 | 132,597 | 1,081 |
4-year graduation rate (%) | 38.2 | 30.8 | 52.3 | 17.4 |
5-year graduation rate (%) | 54.3 | 50.5 | 62.0 | 21.3 |
6-year graduation rate (%) | 58.7 | 55.6 | 65.0 | 23.2 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2004.