Table 326.27.

Number of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students entering a postsecondary institution and percentage of students 4, 6, and 8 years after entry, by completion and enrollment status at the same institution, institution level and control, attendance level and status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate: Cohort entry year 2009

Institution level and control, attendance level and status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate	Number of students in 2009 entry cohort1	Percentage of adjusted cohort2 who completed an award3		Percentage distribution of adjusted cohort2 8 years after entry
		Within 4 years after entry	Within 6 years after entry	Completed an award3	Did not complete an award
					Total	Remained enrolled	Trans-ferred out4	No longer enrolled, status unknown5
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2-year institutions
All 2-year institutions	4,673,497	22.1	25.6	27.2	72.8	1.6	29.0	42.1
Public institutions	4,392,046	19.7	23.3	25.0	75.0	1.7	30.6	42.7
Private nonprofit institutions	42,144	59.5	62.1	62.8	37.2	0.2	9.9	27.1
Private for-profit institutions	239,307	60.6	60.9	61.2	38.8	0.8	3.7	34.3
Attendance level and status6 by    institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	954,575	23.9	27.9	29.7	70.3	2.0	24.4	43.9
First-time, part-time	808,021	10.9	14.5	16.2	83.8	2.1	23.8	57.9
Non-first-time, full-time	792,849	32.8	36.5	38.4	61.6	1.2	30.5	29.9
Non-first-time, part-time	1,836,601	15.8	19.1	20.8	79.2	1.5	36.8	40.9
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	31,403	63.1	64.0	64.7	35.3	0.1	9.0	26.1
First-time, part-time	2,209	27.1	30.8	31.8	68.2	0.5	11.5	56.2
Non-first-time, full-time	6,590	55.0	65.0	65.8	34.2	0.2	11.8	22.2
Non-first-time, part-time	1,942	54.7	57.6	57.8	42.2	0.2	15.7	26.3
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	161,727	63.7	64.0	64.1	35.9	0.2	3.0	32.6
First-time, part-time	22,586	40.0	40.5	41.4	58.6	6.0	3.8	48.9
Non-first-time, full-time	45,363	64.4	64.7	64.9	35.1	0.2	6.1	28.9
Non-first-time, part-time	9,631	39.3	39.9	40.8	59.2	0.7	4.5	54.1
Pell grant recipient status7 by    institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,361,109	22.7	26.7	28.5	71.5	1.9	25.3	44.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	3,030,937	18.4	21.8	23.5	76.5	1.6	32.9	42.0
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	29,096	61.5	63.1	63.6	36.4	0.2	9.9	26.4
Did not receive Pell Grant	13,048	55.2	60.0	61.1	38.9	0.2	10.0	28.7
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	173,430	59.5	59.8	60.1	39.9	0.9	3.9	35.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	65,877	63.4	63.8	64.1	35.9	0.4	3.4	32.0
4-year institutions
All 4-year institutions	4,491,989	36.1	45.9	47.6	52.4	1.3	21.8	29.2
Public institutions	2,686,650	35.0	46.9	49.0	51.0	1.6	24.7	24.6
Private nonprofit institutions	955,017	48.3	57.4	59.0	41.0	0.8	20.1	20.1
Private for-profit institutions	850,322	25.8	29.6	30.5	69.5	0.9	14.6	54.0
Attendance level and status6    by institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	1,189,368	33.4	53.1	55.7	44.3	1.5	23.8	19.0
First-time, part-time	219,004	11.4	17.1	19.3	80.7	2.4	27.0	51.3
Non-first-time, full-time	707,830	53.3	59.6	61.1	38.9	1.0	19.5	18.4
Non-first-time, part-time	570,448	24.7	29.6	31.5	68.5	2.3	32.4	33.8
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	545,080	50.8	62.1	63.6	36.4	0.6	20.2	15.6
First-time, part-time	40,288	12.6	17.0	18.8	81.2	1.1	34.7	45.4
Non-first-time, full-time	248,820	55.7	61.6	63.1	36.9	0.7	15.7	20.6
Non-first-time, part-time	120,829	33.8	40.8	43.4	56.6	2.1	23.8	30.7
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	264,208	24.1	27.1	27.6	72.4	0.4	6.2	65.8
First-time, part-time	100,494	9.2	11.7	12.6	87.4	1.3	20.2	66.0
Non-first-time, full-time	289,781	35.8	40.3	41.3	58.7	0.7	11.6	46.4
Non-first-time, part-time	195,839	22.0	26.3	27.7	72.3	1.8	27.3	43.2
Pell Grant recipient status7 by    institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	864,352	31.9	44.1	46.5	53.5	1.8	24.4	27.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,822,298	36.5	48.2	50.2	49.8	1.5	24.9	23.4
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	335,856	38.8	47.7	49.4	50.6	0.8	22.9	26.9
Did not receive Pell Grant	619,161	53.5	62.6	64.2	35.8	0.8	18.6	16.4
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	468,134	24.1	27.1	27.7	72.3	0.4	13.6	58.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	382,188	28.0	32.7	34.0	66.0	1.5	15.7	48.8
Acceptance rate
Open admissions	1,356,291	25.1	29.5	31.2	68.8	2.1	27.1	39.6
90.0 percent or more accepted	296,286	29.9	40.0	41.9	58.1	1.1	25.6	31.4
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	603,217	37.1	51.2	53.4	46.6	1.0	22.9	22.7
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	1,284,012	44.5	58.6	60.6	39.4	0.9	21.6	16.9
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	442,744	51.6	64.0	65.7	34.3	1.2	16.6	16.5
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	71,152	74.6	85.0	86.3	13.7	0.3	6.9	6.5
Information not available	438,287	26.5	31.1	32.2	67.8	0.8	9.9	57.1
Pell Grant recipient status7 by    acceptance rate
Open admissions
Received Pell Grant	497,169	27.3	32.0	33.6	66.4	1.8	22.6	42.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	859,122	23.8	28.1	29.8	70.2	2.3	29.7	38.2
90.0 percent or more accepted
Received Pell Grant	123,764	25.4	33.8	35.4	64.6	1.1	27.8	35.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	172,522	33.1	44.4	46.6	53.4	1.1	24.1	28.2
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	219,392	29.7	42.3	44.4	55.6	1.0	24.0	30.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	383,825	41.4	56.3	58.5	41.5	1.0	22.2	18.2
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	433,002	37.7	51.0	53.3	46.7	1.0	24.4	21.4
Did not receive Pell Grant	851,010	48.0	62.4	64.3	35.7	0.8	20.3	14.6
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	152,430	41.5	54.7	56.8	43.2	1.5	19.0	22.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	290,314	56.8	68.8	70.3	29.7	1.0	15.3	13.3
Less than 25.0 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	17,388	61.8	76.4	78.6	21.4	0.5	12.1	8.9
Did not receive Pell Grant	53,764	78.7	87.8	88.8	11.2	0.3	5.2	5.7
Information not available
Received Pell Grant	225,197	21.7	25.3	26.0	74.0	0.4	7.0	66.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	213,090	31.5	37.2	38.8	61.2	1.1	12.9	47.2

