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| Graduation rates at Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, level and control of institution, gender, degree sought, and degree completed: United States, cohort years 2000 and 2003 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level and control of institution, gender, degree sought, and degree completed | Total | White, non-Hispanic | Black, non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Race/ ethnicity unknown | Nonresident alien |
| Total 4-year institutions (cohort year 2000)1 | 56.4 | 59.4 | 41.2 | 47.6 | 65.8 | 39.2 | 49.9 | 58.8 |
| Public | 53.3 | 56.0 | 39.0 | 43.1 | 63.1 | 34.9 | 51.7 | 52.5 |
| Men | 49.8 | 52.6 | 32.5 | 38.4 | 58.9 | 31.4 | 48.5 | 50.2 |
| Women | 56.3 | 58.9 | 43.4 | 46.5 | 67.0 | 37.6 | 54.6 | 55.6 |
| Private not-for-profit | 63.8 | 66.5 | 45.3 | 58.0 | 74.2 | 51.0 | 58.8 | 64.9 |
| Men | 60.9 | 63.8 | 38.9 | 54.0 | 72.4 | 46.6 | 56.2 | 62.2 |
| Women | 66.1 | 68.7 | 49.6 | 60.7 | 75.6 | 54.3 | 60.9 | 68.2 |
| Private for-profit | 48.2 | 54.5 | 42.7 | 50.1 | 56.4 | 44.3 | 31.1 | 55.9 |
| Men | 46.6 | 51.2 | 39.3 | 48.9 | 54.8 | 43.2 | 32.3 | 58.2 |
| Women | 50.3 | 59.0 | 45.8 | 51.7 | 59.1 | 45.7 | 29.8 | 52.5 |
| Bachelor's or equivalent degree-seekers attending 4-year institutions and completing bachelor's or equivalent degree (cohort year 2000) | 57.5 | 60.2 | 42.1 | 49.1 | 66.7 | 40.2 | 51.6 | 59.6 |
| Public | 54.8 | 57.1 | 40.8 | 46.0 | 64.1 | 37.5 | 52.3 | 54.6 |
| Men | 51.3 | 53.8 | 34.1 | 41.1 | 60.0 | 33.6 | 49.1 | 52.1 |
| Women | 57.7 | 59.9 | 45.2 | 49.7 | 67.8 | 40.5 | 55.2 | 58.1 |
| Private not-for-profit | 64.5 | 67.0 | 45.9 | 59.0 | 75.2 | 50.9 | 60.3 | 64.5 |
| Men | 61.7 | 64.4 | 39.3 | 55.3 | 73.1 | 50.1 | 58.6 | 61.7 |
| Women | 66.7 | 69.1 | 50.4 | 61.7 | 76.7 | 51.5 | 61.6 | 67.9 |
| Private for-profit | 32.6 | 38.1 | 29.7 | 33.8 | 47.3 | 30.4 | 17.0 | 47.5 |
| Men | 35.5 | 40.2 | 29.8 | 36.2 | 48.4 | 30.3 | 20.0 | 46.3 |
| Women | 29.1 | 35.1 | 29.7 | 30.9 | 45.2 | 30.4 | 14.6 | 48.9 |
| 2-year institutions (cohort year 2003)1 | 32.3 | 33.2 | 27.1 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 28.8 | 36.2 | 30.0 |
| Public | 23.2 | 25.7 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 25.2 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 26.3 |
| Men | 22.4 | 24.7 | 14.8 | 17.1 | 23.6 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 21.9 |
| Women | 23.9 | 26.7 | 15.5 | 18.7 | 26.8 | 22.0 | 20.3 | 30.4 |
| Private not-for-profit | 55.1 | 61.5 | 40.7 | 44.4 | 50.1 | 20.4 | 47.5 | 73.5 |
| Men | 54.4 | 60.7 | 33.8 | 49.6 | 52.8 | 21.1 | 51.2 | 66.5 |
| Women | 55.5 | 62.2 | 45.1 | 41.0 | 48.8 | 19.8 | 44.4 | 78.7 |
| Private for-profit | 58.9 | 63.6 | 49.0 | 60.7 | 59.5 | 58.9 | 58.4 | 42.8 |
| Men | 60.0 | 65.7 | 46.2 | 58.7 | 64.7 | 59.7 | 58.9 | 44.5 |
| Women | 58.2 | 62.1 | 50.1 | 62.1 | 55.8 | 58.5 | 58.0 | 40.4 |
| Less-than-2-year institutions (cohort year 2003)1 | 66.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Public | 69.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Private not-for-profit | 73.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Private for-profit | 65.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— Not available. Graduation rates data are not collected by race/ethnicity for less-than-2-year institutions.
1 The total 4-year institution, 2-year institution, and less-than-2-year institution cohorts contain all full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates at institutions of the designated level, in the reference year, regardless of the level of award sought.
NOTE: The rates in this table reflect graduation rates at institutions regardless of the length of programs, unless otherwise indicated. The graduation rate was calculated as required for disclosure and reporting purposes under the Student Right-to-Know Act and was calculated as the total number of completers within the specified time to degree divided by the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions. The revised cohort is the current (spring 2007) estimate of the number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates in the reference year. Allowable exclusions include those students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the armed forces; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on official church missions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2007, Graduation Rates component.
