National Center for Education Statistics

Table 13. Graduation rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV 4-year or 2-year institutions among students who started as full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students, by race/ethnicity, control of institution and 2018 Carnegie classification: United States, cohort years 2012 and 2015
Control of institution and Carnegie classification1		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	Nonresident2
All institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		76.2	56.3	84.2	63.1	68.7	64.6	77.5	71.8	80.9	80.2
High research activity		59	37.3	67	43.6	53.1	49.5	63.3	52.3	57.8	64.2
Doctoral/professional		49.8	36	63.5	32.2	48.2	40.1	56.5	46	25.1	55.8
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		53.3	34.4	61.9	34.6	49.6	40.4	58.2	46.8	51.8	55.5
Medium programs		51.8	32.4	59.9	34.2	48.2	41.5	57.7	45.7	46.5	56.2
Small programs		50.3	27.5	59.9	31.5	43.3	29.6	55.5	44.8	40.2	62.3
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		70.9	51.4	81.7	46.3	69.4	62.4	74.6	71.7	68.4	79.2
Diverse fields		44.5	31.8	46	28.3	42.2	37.3	51.1	38.1	37.1	55.9
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		38.1	23.2	39.8	27.5	40.3	36.7	41.7	32.7	41.2	39.9
Associate's dominant		29.9	22.9	39.7	17.1	28.3	22.2	33	25.1	35.3	45.3
Associate’s colleges
High transfer-high traditional		26.2	25.7	37.9	16.3	23.3	20.7	29.1	25.4	25.2	35.7
High transfer-mixed    traditional/nontraditional    universities		25.3	17	33	14.8	22.4	14.9	28.7	21	23.4	28.7
High transfer-high nontraditional		27.5	17	28.1	16.7	25.2	21	31.3	22.1	24.3	29.4
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high traditional		22.9	19.2	29.6	13.1	21.3	18	26.4	20.2	21	30.5
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    mixed traditional/nontraditional		24.6	18.6	32	15	21.5	14.9	27.7	19.8	23.8	33.3
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high nontraditional		29.8	20.7	30	15.3	26.4	24.3	33.9	21.1	26.5	36.4
High vocational & technical-high traditional		38.7	28.1	58.1	26.3	41.2	29.9	42	32.1	34	61.4
High vocational & technical-mixed    traditional/nontraditional		31.2	21.7	40.7	23.8	30.6	24.4	34.8	21.7	30.5	27.9
High vocational & technical-high    nontraditional		37.6	31.8	37.8	22.8	32.7	27.3	41.6	30.3	35.4	33.3
Special focus institutions
Four-year institutions
Faith-related institutions		42.1	43.5	43.8	32.3	32.5	25	43.8	28.2	48.1	41.1
Medical schools & centers		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other health professions schools		46	35.5	70.5	26.4	55.7	63.4	45.4	48.8	50.9	65
Engineering schools		71.6	28.6	86.4	59	71.2	63.6	70.9	71.9	86.4	72.1
Other technology-related schools		45.6	51.6	48	46.5	50.7	27.3	47	43.4	29.2	26.3
Business & management schools		43.2	33.3	67.4	27.5	33.4	44.4	55.8	44	23.9	62.4
Arts, music & design schools		61.1	50.6	70.2	52.6	57.6	47.4	64.6	59	46.2	73.9
Law schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other special focus institutions		60.2	69.6	71.8	57	56.2	100	61.9	51.3	55.4	88.7
Two-year institutions
Health professions		64.2	63.1	75.1	58.7	68.7	69.5	67.5	58.7	63.5	37.5
Technical professions		62	61.6	72.2	49.5	69.1	60.3	65.7	55.4	58.9	81.5
Arts & design		67	100	66.2	62.4	63.5	100	71.2	68.8	52.9	76.1
Other fields		57.5	46.7	54.5	49.2	60.5	88.9	59.2	52.3	71.6	57.1
Tribal colleges		20.4	19.9	50	8.5	20	33.3	27.4	22.2	25	66.7
Other 4-year institutions		53.1	66.7	74.5	33.9	51.6	50	60.9	46.9	48.3	55.2
Other 2-year institutions		67.1	76.3	77.5	58	65.9	65.2	71	62	64.7	57
Public institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		73.8	53.5	82	59.5	66	63.1	75.6	68.4	76.3	77.4
High research activity		54	32.9	61.7	40.4	48.8	44.1	58.4	47.4	52.9	57.9
