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Table 24. Number of all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate entering students in the adjusted cohort and number and percentage receiving an award at Title IV degree-granting institutions at 4 years, 6 years, and 8 years after entering the institution, by level and control of institution, attendance status, and Pell Grant status: United States, cohort year 2011–12
Level and control of institution, attendance status, and Pell Grant status	Adjusted cohort	4 years after entry		6 years after entry		8 years after entry
		Received an award		Received an award		Received an award
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
4-year	4,339,867	1,635,085	37.7	2,063,537	47.5	2,139,564	49.3
Public	2,826,254	1,025,765	36.3	1,347,909	47.7	1,403,768	49.7
Full-time, first-time	1,220,268	426,556	35.0	660,328	54.1	688,519	56.4
Received Pell Grant	495,964	123,317	24.9	211,308	42.6	224,415	45.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	724,304	303,239	41.9	449,020	62.0	464,104	64.1
Part-time, first-time	232,784	27,579	11.8	40,642	17.5	45,534	19.6
Received Pell Grant	99,048	11,053	11.2	16,444	16.6	18,557	18.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	133,736	16,526	12.4	24,198	18.1	26,977	20.2
Full-time, non-first-time	754,805	408,999	54.2	453,688	60.1	464,286	61.5
Received Pell Grant	343,949	174,142	50.6	194,876	56.7	200,236	58.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	410,856	234,857	57.2	258,812	63.0	264,050	64.3
Part-time, non-first-time	618,397	162,631	26.3	193,251	31.3	205,429	33.2
Received Pell Grant	161,555	52,184	32.3	62,071	38.4	65,398	40.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	456,842	110,447	24.2	131,180	28.7	140,031	30.7
Private nonprofit	945,618	464,008	49.1	549,041	58.1	563,395	59.6
Full-time, first-time	535,313	281,361	52.6	341,617	63.8	348,796	65.2
Received Pell Grant	186,248	72,829	39.1	93,523	50.2	95,979	51.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	349,065	208,532	59.7	248,094	71.1	252,817	72.4
Part-time, first-time	33,171	3,919	11.8	5,645	17.0	6,213	18.7
Received Pell Grant	17,483	1,903	10.9	2,617	15.0	2,853	16.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	15,688	2,016	12.9	3,028	19.3	3,360	21.4
Full-time, non-first-time	249,843	137,895	55.2	152,223	60.9	155,991	62.4
Received Pell Grant	114,098	54,547	47.8	61,361	53.8	63,368	55.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	135,745	83,348	61.4	90,862	66.9	92,623	68.2
Part-time, non-first-time	127,291	40,833	32.1	49,556	38.9	52,395	41.2
Received Pell Grant	41,240	12,794	31.0	15,401	37.3	16,157	39.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	86,051	28,039	32.6	34,155	39.7	36,238	42.1
Private for-profit	567,995	145,312	25.6	166,587	29.3	172,401	30.4
Full-time, first-time	134,415	36,911	27.5	41,343	30.8	42,064	31.3
Received Pell Grant	100,475	25,854	25.7	28,700	28.6	29,109	29.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	33,940	11,057	32.6	12,643	37.3	12,955	38.2
Part-time, first-time	50,421	4,506	8.9	5,805	11.5	6,264	12.4
Received Pell Grant	30,244	2,710	9.0	3,350	11.1	3,493	11.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	20,177	1,796	8.9	2,455	12.2	2,771	13.7
Full-time, non-first-time	251,723	77,292	30.7	87,741	34.9	90,487	35.9
Received Pell Grant	157,021	42,850	27.3	48,104	30.6	49,454	31.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	94,702	34,442	36.4	39,637	41.9	41,033	43.3
Part-time, non-first-time	131,436	26,603	20.2	31,698	24.1	33,586	25.6
Received Pell Grant	65,219	10,312	15.8	12,173	18.7	12,657	19.4
Did not receive Pell Grant	66,217	16,291	24.6	19,525	29.5	20,929	31.6
2-year	4,028,469	910,483	22.6	1,052,138	26.1	1,117,645	27.7
Public	3,850,840	801,233	20.8	941,929	24.5	1,007,102	26.2
