National Center for Education Statistics

Table 25. 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, retrospective cohort year 2015–16
Level and control of institution, attendance status, and Pell Grant status		Adjusted cohort	Received an award 4 years after entry			Received an award 6 years after entry			Received an award 8 years after entry
			Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent
4-year institutions		4,047,473	1,735,279	42.9		2,126,000	52.5		2,185,474	54.0
Public		2,769,806	1,144,755	41.3		1,442,373	52.1		1,484,889	53.6
Full-time, first-time		1,293,034	534,325	41.3		752,550	58.2		774,583	59.9
Received Pell Grant		484,847	150,476	31.0		231,341	47.7		241,385	49.8
Did not receive Pell Grant		808,187	383,849	47.5		521,209	64.5		533,198	66.0
Part-time, first-time		262,230	39,178	14.9		54,870	20.9		59,831	22.8
Received Pell Grant		94,904	13,990	14.7		19,696	20.8		21,639	22.8
Did not receive Pell Grant		167,326	25,188	15.1		35,174	21.0		38,192	22.8
Full-time, non-first-time		696,361	412,321	59.2		449,246	64.5		456,670	65.6
Received Pell Grant		306,488	172,592	56.3		189,366	61.8		193,123	63.0
Did not receive Pell Grant		389,873	239,729	61.5		259,880	66.7		263,547	67.6
Part-time, non-first-time		518,181	158,931	30.7		185,707	35.8		193,805	37.4
Received Pell Grant		147,492	53,292	36.1		62,211	42.2		64,674	43.8
Did not receive Pell Grant		370,689	105,639	28.5		123,496	33.3		129,131	34.8
Private nonprofit		925,811	479,229	51.8		558,126	60.3		570,524	61.6
Full-time, first-time		522,806	294,289	56.3		349,471	66.8		354,929	67.9
Received Pell Grant		165,790	70,728	42.7		88,503	53.4		90,424	54.5
Did not receive Pell Grant		357,016	223,561	62.6		260,968	73.1		264,505	74.1
Part-time, first-time		37,499	4,632	12.4		6,844	18.3		7,758	20.7
Received Pell Grant		20,006	2,172	10.9		3,011	15.1		3,339	16.7
Did not receive Pell Grant		17,493	2,460	14.1		3,833	21.9		4,419	25.3
Full-time, non-first-time		239,166	137,470	57.5		150,815	63.1		154,058	64.4
Received Pell Grant		103,277	51,511	49.9		57,156	55.3		58,696	56.8
Did not receive Pell Grant		135,889	85,959	63.3		93,659	68.9		95,362	70.2
Part-time, non-first-time		126,340	42,838	33.9		50,996	40.4		53,779	42.6
Received Pell Grant		43,296	14,220	32.8		16,941	39.1		17,818	41.2
Did not receive Pell Grant		83,044	28,618	34.5		34,055	41.0		35,961	43.3
Private for-profit		351,856	111,295	31.6		125,501	35.7		130,061	37.0
Full-time, first-time		65,651	23,910	36.4		26,183	39.9		26,816	40.8
Received Pell Grant		41,789	15,085	36.1		16,301	39.0		16,649	39.8
Did not receive Pell Grant		23,862	8,825	37.0		9,882	41.4		10,167	42.6
Part-time, first-time		26,777	3,834	14.3		4,792	17.9		5,218	19.5
Received Pell Grant		13,832	1,588	11.5		2,057	14.9		2,194	15.9
Did not receive Pell Grant		12,945	2,246	17.4		2,735	21.1		3,024	23.4
Full-time, non-first-time		153,149	55,774	36.4		61,800	40.4		63,667	41.6
Received Pell Grant		88,354	29,624	33.5		32,786	37.1		33,793	38.2
Did not receive Pell Grant		64,795	26,150	40.4		29,014	44.8		29,874	46.1
Part-time, non-first-time		106,279	27,777	26.1		32,726	30.8		34,360	32.3
Received Pell Grant		48,297	10,502	21.7		12,485	25.9		12,977	26.9
Did not receive Pell Grant		57,982	17,275	29.8		20,241	34.9		21,383	36.9
2-year institutions		2,230,319	607,403	27.2		681,021	30.5		709,985	31.8
Public		2,059,909	501,675	24.4		574,671	27.9		603,260	29.3
