Table 376.

Percentage of first-time full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students at 4-year institutions who completed a bachelor's degree, by race/ethnicity, time to completion, sex, and control of institution: Selected cohort entry years, 1996 through 2005

Time to completion, sex, control of institution, and cohort entry year	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/Pacific Islander			American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races	Nonresi- dent alien
					Total	Asian	Pacific Islander
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Completing within 4 years after    start, males and females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	33.7	36.3	19.5	22.8	37.5	—	—	18.8	—	41.7
2000 starting cohort	36.1	38.9	21.3	25.9	41.0	—	—	21.0	—	41.9
2002 starting cohort	36.4	39.3	20.4	26.4	42.8	—	—	20.5	—	38.7
2003 starting cohort	36.7	40.0	19.9	26.5	43.8	—	—	20.4	—	37.3
2004 starting cohort	37.9	41.1	20.4	27.9	45.0	—	—	21.8	—	43.7
2005 starting cohort	38.6	41.9	20.8	28.6	45.1	45.5	22.7	22.5	44.1	44.0
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	26.0	28.3	15.0	15.8	28.5	—	—	14.5	—	30.9
2000 starting cohort	29.0	31.4	17.9	18.9	33.7	—	—	16.4	—	32.7
2002 starting cohort	29.9	32.3	16.9	20.1	35.8	—	—	16.0	—	33.4
2003 starting cohort	30.7	33.4	16.5	20.6	37.5	—	—	17.0	—	33.7
2004 starting cohort	31.3	34.2	16.4	21.5	37.9	—	—	17.2	—	34.4
2005 starting cohort	32.0	35.2	16.6	22.5	38.8	39.1	16.9	17.9	28.8	33.5
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	48.6	51.3	29.3	39.9	57.9	—	—	33.7	—	50.4
2000 starting cohort	50.3	53.5	28.2	42.9	58.8	—	—	36.0	—	50.3
2002 starting cohort	51.0	54.0	29.4	44.1	61.0	—	—	36.6	—	54.8
2003 starting cohort	51.5	54.6	29.7	43.9	61.4	—	—	34.3	—	55.1
2004 starting cohort	52.4	55.3	30.5	46.1	62.8	—	—	39.0	—	57.4
2005 starting cohort	51.9	55.0	29.1	44.9	62.0	62.5	35.1	35.1	59.7	57.3
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	21.8	26.3	14.8	20.1	24.6	—	—	16.5	—	33.8
2000 starting cohort	25.7	30.3	22.5	27.4	42.7	—	—	28.0	—	36.5
2002 starting cohort	14.2	17.5	10.0	19.1	29.4	—	—	11.2	—	3.4
2003 starting cohort	12.7	16.0	8.9	17.9	24.1	—	—	6.8	—	3.6
2004 starting cohort	20.4	27.0	13.2	20.6	31.5	—	—	9.3	—	10.5
2005 starting cohort	35.7	39.3	28.3	27.9	41.1	43.3	20.0	33.8	24.4	15.4
Completing within 4 years after      start, males
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	28.5	30.6	13.9	19.0	32.2	—	—	15.1	—	38.6
2000 starting cohort	31.1	33.4	15.5	21.8	35.7	—	—	17.1	—	39.3
2002 starting cohort	31.3	33.8	14.7	21.8	37.4	—	—	17.2	—	36.6
2003 starting cohort	31.9	34.6	14.6	22.3	38.9	—	—	17.5	—	36.1
2004 starting cohort	32.9	35.6	15.0	23.2	39.9	—	—	18.9	—	39.7
2005 starting cohort	34.1	36.6	16.3	24.8	40.0	40.3	20.8	20.1	40.1	40.2
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	20.8	22.6	9.9	12.5	23.4	—	—	10.9	—	28.6
2000 starting cohort	23.6	25.5	11.7	14.5	27.8	—	—	11.9	—	30.2
2002 starting cohort	24.5	26.6	11.0	15.8	30.4	—	—	12.7	—	30.3
2003 starting cohort	25.6	27.8	10.9	16.4	32.5	—	—	14.1	—	30.6
