Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions for bachelor's degree-seeking students, by control of institution, gender, and time to degree: United States, cohort year 1996 | ||||
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Graduation rate component and time to degree | Total | Public |
Private not-for-profit |
Private for-profit |
All students | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking cohort | 1,028,564 | 666,407 | 352,397 | 9,760 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 346,257 | 172,959 | 171,175 | 2,123 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 516,622 | 305,701 | 208,443 | 2,478 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 569,632 | 344,371 | 222,529 | 2,732 |
4-year graduation rate | 33.7 | 26.0 | 48.6 | 21.8 |
5-year graduation rate | 50.2 | 45.9 | 59.2 | 25.4 |
6-year graduation rate | 55.4 | 51.7 | 63.1 | 28.0 |
Men | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking cohort | 468,136 | 304,952 | 157,665 | 5,519 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 133,375 | 63,370 | 68,775 | 1,230 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 216,357 | 126,926 | 88,018 | 1,413 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 243,478 | 146,671 | 95,260 | 1,547 |
4-year graduation rate | 28.5 | 20.8 | 43.6 | 22.3 |
5-year graduation rate | 46.2 | 41.6 | 55.8 | 25.6 |
6-year graduation rate | 52.0 | 48.1 | 60.4 | 28.0 |
Women | ||||
Adjusted bachelor’s-degree-seeking cohort | 560,428 | 361,455 | 194,732 | 4,241 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 4 years or less | 212,882 | 109,589 | 102,400 | 893 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 5 years or less | 300,265 | 178,775 | 120,425 | 1,065 |
Completed bachelor’s degree in 6 years or less | 326,154 | 197,700 | 127,269 | 1,185 |
4-year graduation rate | 38.0 | 30.3 | 52.6 | 21.1 |
5-year graduation rate | 53.6 | 49.5 | 61.8 | 25.1 |
6-year graduation rate | 58.2 | 54.7 | 65.4 | 27.9 |
NOTE: The adjusted cohort reflects changes made by the institution to the original cohort and exclusions to the cohort reported by the institution. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2003.