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Table 8. Number and percentage distribution of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate entering students in the adjusted cohort at Title IV degree-granting institutions 8 years after entering the institution, by outcome category, level and control of institution, attendance status, and Pell Grant status: United States, cohort year 2015–16
Level and control of institution, attendance status, and Pell Grant status Adjusted cohort Received an award Still enrolled Enrolled at another institution Enrollment unknown1
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  
4-year 4,045,521 100.0 2,182,125 53.9 38,734 1.0 863,461 21.3 961,201 23.8
 Public 2,769,522 100.0 1,484,644 53.6 27,641 1.0 622,428 22.5 634,809 22.9
  Full-time, first-time 1,293,041 100.0 774,533 59.9 11,111 0.9 282,891 21.9 224,506 17.4
   Received Pell Grant 484,870 100.0 241,401 49.8 5,658 1.2 120,646 24.9 117,165 24.2
   Did not receive Pell Grant 808,171 100.0 533,132 66.0 5,453 0.7 162,245 20.1 107,341 13.3
  Part-time, first-time 262,229 100.0 59,829 22.8 5,388 2.1 64,940 24.8 132,072 50.4
   Received Pell Grant 94,905 100.0 21,640 22.8 2,140 2.3 21,055 22.2 50,070 52.8
   Did not receive Pell Grant 167,324 100.0 38,189 22.8 3,248 1.9 43,885 26.2 82,002 49.0
  Full-time, non-first-time 696,287 100.0 456,598 65.6 4,236 0.6 120,676 17.3 114,777 16.5
   Received Pell Grant 306,507 100.0 193,135 63.0 2,318 0.8 55,154 18.0 55,900 18.2
   Did not receive Pell Grant 389,780 100.0 263,463 67.6 1,918 0.5 65,522 16.8 58,877 15.1
  Part-time, non-first-time 517,965 100.0 193,684 37.4 6,906 1.3 153,921 29.7 163,454 31.6
   Received Pell Grant 147,497 100.0 64,682 43.9 1,968 1.3 37,716 25.6 43,131 29.2
   Did not receive Pell Grant 370,468 100.0 129,002 34.8 4,938 1.3 116,205 31.4 120,323 32.5
 Private nonprofit 924,143 100.0 567,420 61.4 6,285 0.7 167,961 18.2 182,477 19.7
  Full-time, first-time 522,558 100.0 354,863 67.9 1,968 0.4 97,905 18.7 67,822 13.0
   Received Pell Grant 165,590 100.0 90,395 54.6 960 0.6 39,621 23.9 34,614 20.9
   Did not receive Pell Grant 356,968 100.0 264,468 74.1 1,008 0.3 58,284 16.3 33,208 9.3
  Part-time, first-time 36,737 100.0 7,715 21.0 580 1.6 7,801 21.2 20,641 56.2
   Received Pell Grant 19,438 100.0 3,309 17.0 211 1.1 4,370 22.5 11,548 59.4
   Did not receive Pell Grant 17,299 100.0 4,406 25.5 369 2.1 3,431 19.8 9,093 52.6
  Full-time, non-first-time 238,905 100.0 151,199 63.3 1,838 0.8 35,591 14.9 50,277 21.0
   Received Pell Grant 103,090 100.0 58,625 56.9 913 0.9 18,407 17.9 25,145 24.4
   Did not receive Pell Grant 135,815 100.0 92,574 68.2 925 0.7 17,184 12.7 25,132 18.5
  Part-time, non-first-time 125,943 100.0 53,643 42.6 1,899 1.5 26,664 21.2 43,737 34.7
   Received Pell Grant 43,053 100.0 17,763 41.3 564 1.3 9,125 21.2 15,601 36.2
   Did not receive Pell Grant 82,890 100.0 35,880 43.3 1,335 1.6 17,539 21.2 28,136 33.9
 Private for-profit 351,856 100.0 130,061 37.0 4,808 1.4 73,072 20.8 143,915 40.9
  Full-time, first-time 65,651 100.0 26,816 40.8 560 0.9 9,268 14.1 29,007 44.2
   Received Pell Grant 41,400 100.0 16,321 39.4 355 0.9 5,808 14.0 18,916 45.7
   Did not receive Pell Grant 24,251 100.0 10,495 43.3 205 0.8 3,460 14.3 10,091 41.6
  Part-time, first-time 26,777 100.0 5,218 19.5 651 2.4 4,580 17.1 16,328 61.0
   Received Pell Grant 13,832 100.0 2,194 15.9 122 0.9 2,710 19.6 8,806 63.7
   Did not receive Pell Grant 12,945 100.0 3,024 23.4 529 4.1 1,870 14.4 7,522 58.1
  Full-time, non-first-time 153,149 100.0 63,667 41.6 1,711 1.1 33,646 22.0 54,125 35.3
   Received Pell Grant 88,354 100.0 33,793 38.2 957 1.1 20,222 22.9 33,382 37.8
   Did not receive Pell Grant 64,795 100.0 29,874 46.1 754 1.2 13,424 20.7 20,743 32.0
  Part-time, non-first-time 106,279 100.0 34,360 32.3 1,886 1.8 25,578 24.1 44,455 41.8
   Received Pell Grant 48,297 100.0 12,977 26.9 426 0.9 13,602 28.2 21,292 44.1
   Did not receive Pell Grant 57,982 100.0 21,383 36.9 1,460 2.5 11,976 20.7 23,163 39.9
2-year 2,223,675 100.0 706,716 31.8 32,305 1.5 568,462 25.6 916,192 41.2