2004 starting cohort	26.1	28.4	11.2	16.9	32.8	—	—	14.5	—	30.1
2005 starting cohort	27.1	29.7	11.5	18.4	33.5	33.8	14.0	15.0	26.5	29.9
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	43.6	46.2	22.1	35.0	53.5	—	—	28.9	—	47.0
2000 starting cohort	46.0	48.9	22.3	38.2	56.1	—	—	33.2	—	48.0
2002 starting cohort	46.3	49.1	22.9	38.8	57.6	—	—	32.1	—	50.6
2003 starting cohort	46.9	49.7	23.1	39.8	58.4	—	—	30.6	—	51.1
2004 starting cohort	47.7	50.5	23.2	41.1	59.1	—	—	35.4	—	53.2
2005 starting cohort	47.2	50.2	22.5	40.4	58.4	58.9	29.9	30.7	55.5	52.6
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	22.3	25.5	16.1	23.0	27.7	—	—	25.6	—	33.1
2000 starting cohort	30.1	34.3	23.7	30.9	44.5	—	—	28.7	—	36.7
2002 starting cohort	17.0	20.9	11.8	20.1	33.3	—	—	17.6	—	4.0
2003 starting cohort	15.3	18.9	10.6	19.4	27.0	—	—	9.4	—	4.8
2004 starting cohort	23.3	30.2	14.8	21.6	36.6	—	—	12.3	—	10.7
2005 starting cohort	42.5	45.2	36.5	32.8	43.0	44.1	31.0	47.9	24.4	16.7
Completing within 4 years after      start, females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	38.0	41.1	23.2	25.8	42.2	—	—	21.7	—	45.8
2000 starting cohort	40.2	43.5	25.2	29.0	45.7	—	—	24.0	—	45.3
2002 starting cohort	40.5	43.9	24.3	29.9	47.4	—	—	23.0	—	41.0
2003 starting cohort	40.6	44.4	23.6	29.5	48.0	—	—	22.5	—	38.4
2004 starting cohort	42.1	45.8	24.1	31.3	49.4	—	—	23.9	—	48.1
2005 starting cohort	42.3	46.3	23.9	31.4	49.6	50.1	24.2	24.4	47.3	48.4
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	30.3	33.3	18.3	18.4	33.2	—	—	17.3	—	34.1
2000 starting cohort	33.5	36.3	22.0	22.2	39.1	—	—	19.9	—	36.2
2002 starting cohort	34.3	37.2	20.9	23.4	40.8	—	—	18.5	—	37.0
2003 starting cohort	34.9	38.2	20.2	23.8	42.0	—	—	19.2	—	37.1
2004 starting cohort	35.7	39.2	19.8	24.9	42.6	—	—	19.3	—	39.6
2005 starting cohort	36.2	40.0	20.0	25.5	43.5	43.9	19.0	20.2	30.8	37.7
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	52.6	55.5	34.2	43.5	61.6	—	—	37.5	—	54.4
2000 starting cohort	53.7	57.3	32.3	46.2	60.9	—	—	38.1	—	53.2
2002 starting cohort	54.7	57.8	34.0	47.8	63.6	—	—	39.9	—	59.2
2003 starting cohort	55.1	58.4	34.3	46.6	63.6	—	—	36.9	—	59.5
2004 starting cohort	56.2	59.1	35.8	49.5	65.6	—	—	41.5	—	61.9
2005 starting cohort	55.6	58.9	33.9	47.9	64.7	65.2	38.6	38.4	62.9	62.6
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	21.1	27.5	13.7	16.1	20.3	—	—	9.6	—	34.6
2000 starting cohort	20.7	24.5	21.4	23.1	39.3	—	—	27.2	—	36.3
2002 starting cohort	11.6	14.0	8.7	18.1	23.9	—	—	6.0	—	3.1
2003 starting cohort	10.6	13.6	7.9	16.6	21.2	—	—	5.2	—	2.9
2004 starting cohort	17.7	23.6	12.2	19.7	25.3	—	—	7.2	—	10.4
2005 starting cohort	28.2	31.8	21.6	23.1	38.1	42.0	5.9	21.6	24.5	14.4
Completing within 5 years after    start, males and females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	50.2	53.3	33.3	38.9	56.4	—	—	33.3	—	54.3
2000 starting cohort	52.6	55.7	36.0	42.4	60.1	—	—	35.1	—	55.2
2002 starting cohort	52.3	55.7	34.3	42.5	61.0	—	—	33.8	—	50.6
2003 starting cohort	52.8	56.6	33.8	42.7	62.0	—	—	33.4	—	49.5
2004 starting cohort	53.9	57.5	34.2	44.0	62.9	—	—	34.7	—	57.2