Full-time, first-time	820,900	202,687	24.7	235,945	28.7	249,718	30.4
Received Pell Grant	486,614	102,421	21.0	121,220	24.9	129,164	26.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	334,286	100,266	30.0	114,725	34.3	120,554	36.1
Part-time, first-time	739,339	85,586	11.6	114,832	15.5	127,766	17.3
Received Pell Grant	312,768	32,591	10.4	45,337	14.5	50,839	16.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	426,571	52,995	12.4	69,495	16.3	76,927	18.0
Full-time, non-first-time	703,495	242,269	34.4	267,207	38.0	278,724	39.6
Received Pell Grant	354,605	121,187	34.2	134,030	37.8	139,947	39.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	348,890	121,082	34.7	133,177	38.2	138,777	39.8
Part-time, non-first-time	1,587,106	270,691	17.1	323,945	20.4	350,894	22.1
Received Pell Grant	335,591	78,810	23.5	92,938	27.7	99,314	29.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,251,515	191,881	15.3	231,007	18.5	251,580	20.1
Private nonprofit	30,316	17,581	58.0	17,821	58.8	17,918	59.1
Full-time, first-time	20,958	12,495	59.6	12,589	60.1	12,634	60.3
Received Pell Grant	17,083	10,193	59.7	10,238	59.9	10,272	60.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	3,875	2,302	59.4	2,351	60.7	2,362	61.0
Part-time, first-time	1,396	352	25.2	390	27.9	392	28.1
Received Pell Grant	716	167	23.3	191	26.7	193	27.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	680	185	27.2	199	29.3	199	29.3
Full-time, non-first-time	6,045	3,700	61.2	3,743	61.9	3,783	62.6
Received Pell Grant	4,027	2,383	59.2	2,405	59.7	2,435	60.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	2,018	1,317	65.3	1,338	66.3	1,348	66.8
Part-time, non-first-time	1,917	1,034	53.9	1,099	57.3	1,109	57.9
Received Pell Grant	789	417	52.9	456	57.8	458	58.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,128	617	54.7	643	57.0	651	57.7
Private for-profit	147,313	91,669	62.2	92,388	62.7	92,625	62.9
Full-time, first-time	90,163	57,261	63.5	57,501	63.8	57,626	63.9
Received Pell Grant	70,119	43,622	62.2	43,810	62.5	43,902	62.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	20,044	13,639	68.0	13,691	68.3	13,724	68.5
Part-time, first-time	8,822	4,251	48.2	4,492	50.9	4,526	51.3
Received Pell Grant	5,858	2,432	41.5	2,612	44.6	2,641	45.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	2,964	1,819	61.4	1,880	63.4	1,885	63.6
Full-time, non-first-time	43,923	28,101	64.0	28,290	64.4	28,332	64.5
Received Pell Grant	31,348	19,382	61.8	19,547	62.4	19,578	62.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	12,575	8,719	69.3	8,743	69.5	8,754	69.6
Part-time, non-first-time	4,405	2,056	46.7	2,105	47.8	2,141	48.6
Received Pell Grant	3,094	1,393	45.0	1,423	46.0	1,445	46.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,311	663	50.6	682	52.0	696	53.1

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. The adjusted cohort is the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions. The revised cohort is the number of students entering the institution as degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Allowable exclusions include those students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; students who left school to serve in the armed forces (or were 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. An award is defined as an undergraduate degree or undergraduate certificate conferred by the institution. The status of each student in the Outcome Measures 2011–12 entering cohort is reported as of August 31, 2019. Percentages in the columns of this table use the count in the "Adjusted cohort" column as the denominator. 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=2019.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2019–20, Outcome Measures component (final data).

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