 Public 2,054,174 100.0 600,421 29.2 30,187 1.5 559,846 27.3 863,720 42.0
  Full-time, first-time 667,887 100.0 250,058 37.4 9,964 1.5 149,734 22.4 258,131 38.6
   Received Pell Grant 349,522 100.0 119,022 34.1 5,766 1.6 75,192 21.5 149,542 42.8
   Did not receive Pell Grant 318,365 100.0 131,036 41.2 4,198 1.3 74,542 23.4 108,589 34.1
  Part-time, first-time 531,712 100.0 109,750 20.6 10,559 2.0 114,810 21.6 296,593 55.8
   Received Pell Grant 185,141 100.0 37,468 20.2 4,492 2.4 36,291 19.6 106,890 57.7
   Did not receive Pell Grant 346,571 100.0 72,282 20.9 6,067 1.8 78,519 22.7 189,703 54.7
  Full-time, non-first-time 285,150 100.0 112,757 39.5 2,952 1.0 83,183 29.2 86,258 30.3
   Received Pell Grant 137,126 100.0 52,788 38.5 1,563 1.1 37,796 27.6 44,979 32.8
   Did not receive Pell Grant 148,024 100.0 59,969 40.5 1,389 0.9 45,387 30.7 41,279 27.9
  Part-time, non-first-time 569,425 100.0 127,856 22.5 6,712 1.2 212,119 37.3 222,738 39.1
   Received Pell Grant 125,111 100.0 37,108 29.7 2,009 1.6 35,861 28.7 50,133 40.1
   Did not receive Pell Grant 444,314 100.0 90,748 20.4 4,703 1.1 176,258 39.7 172,605 38.8
 Private nonprofit 33,053 100.0 19,482 58.9 51 0.2 2,439 7.4 11,081 33.5
  Full-time, first-time 15,998 100.0 9,326 58.3 19 0.1 1,033 6.5 5,620 35.1
   Received Pell Grant 12,166 100.0 6,829 56.1 17 0.1 856 7.0 4,464 36.7
   Did not receive Pell Grant 3,832 100.0 2,497 65.2 2 0.1 177 4.6 1,156 30.2
  Part-time, first-time 833 100.0 235 28.2 6 0.7 78 9.4 514 61.7
   Received Pell Grant 275 100.0 63 22.9 6 2.2 33 12.0 173 62.9
   Did not receive Pell Grant 558 100.0 172 30.8 0 0 45 8.1 341 61.1
  Full-time, non-first-time 14,069 100.0 8,827 62.7 9 0.1 1,074 7.6 4,159 29.6
   Received Pell Grant 11,532 100.0 7,186 62.3 6 0.1 871 7.6 3,469 30.1
   Did not receive Pell Grant 2,537 100.0 1,641 64.7 3 0.1 203 8.0 690 27.2
  Part-time, non-first-time 2,153 100.0 1,094 50.8 17 0.8 254 11.8 788 36.6
   Received Pell Grant 856 100.0 398 46.5 11 1.3 108 12.6 339 39.6
   Did not receive Pell Grant 1,297 100.0 696 53.7 6 0.5 146 11.3 449 34.6
 Private for-profit 136,448 100.0 86,813 63.6 2,067 1.5 6,177 4.5 41,391 30.3
  Full-time, first-time 78,380 100.0 49,945 63.7 881 1.1 3,333 4.3 24,221 30.9
   Received Pell Grant 56,620 100.0 35,186 62.1 632 1.1 2,560 4.5 18,242 32.2
   Did not receive Pell Grant 21,760 100.0 14,759 67.8 249 1.1 773 3.6 5,979 27.5
  Part-time, first-time 3,127 100.0 1,414 45.2 3 0.1 169 5.4 1,541 49.3
   Received Pell Grant 1,987 100.0 827 41.6 2 0.1 143 7.2 1,015 51.1
   Did not receive Pell Grant 1,140 100.0 587 51.5 1 0.1 26 2.3 526 46.1
  Full-time, non-first-time 49,669 100.0 32,706 65.8 1,178 2.4 2,420 4.9 13,365 26.9
   Received Pell Grant 34,876 100.0 22,162 63.5 770 2.2 1,832 5.3 10,112 29.0
   Did not receive Pell Grant 14,793 100.0 10,544 71.3 408 2.8 588 4.0 3,253 22.0
  Part-time, non-first-time 5,272 100.0 2,748 52.1 5 0.1 255 4.8 2,264 42.9
   Received Pell Grant 3,202 100.0 1,647 51.4 5 0.2 201 6.3 1,349 42.1
   Did not receive Pell Grant 2,070 100.0 1,101 53.2 0 0 54 2.6 915 44.2

1The enrollment unknown category is calculated as the adjusted cohort minus the sum of the students that received an award, are still enrolled at the institution, or are enrolled at another institution.

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. 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 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. An award is defined as an undergraduate degree or undergraduate certificate conferred by the institution. The status of each student in the Outcome Measures 2015-16 entering cohort is reported as of August 31, 2023. Percentages in the columns of this table use the count in the "Adjusted cohort" column as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in IPEDS may be found in the online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary. The glossary is primarily focused on terms used in the current IPEDS collection and may not reflect the definitions in effect when the data in this table were collected.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2023–24, Outcome Measures component (provisional data).