Graduation rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV institutions among students who started as full-time, first-time students, by race/ethnicity, level and control of institution, and gender: United States, cohort years 2011 and 2014 | |||||||||||
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Percent graduating | |||||||||||
Level and control of institution and gender | Overall | American Indian or Alaska Native | Asian | Black or African American | Hispanic or Latino | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | White | Two or more races | Race/ ethnicity unknown | Nonresident alien | |
All 4-year institutions (cohort year 2011)1 | |||||||||||
Total | 55.5 | 32.5 | 71.9 | 34.5 | 50.1 | 43.4 | 60.7 | 53.0 | 41.1 | 69.1 | |
Men | 53.1 | 31.1 | 68.4 | 30.1 | 46.1 | 40.3 | 58.2 | 50.2 | 40.4 | 64.8 | |
Women | 57.5 | 33.6 | 75.2 | 37.4 | 53.0 | 45.8 | 62.7 | 55.1 | 41.6 | 74.2 | |
Public | 55.5 | 32.1 | 69.7 | 36.2 | 48.1 | 45.2 | 59.7 | 51.8 | 50.2 | 65.9 | |
Men | 52.4 | 30.3 | 65.9 | 30.6 | 43.7 | 40.6 | 56.7 | 48.8 | 46.9 | 61.5 | |
Women | 58.1 | 33.6 | 73.4 | 40.2 | 51.5 | 49.2 | 62.4 | 54.0 | 53.3 | 71.7 | |
Private nonprofit | 64.8 | 41.2 | 79.4 | 42.1 | 61.7 | 50.8 | 68.4 | 65.1 | 59.1 | 75.3 | |
Men | 61.7 | 38.9 | 77.4 | 36.4 | 57.8 | 45.5 | 65.6 | 61.6 | 56.8 | 71.0 | |
Women | 67.2 | 43.1 | 81.0 | 46.2 | 64.4 | 54.5 | 70.7 | 67.5 | 61.0 | 79.9 | |
Private for-profit | 25.3 | 20.2 | 53.1 | 15.7 | 39.9 | 28.2 | 28.4 | 25.9 | 15.4 | 50.3 | |
Men | 25.5 | 19.5 | 48.9 | 14.8 | 38.0 | 31.1 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 16.2 | 49.6 | |
Women | 25.2 | 20.6 | 56.6 | 16.2 | 41.0 | 26.7 | 27.7 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 50.8 | |
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seekers attending 4-year institutions and completing bachelor’s or equivalent degree (cohort year 2011) | |||||||||||
Total | 60.4 | 37.6 | 74.1 | 39.8 | 55.0 | 48.6 | 64.3 | 57.1 | 50.5 | 71.0 | |
Men | 57.3 | 36.0 | 70.7 | 34.1 | 50.7 | 44.5 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 47.0 | 66.3 | |
Women | 63.0 | 38.9 | 77.1 | 43.9 | 58.2 | 52.0 | 66.9 | 59.8 | 53.7 | 76.7 | |
Public | 59.7 | 37.5 | 72.3 | 40.9 | 54.2 | 52.8 | 63 | 55.2 | 56.9 | 68.5 | |
Men | 56.5 | 35.6 | 68.7 | 35.0 | 49.4 | 47.1 | 59.9 | 52.3 | 53.6 | 63.6 | |
Women | 62.4 | 39.0 | 75.7 | 45.0 | 57.8 | 57.9 | 65.7 | 57.5 | 59.8 | 75.2 | |
Private nonprofit | 66.4 | 46.0 | 79.8 | 43.9 | 62.8 | 52.3 | 69.7 | 66.4 | 60.6 | 75.2 | |
Men | 63.1 | 44.0 | 77.7 | 37.5 | 59.3 | 48.3 | 66.7 | 62.7 | 57.8 | 71.1 | |
Women | 69.1 | 47.6 | 81.4 | 48.9 | 65.3 | 55.5 | 72.2 | 69.0 | 62.9 | 79.7 | |
Private for-profit | 20.8 | 11.0 | 43.6 | 13.4 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 23.5 | 22.7 | 16.2 | 49.0 | |
Men | 21.7 | 10.6 | 41.3 | 12.9 | 26.6 | 19.4 | 26.6 | 24.8 | 16.4 | 42.9 | |
Women | 20.1 | 11.2 | 46.0 | 13.8 | 25.9 | 17.7 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 16.0 | 54.0 | |
Total 2-year institutions (cohort year 2014) | |||||||||||
Total | 33.9 | 30.5 | 39.7 | 27.7 | 33.1 | 36.9 | 36.0 | 28.2 | 37.7 | 35.8 | |
Men | 31.1 | 26.2 | 34.6 | 23.4 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 34.5 | 25.7 | 32.7 | 32.2 | |
Women | 36.3 | 34.0 | 45.0 | 31.0 | 36.6 | 41.5 | 37.4 | 30.4 | 41.8 | 40.3 | |
Public | 26.6 | 21.8 | 33.8 | 17.3 | 23.4 | 24.4 | 30.5 | 21.5 | 24.1 | 33.4 | |
Men | 25.9 | 20.7 | 30.4 | 16.8 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 30.3 | 20.4 | 24.0 | 29.2 | |
Women | 27.4 | 22.8 | 37.6 | 17.7 | 25.2 | 27.6 | 30.7 | 22.5 | 24.2 | 38.5 | |
Private nonprofit | 62.6 | 48.5 | 81.2 | 57.3 | 65.6 | 74.6 | 67.7 | 55.8 | 59.2 | 72.8 | |
Men | 57.7 | 30.4 | 77.8 | 42.9 | 60.9 | 77.4 | 65.8 | 50.7 | 53.3 | 67.1 | |
Women | 63.8 | 55.2 | 82.6 | 59.9 | 67 | 73.6 | 68.3 | 57.5 | 60.0 | 78.4 | |
Private for-profit | 62.0 | 61.9 | 74.3 | 49.2 | 69.0 | 67.2 | 65.1 | 60.1 | 58.3 | 59.8 | |
Men | 59.8 | 55.2 | 70.1 | 47.2 | 64.9 | 64.7 | 64.2 | 57.1 | 54.1 | 63.3 | |
Women | 63.4 | 65.9 | 76.9 | 50.3 | 71.4 | 69.0 | 65.8 | 62.3 | 62.0 | 54.4 | |
Less-than-2-year institutions (cohort year 2014) | |||||||||||
Total | 69.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Public | 74.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Private nonprofit | 70.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Private for-profit | 68.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— Not available. Graduation rates data are not collected by race/ethnicity or gender for less-than-2-year institutions.
1 The 4-year institution cohort contains all full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates, regardless of the level of the award sought.
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. The four U.S. service academies that
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2017–18, Graduation Rates component (provisional data).