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| Table 16. Number and percentage distribution of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the adjusted cohort, those that initially sought a bachelor’s or equivalent degree, and those that initially sought other than a bachelor’s or equivalent degree at Title IV 4-year degree-granting institutions, by cohort year, control of institution, and institutional category: United States, cohort years 2008, 2011, and 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Control of institution and institutional category |
Cohort year 2008 | Cohort year 2011 | Cohort year 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted cohort |
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
Adjusted cohort |
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
Adjusted cohort |
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students |
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| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||||
| Public | 1,028,541 | 100 | 917,781 | 89.2 | 110,760 | 10.8 | 1,106,726 | 100 | 951,267 | 86 | 155,459 | 14 | 1,156,434 | 100 | 986,974 | 85.3 | 169,460 | 14.7 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, associate's and certificates |
1,502 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,502 | 100 | 1,322 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,322 | 100 | 1,224 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1,224 | 100 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above |
85,483 | 100 | 6,578 | 7.7 | 78,905 | 92.3 | 137,485 | 100 | 9,672 | 7 | 127,813 | 93 | 151,067 | 100 | 10,302 | 6.8 | 140,765 | 93.2 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above |
941,556 | 100 | 911,203 | 96.8 | 30,353 | 3.2 | 967,919 | 100 | 941,595 | 97.3 | 26,324 | 2.7 | 1,004,143 | 100 | 976,672 | 97.3 | 27,471 | 2.7 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees1 |
0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | |||||||||
| Private nonprofit | 492,189 | 100 | 458,036 | 93.1 | 34,153 | 6.9 | 508,582 | 100 | 468,435 | 92.1 | 40,147 | 7.9 | 505,343 | 100 | 475,090 | 94 | 30,253 | 6 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, associate's and certificates |
0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above |
25,895 | 100 | 5,045 | 19.5 | 20,850 | 80.5 | 27,913 | 100 | 3,998 | 14.3 | 23,915 | 85.7 | 19,015 | 100 | 3,665 | 19.3 | 15,350 | 80.7 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above |
466,294 | 100 | 452,991 | 97.1 | 13,303 | 2.9 | 480,655 | 100 | 464,423 | 96.6 | 16,232 | 3.4 | 486,298 | 100 | 471,406 | 96.9 | 14,892 | 3.1 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees1 |
0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 14 | 100 | 14 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 100 | 19 | 63.3 | 11 | 36.7 | |||||||||
| Private for-profit | 234,231 | 100 | 46,478 | 19.8 | 187,753 | 80.2 | 155,058 | 100 | 54,811 | 35.3 | 100,247 | 64.7 | 69,833 | 100 | 28,730 | 41.1 | 41,103 | 58.9 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, associate's and certificates |
472 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 472 | 100 | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above |
75,401 | 100 | 6,374 | 8.5 | 69,027 | 91.5 | 38,516 | 100 | 5,486 | 14.2 | 33,030 | 85.8 | 26,933 | 100 | 2,701 | 10 | 24,232 | 90 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above |
158,358 | 100 | 40,104 | 25.3 | 118,254 | 74.7 | 116,542 | 100 | 49,325 | 42.3 | 67,217 | 57.7 | 42,900 | 100 | 26,029 | 60.7 | 16,871 | 39.3 | |||||||||
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Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees1 |
0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | 0 | Ø | |||||||||
Ø No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell.
1Although graduate degrees are the only degree offered by these institutions, they may offer undergraduate programs resulting in certificates.
NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public and are included in this table. Institutional category is derived using the level of offerings reported on the Institutional Characteristics component of the IPEDS and the number and level of awards reported in the Completions component of IPEDS. Primarily baccalaureate refers to institutions where the total number of degrees/certificates awarded at or above the bachelor's level is more than 50 percent of the total number of degrees/certificates awarded. Associate’s and certificates refers to institutions with an associate’s degree as the only degree offering that may also offer postsecondary certificates of any level. Percentages in the columns of this table use the count in the appropriate "Adjusted cohort" column of each section as the denominator. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2020.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2014–15, 2017–18, and 2020–21, Graduation Rates component (final data).
