National Center for Education Statistics

1 Based on the percent of federal grant aid recipients in graduation rate cohort: small = 20 percent or less, moderate = 21 to 39 percent, large = 40 percent or more.

2 All 4-year institutions eligible for Title IV funding with a doctoral, master’s, or baccaluareate Carnegie classification, a valid selectivity classification, and with at least 50 full-time freshmen enrolled in 1998.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2004.