Doctoral/professional		47.6	37.3	50.3	35.4	46.4	47.6	51.6	42.2	47.8	56
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		53.1	33.9	61.7	37.6	49	39.9	57	48	53	52.8
Medium programs		47.5	25.3	52.9	33.8	46.7	27.1	53.1	39.6	45.8	49
Small programs		47.9	25.3	59	31.1	41.3	28.6	53	40.3	44.2	58.4
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		59.8	43.9	73.9	40.5	60	76.7	62	63.1	58.6	57.2
Diverse fields		39.4	28.4	40.6	26.3	35	28.2	44.5	29.7	35.4	53.4
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		32.7	22.9	33.3	19.4	32.2	20	38.2	25.9	35	36.1
Associate's dominant		28.6	21.4	39.1	16	26	20.6	31.7	23.6	35.3	45.2
Associate’s colleges
High transfer-high traditional		25.7	25.6	36.6	16	23.2	20.5	28.7	24.9	24.6	34.2
High transfer-mixed    traditional/nontraditional    universities		25.3	17	33	14.9	22.4	14.9	28.7	21	23.4	28.7
High transfer-high nontraditional		27.5	17.1	28.2	16.6	25.2	21	31.3	22	24.2	29.4
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high traditional		22.9	19.2	30	12.8	21.3	18.5	26.5	20.2	21.1	28.5
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    mixed traditional/nontraditional		24.6	18.6	32	15	21.5	14.9	27.7	19.8	23.8	33.3
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high nontraditional		29.8	20.7	30	15.3	26.4	24.3	33.9	21.1	26.5	36.4
High vocational & technical-high traditional		32.9	21.2	57.2	20.4	28.2	21.3	36.9	28.9	27.6	58.9
High vocational & technical-mixed    traditional/nontraditional		29.5	21.3	38	20.5	26.9	22.5	33.8	20.1	29.3	27.8
High vocational & technical-high    nontraditional		36.6	31.6	37.5	20.6	30.8	25.8	40.6	28.9	35.4	33.3
Special focus institutions
Four-year institutions
Faith-related institutions		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Medical schools & centers		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other health professions schools		46.8	0	33.3	66.7	42.9	Ø	46.1	57.1	50	100
Engineering schools		50.1	16.7	28.6	54.5	42.1	Ø	51.4	46.7	33.3	66.7
Other technology-related schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Business & management schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Arts, music & design schools		66.4	57.1	50	68.4	74.5	100	66.3	70	62.5	72.7
Law schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other special focus institutions		30.5	Ø	Ø	0	50	Ø	31.2	9.1	100	Ø
Two-year institutions
Health professions		83.7	100	82.3	80.7	85.4	85.7	80.2	76.5	82.2	Ø
Technical professions		48.7	33.3	25	38.4	45	0	56.5	36	44	66.7
Arts & design		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other fields		57.1	0	50	62.1	60.9	100	57	42.9	36.8	0
Tribal colleges		18.7	18.2	100	0	17.6	50	26.6	22.2	25	66.7
Other 4-year institutions		63.7	100	74.8	63.3	60	Ø	63.2	51.2	66.7	45
Other 2-year institutions		67.8	83.1	68.3	58.7	62.8	66.3	72.5	64.4	71.4	55.6
Private nonprofit institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		90	83.4	92.8	86.2	87.7	79.5	90.5	89.4	90.7	87.7
High research activity		76.5	61.7	78.8	61.4	71.7	64.2	80.1	71.2	70.6	74.1
Doctoral/professional		62.6	49.6	70.5	42.9	56.5	52.6	67.5	59	48.3	58.5
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		59.8	41.3	64.3	36.5	55.1	48.3	65.1	54.3	55.4	61.2
Medium programs		56.7	41.2	66	34.9	50	49.6	62.2	51.4	48.1	59.8
Small programs		53.7	30	61.9	33.2	46	36.8	58.4	50.3	40.8	65.9
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		72.6	59	82.7	47	71	54.5	76.6	73.3	69.3	80.2
Diverse fields		48.2	32.2	56.6	29.5	44.9	38.6	55.9	43.4	40.2	57.3
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		52.9	25	68.1	46.6	59.3	42.8	55.3	45.3	49.7	56.7
Associate's dominant		50	29.4	65.2	34.6	54	0	57.1	45.9	25	50
Associate’s colleges