2005 starting cohort	54.3	58.0	34.7	44.7	63.1	63.5	40.8	35.3	58.6	58.0
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	45.9	49.0	30.5	34.1	51.3	—	—	30.0	—	46.5
2000 starting cohort	49.1	51.9	34.6	38.0	56.8	—	—	31.9	—	49.8
2002 starting cohort	49.2	52.2	32.9	38.8	57.7	—	—	30.8	—	50.4
2003 starting cohort	50.2	53.5	32.3	39.4	59.0	—	—	31.6	—	51.2
2004 starting cohort	50.6	54.0	32.0	40.2	59.3	—	—	31.7	—	51.9
2005 starting cohort	51.1	54.7	32.4	41.3	59.9	60.2	38.9	32.5	47.8	51.3
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	59.2	61.8	40.2	51.4	68.7	—	—	45.2	—	60.4
2000 starting cohort	60.8	63.8	39.9	55.1	70.0	—	—	46.9	—	60.4
2002 starting cohort	61.3	64.2	40.2	55.7	71.1	—	—	46.7	—	64.7
2003 starting cohort	62.1	65.1	41.1	56.0	71.9	—	—	44.3	—	65.4
2004 starting cohort	62.9	65.6	41.7	57.7	73.1	—	—	47.9	—	67.8
2005 starting cohort	62.3	65.3	40.4	56.4	72.8	73.2	49.4	43.9	71.3	67.8
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	25.4	30.1	17.8	23.1	27.3	—	—	19.8	—	51.6
2000 starting cohort	30.0	34.8	28.0	31.3	45.1	—	—	29.4	—	44.0
2002 starting cohort	17.2	20.7	12.5	22.7	32.0	—	—	12.6	—	6.0
2003 starting cohort	17.7	21.4	13.8	22.7	28.7	—	—	9.8	—	7.9
2004 starting cohort	25.8	32.6	19.0	25.7	36.5	—	—	15.5	—	17.6
2005 starting cohort	39.8	43.7	32.0	33.3	46.3	48.3	27.1	37.2	27.1	24.1
Completing within 5 years after      start, males
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	46.2	49.2	27.0	34.4	51.8	—	—	31.2	—	51.5
2000 starting cohort	49.0	52.0	29.9	37.8	56.5	—	—	31.6	—	53.0
2002 starting cohort	48.7	52.1	28.2	37.5	57.4	—	—	30.9	—	49.3
2003 starting cohort	49.6	53.3	28.3	38.4	58.5	—	—	30.8	—	48.8
2004 starting cohort	50.5	54.0	28.6	39.2	59.3	—	—	31.9	—	53.5
2005 starting cohort	51.3	54.8	29.9	41.1	59.4	59.7	39.5	34.2	55.5	54.2
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	41.6	44.6	24.0	29.4	46.4	—	—	27.7	—	44.1
2000 starting cohort	44.8	47.6	27.4	32.6	52.1	—	—	27.7	—	47.2
2002 starting cohort	45.3	48.3	26.0	33.7	53.7	—	—	27.5	—	47.0
2003 starting cohort	46.6	49.9	26.3	34.6	55.1	—	—	28.6	—	48.0
2004 starting cohort	46.8	50.2	26.0	35.1	55.3	—	—	28.6	—	47.2
2005 starting cohort	47.8	51.3	26.7	37.1	56.0	56.3	36.9	31.2	44.9	46.9
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	55.8	58.5	34.0	47.4	65.9	—	—	42.9	—	57.7
2000 starting cohort	58.5	61.3	35.1	51.7	69.9	—	—	45.9	—	58.9
2002 starting cohort	58.5	61.5	34.7	51.4	70.0	—	—	44.0	—	61.9
2003 starting cohort	59.3	62.3	35.0	53.1	70.6	—	—	41.5	—	62.1
2004 starting cohort	60.0	62.8	35.5	53.9	71.1	—	—	45.9	—	64.4
2005 starting cohort	59.2	62.2	34.6	53.2	70.2	70.7	45.2	40.3	69.1	63.8
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	25.6	29.2	18.1	25.4	29.9	—	—	30.8	—	51.0
2000 starting cohort	33.6	38.1	27.6	34.4	46.4	—	—	28.7	—	43.1
2002 starting cohort	19.9	24.1	14.3	23.6	35.4	—	—	18.5	—	6.3
2003 starting cohort	20.0	24.1	14.5	23.4	30.7	—	—	13.3	—	7.8
2004 starting cohort	27.6	34.8	18.9	26.0	41.5	—	—	15.1	—	16.8
2005 starting cohort	45.9	49.0	39.4	37.0	47.6	48.4	39.1	51.2	27.7	24.9
Completing within 5 years after      start, females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	53.6	56.8	37.5	42.4	60.5	—	—	34.9	—	57.9
