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Table 02. Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the fall 2021 cohort, number still enrolled in fall 2022, and retention rates at Title IV institutions, by enrollment status, level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution: United States, fall 2021 and fall 2022
Level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution	Full-time			Part-time
	Adjusted cohort, fall 2021	Still enrolled fall 2022	Retention rate	Adjusted cohort, fall 2021	Still enrolled fall 2022	Retention rate

4-year	1,544,589	1,250,415	81.0	66,922	32,898	49.2
Public	1,038,173	842,489	81.2	44,447	23,338	52.5
Private nonprofit	484,705	394,358	81.4	14,757	5,945	40.3
Private for-profit	21,711	13,568	62.5	7,718	3,615	46.8
2-year	498,846	315,404	63.2	282,263	123,254	43.7
Public	445,558	279,682	62.8	279,574	121,483	43.5
Private nonprofit	8,090	5,934	73.3	374	182	48.7
Private for-profit	45,198	29,788	65.9	2,315	1,589	68.6
Degree-granting	479,361	301,741	62.9	277,859	120,463	43.4
Public	434,020	271,961	62.7	275,910	119,251	43.2
Private nonprofit	7,113	5,140	72.3	358	171	47.8
Private for-profit	38,228	24,640	64.5	1,591	1,041	65.4

Non-degree-granting	19,485	13,663	70.1	4,404	2,791	63.4
Public	11,538	7,721	66.9	3,664	2,232	60.9
Private nonprofit	977	794	81.3	16	11	68.8
Private for-profit	6,970	5,148	73.9	724	548	75.7
Less-than-2-year	63,183	46,318	73.3	17,435	12,002	68.8
Public	10,237	7,223	70.6	8,777	5,674	64.6
Private nonprofit	1,495	1,096	73.3	7	7	100.0
Private for-profit	51,451	37,999	73.9	8,651	6,321	73.1

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 U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and also included in this table. For 4-year institutions, retention rate is the percentage of first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduates from the previous fall who are again enrolled in the current fall. For all other institutions, retention rate is the percentage of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either reenrolled or successfully completed their program by the current fall. Enrollment status (full-time or part-time) was determined by the institutions in fall 2021, but the fall 2021 adjusted cohort and the number of students in the cohort still enrolled in fall 2022 were both reported during the spring 2023 data collection. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2023, Fall Enrollment component (provisional data).

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