1 The 2009 entry cohort includes all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who entered a degree-granting institution between July 1 of 2009 and June 30 of 2010. For 4-year institutions, the cohort includes only bachelor’s degree-seeking students.

2 The adjusted cohort excludes students who died or were totally and permanently disabled as well as students who left school to serve in the armed forces (including those called to active duty), to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government (e.g., the Peace Corps), or to serve on official church missions.

3 Awards include certificates, associate’s degrees, and bachelor’s degrees. Includes only those awards that were conferred by the reporting institution (i.e., the institution that the student entered in 2009-10); excludes awards conferred by institutions to which the student later transferred.

4 Transfer out data are required to be reported only by those institutions for which preparation for transfers is a substantial part of the institutional mission.

5 Includes students who dropped out of the reporting institution and students who transferred to another institution without notifying the reporting institution.

6 Attendance level (first-time or non-first-time student) and attendance status (full-time or part-time student) are based on the first full term (i.e., semester or quarter) after the student entered the institution. First-time students are those who had never attended a postsecondary institution prior to their 2009-10 entry into the reporting institution.

7 Pell Grant recipient status is based on whether students had a disbursed Pell Grant during their first year at the reporting institution.

NOTE: Data are for degree-granting institutions, which grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Student enrollment status and completion status are determined as of August 31 of the year indicated; for example, within 4 years after the student’s 2009-10 entry into the reporting institution means by August 31, 2014. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2017–18, Outcome Measures component; and IPEDS Fall 2009, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared October 2018.)