High transfer-high traditional		51.5	33.3	86.5	30.6	44.7	100	55.1	53.8	54.1	87.5
High transfer-mixed    traditional/nontraditional    universities		0	Ø	Ø	0	Ø	Ø	0	Ø	Ø	Ø
High transfer-high nontraditional		31.2	0	0	31.3	26.5	Ø	33.3	100	40	Ø
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high traditional		28	Ø	36.8	19.8	14.9	9.1	25.9	25	0	48.9
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    mixed traditional/nontraditional		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high nontraditional		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
High vocational & technical-high traditional		47.9	50	55.6	29.2	57.2	37.5	59.4	42.1	46.4	66.7
High vocational & technical-mixed    traditional/nontraditional		52.4	100	79.5	45.1	73.4	100	58.2	50	33.3	Ø
High vocational & technical-high    nontraditional		72.8	Ø	Ø	100	33.3	Ø	75.8	100	46.2	Ø
Special focus institutions
Four-year institutions
Faith-related institutions		42.1	43.5	43.8	32.3	32.5	25	43.8	28.2	48.1	41.1
Medical schools & centers		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other health professions schools		53.6	38.8	74.5	37.9	40.1	35	56.3	35	53.6	66.5
Engineering schools		82.4	100	87.8	80	66.7	100	83.2	82.8	92.9	72.4
Other technology-related schools		38.3	33.3	33.3	46.6	39.7	30	39	20.6	20.7	26.3
Business & management schools		63.4	20	78.4	44.2	55	100	68.1	58	40.7	73.5
Arts, music & design schools		65.7	47.5	72	54.8	64.5	44.4	65.2	58.6	64	73.6
Law schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other special focus institutions		66.9	100	67.9	55.8	52.4	Ø	70.6	48.8	80.5	88.7
Two-year institutions
Health professions		64.1	56.9	67.1	62	63.1	66.7	67.5	57.7	67.2	0
Technical professions		71.7	50	100	62.8	64.7	100	75.9	77.8	100	100
Arts & design		67.7	Ø	33.3	61.3	65.5	100	70.4	61.5	60	82.7
Other fields		64.7	23.1	100	56.7	75	100	62.9	53.8	85.4	58.3
Tribal colleges		26.7	26.2	0	36.4	33.3	0	30.2	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other 4-year institutions		44.4	57.1	66.7	27.8	35.8	50	58.5	38.1	40.4	80
Other 2-year institutions		75.8	75	72.7	60.7	78.1	66.7	79.4	71.4	59	90
Private for-profit institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
High research activity		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Doctoral/professional		18.8	20.2	29.1	12.2	24.2	18.7	25.9	19.3	9.5	32.5
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		26.1	24.6	45.1	18	35.3	27.6	27.1	27.4	26	50.1
Medium programs		38	33.3	41	34.6	38	0	44.2	46.5	19.4	25
Small programs		25.3	100	40	14.2	37.9	6.7	38	22.2	11	42.9
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Diverse fields		41.1	50	54.8	28.5	51.3	53.8	46.6	44.4	24.8	50
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		46.6	23.2	48.1	33.6	53	37.5	48.1	40.3	48.2	16.7
Associate's dominant		52.4	41.9	70.5	27.1	58.7	50	54.7	48.6	46.2	100
Associate’s colleges
High transfer-high traditional		73.3	100	75.6	60	63.6	Ø	72	75	Ø	79.5
High transfer-mixed    traditional/nontraditional    universities		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
High transfer-high nontraditional		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high traditional		23.7	Ø	12.4	28	20.7	0	10.8	20	0	36.2
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    mixed traditional/nontraditional		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Mixed transfer/vocational & technical-    high nontraditional		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
High vocational & technical-high traditional		56.2	53.1	67.5	43.5	61.9	46.2	60.4	44.9	45.5	77.6
High vocational & technical-mixed    traditional/nontraditional		47.6	66.7	86.7	38.8	47.8	Ø	54.5	41.7	43.1	100
