National Center for Education Statistics

Graduation rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV institutions among students who started as full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students, by race/ethnicity, level and control of institution, and gender: United States, cohort years 2009 and 2012
Level and control of institution and gender	All students	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 2009)¹
Total	53.8	35.1	71.1	34.7	50.0	41.3	59.1	53.7	37.2	66.5
Men	51.7	32.5	67.7	31.1	45.7	42.9	56.5	51.2	37.9	62.6
Women	55.5	37.1	74.2	37.1	53.1	40.2	61.3	55.5	36.7	70.8
Public	55.2	33.5	69.3	36.7	48.7	42.3	58.7	50.9	53.3	63.1
Men	52.0	30.2	65.7	31.7	44.3	42.2	55.5	48.0	49.1	59.0
Women	58.0	36.2	72.8	40.2	52.2	42.3	61.7	53.3	57.0	68.2
Private nonprofit	63.8	46.4	77.8	42.6	59.4	53.8	67.4	67.9	59.1	74.6
Men	60.7	44.2	75.6	37.1	55.4	53.3	64.4	65.3	56.6	70.2
Women	66.2	48.0	79.5	46.5	62.1	54.1	69.7	69.5	61.1	79.2
Private for-profit	25.9	25.6	50.6	19.4	40.8	25.6	31.9	27.1	15.3	38.0
Men	26.0	23.6	47.1	19.5	37.2	28.0	32.0	27.9	15.6	35.8
Women	25.9	26.7	53.5	19.3	43.0	24.7	31.8	26.6	15.1	39.5
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seekers attending 4-year institutions and completing bachelor’s or equivalent degree (cohort year 2009)
Total	59.4	41.2	73.0	39.5	53.6	48.5	63.3	59.2	50.6	68.8
Men	56.2	38.2	69.8	34.3	49.2	48.8	60.0	55.9	48.1	64.2
Women	62.1	43.6	75.9	43.2	57.0	48.2	66.1	61.7	52.7	74.0
Public	58.6	39.1	71.2	40.4	52.8	49.9	61.6	54.4	56.9	64.9
Men	55.3	35.6	67.8	34.8	48.1	50.0	58.3	51.4	53.0	60.5
Women	61.4	41.8	74.5	44.2	56.4	49.8	64.5	56.9	60.2	70.3
Private nonprofit	65.6	52.0	78.5	43.5	61.2	55.6	68.8	69.6	60.7	74.8
Men	62.2	50.0	76.3	37.5	57.6	54.3	65.6	66.8	58.1	70.3
Women	68.3	53.5	80.2	48.2	63.8	56.7	71.4	71.4	62.9	79.4
Private for-profit	22.7	16.7	45.3	15.5	28.7	20.4	29.3	26.7	15.2	42.2
Men	23.9	16.4	44.9	16.0	27.4	16.5	32.1	28.7	15.4	33.2
Women	21.7	16.9	45.8	15.2	29.8	22.2	26.6	25.1	15.0	49.7
Total 2-year institutions (cohort year 2012)
Total	31.5	26.9	38.1	24.6	32.1	37.3	33.3	26.5	33.5	36.3
Men	29.0	25.4	33.5	21.3	27.6	34.4	31.8	25.2	28.7	32.8
Women	33.7	28.1	42.8	27.1	35.6	40.0	34.7	27.7	37.2	40.0
Public	23.6	17.6	31.5	14.1	20.5	23.8	27.2	19.2	20.6	32.9
Men	22.9	18.1	28.8	13.7	18.8	23.1	26.8	18.3	19.6	29.7
Women	24.3	17.3	34.7	14.5	22.1	24.5	27.6	20.1	21.8	36.4
Private nonprofit	57.3	45.1	60.2	47.8	60.9	69.1	63.9	52.1	54.6	67.7
Men	58.1	47.3	54.7	43.1	58.8	69.0	66.0	45.2	56.1	69.9
Women	56.9	43.9	63.0	49.8	61.9	69.2	62.2	55.2	54.4	66.2
Private for-profit	61.2	60.8	74.5	50.0	68.5	67.1	64.7	57.2	51.8	68.0
Men	59.0	57.7	71.1	47.7	63.7	64.6	63.1	56.3	51.4	61.7
Women	62.6	62.7	76.6	51.2	71.3	69.0	65.7	58.1	52.1	75.1
Less-than-2-year institutions (cohort year 2012)
Total	68.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Public	74.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Private nonprofit	69.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Private for-profit	67.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

— 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 2015–16, Graduation Rates component (final data).

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