Full-time, first-time		672,297	216,263	32.2		241,794	36.0		251,326	37.4
Received Pell Grant		352,298	101,236	28.7		114,562	32.5		119,731	34.0
Did not receive Pell Grant		319,999	115,027	35.9		127,232	39.8		131,595	41.1
Part-time, first-time		531,897	78,408	14.7		100,472	18.9		109,354	20.6
Received Pell Grant		186,328	25,809	13.9		34,082	18.3		37,455	20.1
Did not receive Pell Grant		345,569	52,599	15.2		66,390	19.2		71,899	20.8
Full-time, non-first-time		283,054	101,972	36.0		109,777	38.8		112,745	39.8
Received Pell Grant		136,115	47,516	34.9		51,410	37.8		52,958	38.9
Did not receive Pell Grant		146,939	54,456	37.1		58,367	39.7		59,787	40.7
Part-time, non-first-time		572,661	105,032	18.3		122,628	21.4		129,835	22.7
Received Pell Grant		125,491	30,935	24.7		35,753	28.5		37,749	30.1
Did not receive Pell Grant		447,170	74,097	16.6		86,875	19.4		92,086	20.6
Private nonprofit		33,119	19,232	58.1		19,415	58.6		19,511	58.9
Full-time, first-time		16,019	9,259	57.8		9,322	58.2		9,341	58.3
Received Pell Grant		12,172	6,785	55.7		6,821	56.0		6,833	56.1
Did not receive Pell Grant		3,847	2,474	64.3		2,501	65.0		2,508	65.2
Part-time, first-time		833	189	22.7		207	24.8		235	28.2
Received Pell Grant		275	37	13.5		51	18.5		63	22.9
Did not receive Pell Grant		558	152	27.2		156	28.0		172	30.8
Full-time, non-first-time		14,114	8,760	62.1		8,811	62.4		8,841	62.6
Received Pell Grant		11,556	7,148	61.9		7,170	62.0		7,190	62.2
Did not receive Pell Grant		2,558	1,612	63.0		1,641	64.2		1,651	64.5
Part-time, non-first-time		2,153	1,024	47.6		1,075	49.9		1,094	50.8
Received Pell Grant		856	362	42.3		384	44.9		398	46.5
Did not receive Pell Grant		1,297	662	51.0		691	53.3		696	53.7
Private for-profit		137,291	86,496	63.0		86,935	63.3		87,214	63.5
Full-time, first-time		79,135	49,943	63.1		50,164	63.4		50,267	63.5
Received Pell Grant		57,206	35,250	61.6		35,378	61.8		35,434	61.9
Did not receive Pell Grant		21,929	14,693	67.0		14,786	67.4		14,833	67.6
Part-time, first-time		3,205	1,429	44.6		1,444	45.1		1,477	46.1
Received Pell Grant		2,035	854	42.0		860	42.3		863	42.4
Did not receive Pell Grant		1,170	575	49.1		584	49.9		614	52.5
Full-time, non-first-time		49,583	32,376	65.3		32,525	65.6		32,641	65.8
Received Pell Grant		34,847	21,958	63.0		22,073	63.3		22,159	63.6
Did not receive Pell Grant		14,736	10,418	70.7		10,452	70.9		10,482	71.1
Part-time, non-first-time		5,368	2,748	51.2		2,802	52.2		2,829	52.7
Received Pell Grant		3,283	1,681	51.2		1,699	51.8		1,715	52.2
Did not receive Pell Grant		2,085	1,067	51.2		1,103	52.9		1,114	53.4

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. Cohort counts for the 2015–16 retrospective cohort were collected from institutions that were Title IV eligible and participated in the Winter 2023–24 collection period of the 2023–24 IPEDS survey. Analyses using data from other IPEDS collections covering the same group of students may yield different results due to changes in Title IV status between the collection periods. The adjusted cohort is the retrospective cohort minus any allowable exclusions. The retrospective 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 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 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. 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=2023.

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