2000 starting cohort	55.6	58.8	40.2	45.9	63.4	—	—	37.8	—	58.0
2002 starting cohort	55.2	58.6	38.4	46.2	64.1	—	—	36.0	—	52.0
2003 starting cohort	55.4	59.4	37.6	45.8	64.9	—	—	35.3	—	50.1
2004 starting cohort	56.8	60.5	38.1	47.5	66.0	—	—	36.8	—	61.3
2005 starting cohort	56.8	60.8	38.0	47.4	66.4	66.9	41.8	36.1	61.2	62.4
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	49.5	52.7	34.8	37.8	56.0	—	—	31.8	—	50.0
2000 starting cohort	52.7	55.5	39.3	42.1	61.0	—	—	35.1	—	53.5
2002 starting cohort	52.5	55.4	37.6	42.6	61.5	—	—	33.2	—	54.4
2003 starting cohort	53.2	56.6	36.4	43.1	62.5	—	—	33.8	—	54.8
2004 starting cohort	53.7	57.3	35.9	44.0	62.9	—	—	34.0	—	57.5
2005 starting cohort	53.9	57.7	36.1	44.4	63.3	63.7	40.4	33.5	50.3	56.5
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	61.8	64.5	44.5	54.3	71.0	—	—	47.0	—	63.7
2000 starting cohort	62.7	65.8	43.2	57.4	70.0	—	—	47.7	—	62.3
2002 starting cohort	63.5	66.4	44.0	58.7	71.9	—	—	48.6	—	67.7
2003 starting cohort	64.4	67.3	45.4	57.9	72.9	—	—	46.3	—	69.1
2004 starting cohort	65.2	67.8	46.2	60.3	74.6	—	—	49.2	—	71.5
2005 starting cohort	64.8	67.7	44.6	58.6	74.7	75.2	52.3	46.6	72.9	72.3
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	25.1	31.4	17.6	20.0	23.7	—	—	11.5	—	52.2
2000 starting cohort	25.9	30.0	28.4	27.5	42.6	—	—	30.4	—	45.1
2002 starting cohort	14.7	17.3	11.2	21.7	27.1	—	—	8.0	—	5.8
2003 starting cohort	15.9	19.1	13.4	22.1	26.7	—	—	7.6	—	8.0
2004 starting cohort	24.1	30.3	19.1	25.4	30.5	—	—	15.8	—	18.2
2005 starting cohort	32.9	36.8	26.1	29.7	44.3	48.3	11.8	24.9	26.5	23.5
Completing within 6 years after    start, males and females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	55.4	58.1	38.9	45.7	63.4	—	—	38.0	—	58.0
2000 starting cohort	57.5	60.2	42.1	49.1	66.7	—	—	40.2	—	59.6
2002 starting cohort	57.2	60.2	40.1	48.9	67.1	—	—	38.3	—	55.3
2003 starting cohort	57.4	60.8	39.1	48.7	68.0	—	—	38.3	—	53.3
2004 starting cohort	58.3	61.5	39.5	50.1	68.7	—	—	39.4	—	61.5
2005 starting cohort1	58.8	62.1	39.9	51.0	69.2	69.6	48.5	39.8	64.3	62.6
Open admissions	31.4	38.8	17.8	30.1	38.0	39.8	25.4	15.9	40.6	34.0
90 percent or more accepted	45.3	48.2	30.8	32.9	44.3	44.2	45.3	33.1	50.0	49.8
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	56.4	59.4	40.1	47.9	58.9	59.0	48.0	38.7	56.0	57.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	60.9	64.3	41.8	54.2	68.6	69.0	50.0	42.3	58.9	63.3
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	70.0	75.9	47.6	58.6	75.9	76.1	59.2	57.2	85.1	72.5
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	88.3	89.3	72.2	85.9	93.0	93.3	62.2	77.0	90.7	89.7
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	51.7	54.3	36.8	42.1	59.5	—	—	35.3	—	51.3
2000 starting cohort	54.8	57.1	40.8	46.0	64.1	—	—	37.5	—	54.6
2002 starting cohort	54.9	57.4	39.4	46.3	64.7	—	—	35.7	—	55.5
2003 starting cohort	55.7	58.6	38.6	46.9	65.8	—	—	37.1	—	56.2
2004 starting cohort	56.0	58.9	38.3	47.8	66.2	—	—	37.0	—	57.2
2005 starting cohort1	56.5	59.6	38.6	48.7	67.0	67.2	49.5	37.8	55.9	57.3
