National Center for Education Statistics

Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the fall 2014 cohort, number still enrolled in fall 2015, and retention rates at Title IV institutions, by enrollment status, level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution: United States, fall 2014 and fall 2015
Level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution	Full-time			Part-time
	Adjusted cohort, fall 2014	Still enrolled fall 2015	Retention rate	Adjusted cohort, fall 2014	Still enrolled fall 2015	Retention rate
4-year¹	1,501,582	1,212,464	80.7	46,606	21,818	46.8
Public	995,110	807,687	81.2	25,833	13,917	53.9
Private nonprofit	476,823	388,745	81.5	8,093	3,322	41.0
Private for-profit	29,649	16,032	54.1	12,680	4,579	36.1
2-year	739,887	456,055	61.6	432,206	189,003	43.7
Public	659,855	403,105	61.1	426,362	185,867	43.6
Private nonprofit	14,061	8,567	60.9	832	395	47.5
Private for-profit	65,971	44,383	67.3	5,012	2,741	54.7
Degree-granting	709,824	434,831	61.3	424,166	183,548	43.3
Public	644,765	392,687	60.9	419,662	181,230	43.2
Private nonprofit	13,011	7,914	60.8	792	359	45.3
Private for-profit	52,048	34,230	65.8	3,712	1,959	52.8
Non-degree-granting	30,063	21,224	70.6	8,040	5,455	67.8
Public	15,090	10,418	69.0	6,700	4,637	69.2
Private nonprofit	1,050	653	62.2	40	36	90.0
Private for-profit	13,923	10,153	72.9	1,300	782	60.2
Less-than-2-year	77,831	56,703	72.9	16,848	11,764	69.8
Public	11,901	8,576	72.1	5,466	3,751	68.6
Private nonprofit	3,937	2,904	73.8	195	122	62.6
Private for-profit	61,993	45,223	72.9	11,187	7,891	70.5

¹ Four-year institutions report retention rates for bachelor’s degree-seeking undergraduates in the fall 2014 cohort.

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, Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component (final data).

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