Graduation Rates (GR)
Graduation rate data provide information on institutional productivity and help institutions comply with reporting requirements of the Student Right-to-Know Act (1990) and the Higher Education Act, amended (2008). Graduation rates data are collected for full-time, first-time degree and certificate-seeking undergraduate students.
Data collected include:
- Number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree or certificate-seeking students in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender;
- Number of students completing their program within a time period equal to one and a half times (150%) the normal period of time, by race/ethnicity, gender, and Pell status; and
- Number of students who transferred to other institutions.
Contact: Andrew Mary, Survey Director
Data Presentation
Graphics
Source: IPEDS Trend generator using 2020 Graduation Rates component (provisional data):
View table
Source: IPEDS 2020-21 Winter surveys, Data Release Web tables, Graduation Rates component (provisional data),
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Other Resources
- IPEDS Graduation Rates Brochure
- Race/Ethnicity Information Center
- Mapping Old Post-Baccalaureate Award Levels with New Levels
- Reporting Study Abroad Students
- The History and Origins of Survey Items (2016–17 Update)
- Timing of IPEDS Data Collection
- Measuring Success in IPEDS
- Student Cohorts and Subgroups in IPEDS
Survey Materials
Survey Forms
Glossary
Training and Tutorials
Videos
- Provides an overview of the survey component
- Discusses how to report students if they change programs within the same institution and the lengths of the programs are different
- Discusses who to include and cohort revisions when reporting graduation rate data
- Discusses the Pell and Subsidized Stafford Loan cohorts
