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 2010

Institution level and control, attendance level and status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate	Number of students in 2010 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	4,313,951	21.8	25.3	26.9	73.1	1.7	29.9	41.4
Public institutions	4,106,297	19.9	23.5	25.2	74.8	1.8	31.2	41.8
Private nonprofit institutions	32,664	56.5	58.2	58.6	41.4	0.1	11.3	30.0
Private for-profit institutions	174,990	59.7	60.7	61.2	38.8	0.1	3.7	35.0
Attendance level and status6 by     institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	912,802	23.8	27.9	29.6	70.4	1.8	25.1	43.5
First-time, part-time	771,393	10.8	14.6	16.4	83.6	2.1	25.4	56.1
Non-first-time, full-time	758,908	33.4	37.1	38.7	61.3	1.3	30.1	29.9
Non-first-time, part-time	1,663,194	15.9	19.1	20.7	79.3	1.9	37.7	39.7
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	20,934	58.8	60.6	60.7	39.3	0.1	9.7	29.5
First-time, part-time	1,468	25.3	27.4	28.1	71.9	0.5	14.2	57.2
Non-first-time, full-time	7,725	59.2	60.6	61.4	38.6	0.2	12.8	25.6
Non-first-time, part-time	2,537	47.6	48.9	49.4	50.6	0.3	18.6	31.7
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	112,584	61.6	62.7	63.1	36.9	0.1	3.4	33.4
First-time, part-time	14,501	40.3	41.6	42.5	57.5	0.0	2.9	54.6
Non-first-time, full-time	40,425	65.3	66.2	66.7	33.3	0.1	4.8	28.4
Non-first-time, part-time	7,480	37.3	37.9	38.4	61.6	0.0	4.2	57.4
Pell grant recipient status7 by     institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,484,883	22.4	26.4	28.1	71.9	1.8	26.0	44.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	2,621,414	18.5	21.9	23.6	76.4	1.8	34.1	40.5
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	23,722	56.3	58.2	58.4	41.6	0.1	10.0	31.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	8,942	57.0	58.2	59.0	41.0	0.1	14.8	26.1
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	133,130	58.9	59.9	60.3	39.7	0.1	4.0	35.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	41,860	62.0	63.1	63.8	36.2	0.1	2.9	33.2
4-year institutions
All 4-year institutions	4,361,357	37.0	47.0	48.8	51.2	1.3	23.7	26.3
Public institutions	2,807,911	35.4	47.0	49.0	51.0	1.5	24.7	24.8
Private nonprofit institutions	943,514	49.1	58.2	59.8	40.2	0.6	20.4	19.3
Private for-profit institutions	609,932	25.5	29.5	30.6	69.4	1.5	24.1	43.8
Attendance level and status6 by     institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	1,206,896	33.9	53.3	55.7	44.3	1.3	23.9	19.1
First-time, part-time	227,284	11.6	17.1	19.3	80.7	2.4	26.7	51.6
Non-first-time, full-time	747,918	53.6	59.7	61.2	38.8	0.9	19.6	18.3
Non-first-time, part-time	625,813	25.3	30.4	32.3	67.7	2.3	31.5	33.9
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	540,682	51.6	63.0	64.3	35.7	0.3	20.5	14.8
First-time, part-time	34,650	14.4	19.7	21.8	78.2	1.1	26.7	50.4
Non-first-time, full-time	245,118	55.9	61.6	63.0	37.0	0.6	16.9	19.5
Non-first-time, part-time	123,064	34.4	41.4	43.9	56.1	1.9	24.8	29.4
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	151,058	26.9	30.4	31.2	68.8	0.6	15.9	52.3
First-time, part-time	56,904	8.4	11.3	12.4	87.6	2.8	23.4	61.5
Non-first-time, full-time	267,766	31.4	35.7	36.6	63.4	0.8	25.5	37.1
Non-first-time, part-time	134,204	19.5	24.0	25.6	74.4	3.5	30.7	40.2
Pell Grant recipient status7 by     institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,041,687	32.6	44.2	46.5	53.5	1.5	24.8	27.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,766,224	37.1	48.6	50.5	49.5	1.5	24.6	23.4
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	355,221	39.6	48.7	50.2	49.8	0.6	23.4	25.9
Did not receive Pell Grant	588,293	54.8	64.0	65.6	34.4	0.6	18.6	15.2
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	366,186	23.8	27.0	27.7	72.3	0.6	25.5	46.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	243,746	28.1	33.2	34.9	65.1	2.9	21.8	40.3
Acceptance rate
Open admissions	1,353,953	24.2	28.7	30.5	69.5	2.3	26.8	40.3
90.0 percent or more accepted	231,894	31.2	44.0	46.5	53.5	1.2	26.1	26.2
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	587,090	40.5	54.0	55.9	44.1	0.9	23.8	19.5
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	1,347,700	44.0	57.8	59.7	40.3	0.7	22.1	17.5
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	407,591	53.3	66.3	67.9	32.1	1.0	18.6	12.6
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	79,270	74.8	84.8	86.1	13.9	0.5	6.6	6.8
Information not available	353,859	30.1	35.0	36.4	63.6	0.9	25.3	37.5
Pell Grant recipient status7 by     acceptance rate
Open admissions
Received Pell Grant	542,261	26.2	31.0	32.7	67.3	1.6	22.9	42.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	811,692	22.9	27.2	29.0	71.0	2.8	29.4	38.7
90.0 percent or more accepted
Received Pell Grant	106,205	25.8	36.8	39.0	61.0	1.2	29.0	30.8
Did not receive Pell Grant	125,689	35.8	50.1	52.8	47.2	1.1	23.7	22.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	229,792	34.9	47.2	49.1	50.9	0.9	25.9	24.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	357,298	44.1	58.4	60.2	39.8	0.8	22.5	16.5
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	512,609	36.8	50.0	52.0	48.0	0.8	25.1	22.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	835,091	48.4	62.5	64.4	35.6	0.7	20.3	14.6
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	153,472	42.9	56.4	58.4	41.6	1.2	23.2	17.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	254,119	59.6	72.3	73.6	26.4	0.8	15.7	9.8
Less than 25.0 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	21,662	61.9	75.6	77.7	22.3	0.7	11.2	10.4
Did not receive Pell Grant	57,608	79.7	88.2	89.2	10.8	0.4	4.9	5.5
Information not available
Received Pell Grant	197,093	25.4	29.3	30.2	69.8	0.6	27.0	42.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	156,766	35.9	42.1	44.1	55.9	1.3	23.0	31.5

1 The 2010 entry cohort includes all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who entered a degree-granting institution between July 1 of 2010 and June 30 of 2011. 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 2010-11); 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 2010-11 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 2010-11 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 2018–19, Outcome Measures component; and IPEDS Fall 2010, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared February 2020.)