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 2011

Institution level and control, attendance level and status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate	Number of students in 2011 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	4,033,336	22.5	26.1	27.7	72.3	1.7	29.9	40.7
Public institutions	3,856,479	20.8	24.5	26.2	73.8	1.8	31.0	41.0
Private nonprofit institutions	30,273	57.9	58.7	59.2	40.8	0.2	8.5	32.1
Private for-profit institutions	146,584	61.0	62.5	62.7	37.3	0.2	4.7	32.5
Attendance level and status6 by     institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	821,062	24.6	28.7	30.4	69.6	1.7	25.0	42.9
First-time, part-time	739,809	11.6	15.5	17.3	82.7	2.1	25.0	55.7
Non-first-time, full-time	704,990	34.5	38.0	39.6	60.4	1.3	29.9	29.1
Non-first-time, part-time	1,590,618	17.1	20.4	22.1	77.9	1.9	37.4	38.5
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	20,929	59.5	60.0	60.3	39.7	0.1	8.4	31.2
First-time, part-time	1,382	25.2	27.9	28.1	71.9	0.8	9.9	61.1
Non-first-time, full-time	6,043	61.4	62.1	62.8	37.2	0.3	7.1	29.8
Non-first-time, part-time	1,919	53.3	56.6	57.2	42.8	0.4	13.8	28.7
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	88,385	62.9	64.0	64.1	35.9	0.2	4.6	31.1
First-time, part-time	8,765	47.7	50.9	51.3	48.7	0.1	3.3	45.3
Non-first-time, full-time	45,151	61.6	63.4	63.5	36.5	0.1	5.1	31.4
Non-first-time, part-time	4,283	44.8	46.6	47.4	52.6	0.3	5.3	47.0
Pell grant recipient status7 by     institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,492,678	22.5	26.4	28.1	71.9	1.8	25.8	44.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	2,363,801	19.7	23.2	24.9	75.1	1.8	34.3	39.0
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	22,573	58.3	58.8	59.2	40.8	0.2	8.0	32.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	7,700	56.9	58.3	59.2	40.8	0.2	10.3	30.3
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	109,491	59.2	60.8	60.9	39.1	0.2	4.9	34.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	37,093	66.5	67.6	67.7	32.3	0.1	4.0	28.1
4-year institutions
All 4-year institutions	4,338,850	37.7	47.5	49.3	50.7	1.2	23.8	25.7
Public institutions	2,825,675	36.3	47.7	49.7	50.3	1.4	24.8	24.1
Private nonprofit institutions	945,463	49.1	58.1	59.6	40.4	0.7	21.1	18.6
Private for-profit institutions	567,712	25.5	29.3	30.3	69.7	1.3	23.3	45.1
Attendance level and status6 by     institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	1,220,053	35.0	54.1	56.4	43.6	1.1	24.3	18.1
First-time, part-time	232,736	11.8	17.5	19.6	80.4	2.7	26.8	51.0
Non-first-time, full-time	754,807	54.2	60.1	61.5	38.5	0.8	19.7	18.0
Non-first-time, part-time	618,079	26.3	31.3	33.2	66.8	2.1	31.4	33.3
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	535,300	52.6	63.8	65.2	34.8	0.3	20.8	13.7
First-time, part-time	33,172	11.8	17.0	18.7	81.3	1.0	28.4	51.9
Non-first-time, full-time	249,700	55.2	60.9	62.4	37.6	0.9	18.6	18.0
Non-first-time, part-time	127,291	32.0	38.9	41.1	58.9	2.0	25.1	31.8
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	133,999	27.4	30.7	31.3	68.7	0.8	15.3	52.6
First-time, part-time	49,658	8.6	11.3	12.3	87.7	2.4	20.3	65.0
Non-first-time, full-time	251,925	30.7	34.8	35.9	64.1	0.8	25.3	38.0
Non-first-time, part-time	132,130	20.1	24.1	25.5	74.5	2.4	28.7	43.4
Pell Grant recipient status7 by     institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,100,294	32.8	44.0	46.2	53.8	1.4	25.0	27.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,725,381	38.5	50.0	51.9	48.1	1.3	24.7	22.1
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	359,072	39.6	48.2	49.7	50.3	0.7	24.7	24.9
Did not receive Pell Grant	586,391	54.9	64.1	65.6	34.4	0.7	18.9	14.7
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	352,684	23.0	26.1	26.8	73.2	0.8	24.0	48.4
Did not receive Pell Grant	215,028	29.5	34.5	36.1	63.9	2.2	22.2	39.5
Acceptance rate
Open admissions	1,373,044	25.1	29.6	31.2	68.8	2.1	26.9	39.7
90.0 percent or more accepted	242,373	26.6	36.9	39.1	60.9	1.2	28.6	31.1
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	586,926	41.3	55.2	57.1	42.9	0.9	24.1	17.9
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	1,260,762	45.6	59.3	61.2	38.8	0.7	22.1	16.0
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	495,845	52.5	65.5	67.1	32.9	0.6	17.0	15.3
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	88,391	71.6	81.6	82.9	17.1	0.4	8.6	8.1
Information not available	291,509	28.9	33.9	35.2	64.8	1.1	28.5	35.2
Pell Grant recipient status7 by     acceptance rate
Open admissions
Received Pell Grant	588,771	25.9	30.5	32.0	68.0	1.8	23.1	43.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	784,273	24.5	28.8	30.6	69.4	2.4	29.7	37.3
90.0 percent or more accepted
Received Pell Grant	122,959	22.4	30.5	32.3	67.7	1.1	29.8	36.8
Did not receive Pell Grant	119,414	30.9	43.5	46.1	53.9	1.3	27.4	25.2
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	221,303	36.0	48.6	50.6	49.4	1.0	26.1	22.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	365,623	44.5	59.2	61.0	39.0	0.8	23.0	15.3
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	490,176	38.1	51.3	53.4	46.6	0.9	25.1	20.6
Did not receive Pell Grant	770,586	50.3	64.4	66.2	33.8	0.7	20.1	13.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	193,589	42.5	56.0	57.9	42.1	0.7	20.5	20.9
Did not receive Pell Grant	302,256	58.9	71.7	73.0	27.0	0.5	14.8	11.7
Less than 25.0 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	25,737	56.2	70.0	72.2	27.8	0.8	13.7	13.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	62,654	78.0	86.3	87.3	12.7	0.3	6.5	5.9
Information not available
Received Pell Grant	169,515	24.1	27.9	28.9	71.1	0.7	30.3	40.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	121,994	35.7	42.2	44.1	55.9	1.6	26.0	28.3

1 The 2011 entry cohort includes all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who entered a degree-granting institution between July 1 of 2011 and June 30 of 2012. 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 2011-12); 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 2011-12 entry into the reporting institution. First-time students include students enrolled in academic or occupational programs, students enrolled in the fall term who attended college for the first time in the prior summer term, and students who entered with advanced standing (college credits or recognized postsecondary credential earned before graduation from high school).

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 in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 2011-12 entry into the reporting institution means by August 31, 2015. 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 2019–20, Outcome Measures component; and IPEDS Fall 2011, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared November 2020.)