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Table 9. Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the fall 2020 cohort, number still enrolled in fall 2021, and retention rates at Title IV institutions, by enrollment status, level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution: United States, fall 2020 and fall 2021
Level of institution, degree-granting status, and control of institution	Full-time			Part-time
	Adjusted cohort, fall 2020	Still enrolled fall 2021	Retention rate	Adjusted cohort, fall 2020	Still enrolled fall 2021	Retention rate

4-year	1,480,319	1,193,578	80.6	64,016	31,256	48.8
Public	1,002,316	809,864	80.8	42,008	22,140	52.7
Private nonprofit	457,668	371,176	81.1	13,963	5,889	42.2
Private for-profit	20,335	12,538	61.7	8,045	3,227	40.1
2-year	522,860	321,425	61.5	274,230	116,629	42.5
Public	469,217	287,464	61.3	271,204	114,809	42.3
Private nonprofit	7,812	5,233	67.0	400	156	39.0
Private for-profit	45,831	28,728	62.7	2,626	1,664	63.4
Degree-granting	503,834	308,197	61.2	270,286	113,810	42.1
Public	460,067	281,128	61.1	268,373	112,803	42.0
Private nonprofit	6,821	4,459	65.4	385	144	37.4
Private for-profit	36,946	22,610	61.2	1,528	863	56.5

Non-degree-granting	19,026	13,228	69.5	3,944	2,819	71.5
Public	9,150	6,336	69.2	2,831	2,006	70.9
Private nonprofit	991	774	78.1	15	12	80.0
Private for-profit	8,885	6,118	68.9	1,098	801	73.0
Less-than-2-year	59,680	42,936	71.9	17,597	11,963	68.0
Public	9,928	6,991	70.4	9,199	6,088	66.2
Private nonprofit	1,924	1,506	78.3	15	12	80.0
Private for-profit	47,828	34,439	72.0	8,383	5,863	69.9

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 is 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- or part-time) was determined by the institutions in fall 2020, but the fall 2020 adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions) and the number of students in the cohort still enrolled in fall 2021 were both reported during the Spring 2022 data collection. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year's archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2021.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component (final data).

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