Open admissions	31.7	36.9	16.9	31.4	38.6	38.9	23.1	14.6	41.6	46.0
90 percent or more accepted	44.2	47.2	29.8	31.7	41.9	41.7	51.9	31.9	52.7	49.5
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	55.2	57.8	40.1	46.8	58.8	58.8	54.8	37.7	52.3	56.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	60.2	63.6	41.5	53.8	68.6	69.0	46.5	40.5	55.7	60.3
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	62.0	69.0	42.7	51.1	67.8	68.0	53.8	53.4	62.7	56.4
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	85.0	83.8	73.1	80.8	90.9	91.1	72.0	80.8	80.8	86.3
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	63.1	65.7	44.6	55.7	73.5	—	—	48.1	—	63.4
2000 starting cohort	64.5	67.0	45.9	59.0	75.2	—	—	50.9	—	64.5
2002 starting cohort	64.6	67.2	44.9	59.5	75.3	—	—	49.8	—	68.3
2003 starting cohort	65.1	67.7	45.0	59.4	75.9	—	—	47.6	—	69.1
2004 starting cohort	65.4	67.9	44.9	60.5	76.2	—	—	50.7	—	71.2
2005 starting cohort1	65.1	67.8	43.8	60.4	76.4	76.9	52.6	46.4	75.2	70.9
Open admissions	35.8	43.7	20.5	28.5	40.4	41.7	26.7	15.7	36.7	37.7
90 percent or more accepted	49.3	52.0	32.2	39.0	50.6	51.8	41.1	41.2	46.2	50.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	60.0	63.1	40.7	51.4	59.6	60.3	43.8	44.7	63.4	58.9
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	63.5	66.6	43.8	57.9	69.6	69.7	67.9	48.7	67.0	66.9
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	79.4	82.9	55.3	74.7	87.9	88.1	70.5	67.4	89.5	81.4
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	90.6	93.3	71.9	90.7	95.7	96.2	50.0	74.7	94.2	90.3
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	28.0	33.2	19.2	24.6	28.9	—	—	23.1	—	54.0
2000 starting cohort	32.6	38.1	29.7	33.8	47.3	—	—	30.4	—	47.5
2002 starting cohort	22.0	25.5	16.3	27.5	35.5	—	—	17.1	—	12.5
2003 starting cohort	20.4	24.5	16.1	24.9	31.3	—	—	11.9	—	9.3
2004 starting cohort	28.4	35.3	21.3	28.9	38.9	—	—	19.2	—	21.7
2005 starting cohort	42.3	45.9	34.9	36.8	49.4	51.4	31.0	39.6	27.6	28.4
Completing within 6 years after      start, males
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	52.0	54.8	32.8	41.3	59.5	—	—	36.2	—	55.4
2000 starting cohort	54.3	57.1	35.6	44.6	62.9	—	—	37.1	—	56.8
2002 starting cohort	54.1	57.3	34.0	44.1	64.0	—	—	35.1	—	53.9
2003 starting cohort	54.8	58.2	33.9	44.6	65.0	—	—	36.4	—	52.8
2004 starting cohort	55.5	58.8	34.2	45.6	65.7	—	—	37.5	—	58.5
2005 starting cohort1	56.3	59.5	35.2	47.5	66.3	66.6	49.0	38.9	61.3	59.2
Open admissions	30.7	38.4	15.2	26.6	36.7	37.3	32.3	15.3	36.0	34.9
90 percent or more accepted	42.9	45.8	26.5	30.5	41.3	41.2	44.7	31.5	45.2	44.1
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	53.4	56.4	34.5	43.9	56.3	56.4	47.7	38.6	51.0	53.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	58.0	61.3	36.9	50.6	65.8	66.0	50.9	39.2	53.5	59.2
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	67.4	73.9	40.0	53.6	72.2	72.4	55.7	54.1	83.6	69.3
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	86.5	87.7	68.0	82.5	91.8	92.0	66.7	78.0	88.9	88.9
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	48.1	50.8	30.3	37.5	55.2	—	—	33.1	—	48.8
