Table 326.25.

Percentage distribution of first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students at 2-year postsecondary institutions 3 years after entry, by completion and enrollment status at first institution attended, sex, race/ethnicity, and control of institution: Cohort entry years 2011 and 2016

Sex, race/ethnicity, and control of institution	Percentage distribution of 2011 entry cohort 3 years after entry							Percentage distribution of 2016 entry cohort 3 years after entry
	Total	Completed a program at first institution attended			Did not complete a program at first institution			Total	Completed a program at first institution attended			Did not complete a program at first institution
		Total, any program	Program of less than 2 years	Program of 2 to 4 years	Trans- ferred out1	Remained enrolled	No longer enrolled, status unknown2		Total, any program	Program of less than 2 years	Program of 2 to 4 years	Trans- ferred out1	Remained enrolled	No longer enrolled, status unknown2
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total	100.0	27.9	12.6	15.3	14.3	11.7	46.1	100.0	33.5	12.5	21.0	14.2	11.0	41.3
Sex
Male	100.0	25.3	10.2	15.1	15.1	11.3	48.3	100.0	30.9	10.3	20.6	14.7	10.5	43.8
Female	100.0	30.0	14.6	15.4	13.7	12.0	44.3	100.0	35.8	14.4	21.3	13.8	11.4	39.1
Race/ethnicity
White	100.0	29.0	10.4	18.7	15.8	11.3	43.9	100.0	36.0	11.0	25.0	16.0	9.4	38.6
Black	100.0	20.2	12.9	7.3	15.5	9.0	55.3	100.0	28.5	18.1	10.3	14.1	8.0	49.4
Hispanic	100.0	29.9	16.8	13.1	10.7	14.9	44.5	100.0	31.6	12.5	19.1	11.0	15.5	41.9
Asian	100.0	33.7	9.6	24.1	14.7	18.3	33.2	100.0	40.1	8.0	32.1	15.4	16.0	28.6
Pacific Islander	100.0	32.1	20.4	11.7	12.3	9.5	46.1	100.0	32.1	17.0	15.1	11.3	10.3	46.3
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	22.5	13.0	9.5	12.3	11.1	54.1	100.0	27.1	14.2	12.9	11.4	10.0	51.5
Two or more races	100.0	24.5	10.3	14.2	16.0	11.9	47.6	100.0	28.1	9.4	18.7	15.9	10.7	45.3
Sex and race/ethnicity
Male
White	100.0	27.5	9.3	18.2	16.2	10.5	45.8	100.0	34.9	10.4	24.5	16.0	8.7	40.4
Black	100.0	16.8	9.7	7.1	16.5	8.4	58.3	100.0	22.9	12.6	10.3	16.3	7.9	52.9
Hispanic	100.0	25.7	13.0	12.7	11.6	14.9	47.8	100.0	27.6	10.3	17.3	11.2	14.9	46.2
Asian	100.0	29.9	7.5	22.4	15.5	19.3	35.3	100.0	36.5	6.2	30.2	15.9	16.9	30.7
Pacific Islander	100.0	28.7	16.2	12.4	15.7	9.0	46.7	100.0	27.7	12.7	15.0	13.3	11.0	47.9
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	20.6	11.5	9.1	11.5	9.9	58.1	100.0	26.0	14.3	11.7	11.6	8.9	53.5
Two or more races	100.0	21.7	8.2	13.4	16.6	11.7	50.0	100.0	25.7	7.8	17.9	15.8	10.7	47.8
Female
White	100.0	30.5	11.3	19.1	15.5	11.9	42.1	100.0	37.1	11.7	25.4	15.9	10.2	36.7
Black	100.0	22.6	15.2	7.4	14.7	9.5	53.2	100.0	32.4	22.0	10.4	12.6	8.1	46.9
Hispanic	100.0	33.1	19.7	13.4	10.0	14.8	42.1	100.0	34.9	14.3	20.6	10.9	16.1	38.2
Asian	100.0	37.9	11.9	25.9	13.9	17.2	31.1	100.0	44.1	10.0	34.2	14.7	14.9	26.2
Pacific Islander	100.0	35.3	24.3	11.0	9.1	10.1	45.5	100.0	35.5	20.3	15.2	9.7	9.6	45.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	100.0	24.0	14.2	9.8	13.0	12.1	50.9	100.0	28.0	14.1	13.9	11.3	10.9	49.9
Two or more races	100.0	26.8	12.0	14.8	15.5	12.1	45.5	100.0	30.2	10.7	19.4	16.1	10.7	43.1
Control of institution
Public	100.0	20.0	3.4	16.6	17.8	14.4	47.8	100.0	28.2	4.6	23.6	16.8	12.8	42.2
Nonprofit	100.0	51.2	34.2	17.0	6.2	2.0	40.7	100.0	58.7	51.8	6.9	2.0	2.4	37.0
For-profit	100.0	58.4	48.7	9.7	0.5	1.2	39.9	100.0	61.2	53.4	7.8	0.4	1.7	36.7

1 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.

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

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for first-time full-time certificate/degree-seeking students at 2-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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), Winter 2014-15 and Winter 2019-20, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared September 2020.)