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| First-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate retention rates at Title IV institutions, by attendance status and level and control of institution: United States, fall 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution level and control | Full-time adjusted cohort, fall 2007 | Still enrolled fall 2008 | Full-time retention rate | Part-time adjusted cohort, fall 2007 | Still enrolled fall 2008 | Part-time retention rate |
| Total 4-year | 1,505,181 | 1,152,938 | 76.6 | 95,410 | 43,441 | 45.5 |
| Public | 936,000 | 732,384 | 78.2 | 48,190 | 23,006 | 47.7 |
| Private not-for-profit | 468,975 | 370,757 | 79.1 | 12,886 | 5,614 | 43.6 |
| Private for-profit | 100,206 | 49,797 | 49.7 | 34,334 | 14,821 | 43.2 |
| Total 2-year | 804,936 | 495,315 | 61.5 | 445,717 | 181,171 | 40.6 |
| Public | 682,947 | 410,450 | 60.1 | 432,962 | 174,420 | 40.3 |
| Private not-for-profit | 10,414 | 6,341 | 60.9 | 1,830 | 1,162 | 63.5 |
| Private for-profit | 111,575 | 78,524 | 70.4 | 10,925 | 5,589 | 51.2 |
| Total less-than-2-year | 92,205 | 66,132 | 71.7 | 25,059 | 17,033 | 68.0 |
| Public | 15,766 | 11,425 | 72.5 | 10,312 | 7,188 | 69.7 |
| Private not-for-profit | 3,364 | 2,398 | 71.3 | 444 | 318 | 71.6 |
| Private for-profit | 73,075 | 52,309 | 71.6 | 14,303 | 9,527 | 66.6 |
NOTE: For 4-year institutions, retention rate is the percentage of first-time bachelor‘s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduates from the previous fall who are again enrolled in the current fall. For all other institutions, retention rate is the percentage of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either re-enrolled or successfully completed their program by the current fall. Attendance status (full- or part-time) was determined in fall 2007.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2009, Enrollment component.