2000 starting cohort	51.3	53.8	34.1	41.1	60.0	—	—	33.6	—	52.1
2002 starting cohort	51.7	54.4	32.9	41.4	61.3	—	—	32.2	—	52.5
2003 starting cohort	52.9	55.9	32.9	42.3	62.7	—	—	34.9	—	53.3
2004 starting cohort	53.0	56.0	32.7	43.0	62.9	—	—	34.9	—	53.0
2005 starting cohort1	53.9	57.1	33.2	44.8	64.0	64.2	50.7	36.8	52.7	53.3
Open admissions	29.1	35.0	13.7	25.4	36.3	36.5	30.0	15.2	27.3	43.1
90 percent or more accepted	42.6	45.5	26.5	29.2	39.1	39.0	46.2	31.4	45.1	43.6
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	52.7	55.4	35.1	43.7	56.4	56.4	57.1	37.5	47.5	51.5
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	57.5	60.6	36.2	50.8	65.8	66.1	47.6	37.4	51.8	57.2
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	57.9	65.5	35.1	44.4	63.6	63.7	54.5	51.8	51.7	51.1
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	82.4	81.6	70.1	76.8	89.1	89.3	74.1	81.5	83.1	83.9
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	60.4	63.0	38.9	52.1	71.5	—	—	46.7	—	60.9
2000 starting cohort	61.7	64.4	39.3	55.3	73.1	—	—	50.1	—	61.7
2002 starting cohort	61.9	64.8	38.6	55.4	73.8	—	—	46.6	—	65.4
2003 starting cohort	62.4	65.2	38.9	56.6	74.2	—	—	45.4	—	65.6
2004 starting cohort	63.0	65.7	39.2	57.0	74.4	—	—	49.3	—	68.2
2005 starting cohort1	62.4	65.3	38.1	57.1	74.6	75.0	49.2	42.7	73.5	67.3
Open admissions	33.6	42.1	16.6	27.6	35.2	36.4	23.5	11.2	39.4	37.0
90 percent or more accepted	44.6	47.0	25.5	36.8	47.2	47.6	44.0	28.0	40.0	44.8
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	55.7	59.2	33.5	46.0	56.5	57.0	41.2	45.5	57.9	55.6
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	60.6	63.7	40.3	53.5	66.9	66.9	65.9	45.1	62.1	61.9
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	78.6	82.3	48.3	73.4	86.0	86.2	58.3	62.0	88.9	79.1
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	89.6	92.9	67.4	87.8	95.1	95.4	44.4	75.4	92.1	89.7
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	28.0	32.3	19.4	26.7	31.7	—	—	30.8	—	53.0
2000 starting cohort	35.5	40.2	29.8	36.2	48.4	—	—	30.3	—	46.3
2002 starting cohort	23.6	27.8	16.6	26.7	38.4	—	—	23.5	—	11.7
2003 starting cohort	22.7	26.7	16.6	25.2	33.6	—	—	16.0	—	9.3
2004 starting cohort	30.2	37.0	21.2	29.1	43.5	—	—	18.5	—	23.6
2005 starting cohort	47.7	50.7	41.2	39.4	50.6	51.5	41.4	53.6	27.7	29.4
Completing within 6 years after      start, females
All 4-year institutions
1996 starting cohort	58.2	60.9	43.0	49.1	66.8	—	—	39.5	—	61.5
2000 starting cohort	60.2	62.8	46.4	52.4	70.1	—	—	42.7	—	63.1
2002 starting cohort	59.7	62.5	44.2	52.5	69.8	—	—	40.7	—	56.7
2003 starting cohort	59.5	63.0	42.7	51.8	70.5	—	—	39.7	—	53.8
2004 starting cohort	60.6	63.8	43.1	53.4	71.3	—	—	40.9	—	64.9
2005 starting cohort1	60.8	64.2	43.2	53.7	71.7	72.2	48.1	40.5	66.8	66.5
Open admissions	31.9	39.2	19.8	32.8	39.5	42.5	16.7	16.4	43.8	33.2
90 percent or more accepted	47.3	50.3	34.0	34.9	46.8	46.9	45.8	34.6	54.0	56.8
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	58.9	61.8	43.8	50.6	61.1	61.4	48.1	38.7	60.0	62.2
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	63.3	66.9	45.0	56.8	71.1	71.5	49.4	44.7	62.8	67.8