High vocational & technical-high    nontraditional		57.1	50	60	40.1	56.7	50	65.3	53.1	28.6	Ø
Special focus institutions
Four-year institutions
Faith-related institutions		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Medical schools & centers		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other health professions schools		42.5	33.3	64.9	23.6	58.8	66.2	37.7	56.3	49.4	46.7
Engineering schools		75.2	Ø	91.9	55	73.6	60	76.6	76.9	100	Ø
Other technology-related schools		54.7	56	63.9	46.3	56.3	0	54.5	61.9	55	Ø
Business & management schools		28.4	36.8	48	23.2	25.2	16.7	37.2	23.5	18.7	45.5
Arts, music & design schools		54.4	52.4	67.6	50.2	52.3	50	62.6	58.6	41.8	75
Law schools		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other special focus institutions		59.5	66.7	81.8	62.9	57.7	100	66.1	73.1	45.7	Ø
Two-year institutions
Health professions		63.2	66.8	75.5	54.2	68.4	69.9	67	59	60.8	42.9
Technical professions		62.7	62.4	72.9	50.3	69.4	60.6	66.2	56.2	59.1	81.8
Arts & design		66.6	100	69.2	63.3	63	Ø	71.6	73.7	52.6	66.7
Other fields		53	53.3	53.2	39.6	51.7	83.3	57.5	54.3	72.4	62.5
Tribal colleges		Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø	Ø
Other 4-year institutions		46.2	Ø	66.7	33.3	44.4	Ø	80	Ø	0	75
Other 2-year institutions		66.1	63.2	81.7	57.2	67.2	64.5	68.9	61.1	62.3	36.7

Ø No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell. There are no institutions in the Carnegie classification, or the race/ethnicity category did not have any enrollees.

¹Based on the Carnegie Foundation’s Basic Classification, which is an update of the traditional classification framework developed by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in 1970 to support its research program and published in 1973 for use by other researchers (see https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu; link retrieved September 30, 2022). Carnegie classifications do not always contain institutions of the same level. Since the cohort year is determined by institutional level, some graduation rates in this table are calculated based on mixed cohort years.

²The use of "Nonresident" is for reporting purposes only and does not reflect a change in the collection of data for this category.

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 four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public and are included in this table. Four-year institutions report on a 2012 cohort while 2-year institutions report on a 2015 cohort; there is no separation of the two cohorts in this table. 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. This rate was calculated as the total number of completers within 150 percent of normal time (e.g. "normal" program completion time for a bachelor's degree would be 4 years) at the same institution where the student started divided by the adjusted cohort (revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions). The revised cohort is 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; students who left school to serve in the armed forces (or have been called up to active duty); 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. Students who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis, and who are not authorized to remain indefinitely, are included in the "Nonresident" category regardless of race or ethnicity. Students who self-identify with more than one race are included in the Two or more races category. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the Hispanic or Latino category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. 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=2018.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2018–19, Graduation Rates component (final data).