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	72.0	77.5	52.4	62.2	78.9	79.1	61.6	59.5	86.4	75.6
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	90.3	91.5	75.9	89.2	94.0	94.5	59.3	76.1	93.0	90.7
Public institutions
1996 starting cohort	54.7	57.4	41.0	45.7	63.5	—	—	37.0	—	54.9
2000 starting cohort	57.7	59.9	45.2	49.7	67.8	—	—	40.5	—	58.1
2002 starting cohort	57.5	59.9	43.7	50.0	67.7	—	—	38.3	—	59.0
2003 starting cohort	58.1	61.0	42.4	50.4	68.7	—	—	38.8	—	59.5
2004 starting cohort	58.5	61.4	42.1	51.4	69.2	—	—	38.5	—	62.2
2005 starting cohort1	58.8	61.9	42.2	51.7	69.7	70.0	48.6	38.6	58.7	61.9
Open admissions	34.1	38.6	19.6	36.5	41.1	41.6	0.0	14.2	52.3	49.4
90 percent or more accepted	45.7	48.7	32.2	33.7	44.7	44.5	57.1	32.3	62.1	56.9
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	57.2	59.9	43.3	49.1	61.0	61.1	53.1	37.8	56.0	62.1
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	62.5	66.1	44.9	56.1	71.1	71.6	45.8	42.8	58.9	64.0
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	65.2	71.8	47.8	55.8	71.4	71.7	53.3	54.6	69.6	61.2
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	88.2	87.3	76.7	84.6	92.4	92.6	69.6	80.0	73.7	89.9
Nonprofit institutions
1996 starting cohort	65.4	67.9	48.4	58.3	75.0	—	—	49.2	—	66.4
2000 starting cohort	66.7	69.1	50.4	61.7	76.7	—	—	51.5	—	67.9
2002 starting cohort	66.7	69.1	49.4	62.2	76.3	—	—	52.1	—	71.5
2003 starting cohort	67.1	69.7	49.2	61.2	77.2	—	—	49.2	—	73.0
2004 starting cohort	67.3	69.6	49.1	62.8	77.6	—	—	51.6	—	74.4
2005 starting cohort1	67.2	69.7	48.0	62.6	77.9	78.3	54.9	49.2	76.5	75.0
Open admissions	37.9	45.3	24.2	29.2	46.3	47.6	30.8	19.7	34.8	39.0
90 percent or more accepted	53.1	56.2	36.8	40.5	52.7	54.2	38.7	53.8	48.6	56.7
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	63.2	66.0	46.6	55.0	61.8	62.6	45.3	44.2	68.4	63.2
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	65.8	68.9	46.3	60.7	71.6	71.6	69.4	51.5	69.8	72.2
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	80.1	83.3	59.4	75.6	89.4	89.5	78.4	71.2	89.9	83.7
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	91.6	93.9	75.7	93.4	96.2	96.9	51.6	74.2	96.3	90.9
For-profit institutions
1996 starting cohort	27.9	34.5	19.0	21.9	24.9	—	—	17.3	—	55.1
2000 starting cohort	29.1	35.1	29.7	30.9	45.2	—	—	30.4	—	48.9
2002 starting cohort	20.5	23.1	16.1	28.3	31.3	—	—	12.0	—	13.0
2003 starting cohort	18.7	22.7	15.8	24.7	29.1	—	—	9.3	—	9.4
2004 starting cohort	26.8	33.4	21.3	28.7	33.3	—	—	19.6	—	20.3
2005 starting cohort	36.2	39.7	29.7	34.3	47.5	51.2	17.6	27.4	27.5	27.7

—Not available.

1 Includes data for institutions not reporting admissions data, which are not separately shown.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Completion rates refer to students receiving bachelor's degrees from their initial institutions of attendance only. Totals include data for persons whose race/ethnicity was not reported. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001 and Spring 2007 through Spring 2012, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared November 2012.)