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Table 326.10. Graduation rate from first institution attended for first-time, full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students at 4-year postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, time to completion, sex, control of institution, and percentage of applications accepted: Selected cohort entry years, 1996 through 2014
Time to completion, sex, control of institution, cohort entry year, and percentage of applications accepted Total White Black His-
panic
Asian/Pacific Islander American
Indian/
Alaska
Native
Two or
more races
Non-
resident
alien1
Total Asian Pacific
Islander
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Graduating within 4 years after
    entry, males and females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 33.7 36.3 19.5 22.8 37.5 --- --- 18.8 --- 41.7
2000 entry cohort 36.1 38.9 21.2 25.8 40.9 --- --- 21.0 --- 41.9
2002 entry cohort 36.6 39.6 20.5 26.6 43.0 --- --- 20.6 --- 39.1
2003 entry cohort 37.0 40.2 20.2 26.7 43.9 --- --- 20.6 --- 39.4
2004 entry cohort 38.0 41.3 20.5 27.9 45.0 --- --- 21.8 --- 43.7
2005 entry cohort 38.3 41.8 20.2 28.2 45.1 45.5 22.2 21.8 44.1 44.0
2006 entry cohort 39.1 42.7 20.6 29.3 46.0 46.4 24.2 21.9 46.6 44.1
2007 entry cohort 39.4 43.3 20.8 29.8 46.2 46.7 25.9 23.0 49.1 44.6
2008 entry cohort 39.8 43.7 21.4 30.4 47.1 47.7 26.7 23.0 46.5 46.4
2009 entry cohort 39.9 44.2 20.6 30.7 48.8 49.5 26.7 24.0 41.0 49.1
2010 entry cohort 40.7 45.4 21.2 31.7 49.6 50.2 31.0 22.7 39.6 50.1
2011 entry cohort 41.6 46.4 21.6 32.5 50.1 50.7 31.0 21.6 38.3 50.8
2012 entry cohort 43.7 48.3 23.8 34.1 52.0 52.6 31.6 24.5 39.3 51.9
2013 entry cohort 45.3 49.8 25.7 35.7 53.5 54.0 33.9 26.2 41.0 52.8
2014 entry cohort 46.6 51.2 27.2 37.5 55.3 55.9 34.4 27.1 42.6 53.4

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 26.0 28.3 15.0 15.8 28.5 --- --- 14.5 --- 30.9
2000 entry cohort 29.0 31.4 17.9 18.9 33.7 --- --- 16.5 --- 32.7
2002 entry cohort 29.9 32.4 17.0 20.2 35.8 --- --- 16.1 --- 33.5
2003 entry cohort 30.7 33.5 16.5 20.7 37.5 --- --- 17.0 --- 33.8
2004 entry cohort 31.4 34.2 16.4 21.5 38.0 --- --- 17.2 --- 34.4
2005 entry cohort 32.0 35.1 16.8 22.4 38.7 39.1 16.9 17.9 28.7 33.5
2006 entry cohort 32.9 36.1 17.2 23.1 40.0 40.4 18.6 17.9 30.5 33.9
2007 entry cohort 33.5 36.9 17.4 24.0 39.8 40.2 21.3 19.5 35.9 34.4
2008 entry cohort 34.4 37.9 18.6 24.8 41.1 41.6 22.1 19.1 35.2 38.0
2009 entry cohort 34.9 38.5 18.1 25.5 42.9 43.5 23.7 19.8 31.9 41.3
2010 entry cohort 35.8 39.7 18.5 26.4 43.5 44.0 28.6 17.9 32.6 43.5
2011 entry cohort 36.9 41.2 18.9 27.3 44.6 44.9 31.1 18.7 32.8 45.0
2012 entry cohort 38.8 43.2 20.6 28.9 46.5 46.9 31.0 20.4 34.1 46.8
2013 entry cohort 40.7 45.1 22.7 30.7 48.3 48.7 31.6 22.7 35.9 47.6
2014 entry cohort 42.4 46.9 24.4 32.6 50.6 51.1 30.9 23.3 37.7 48.7

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 48.6 51.3 29.3 39.9 57.9 --- --- 33.7 --- 50.4
2000 entry cohort 50.3 53.5 28.2 42.9 58.8 --- --- 36.0 --- 50.3
2002 entry cohort 51.5 54.5 29.3 44.4 61.9 --- --- 36.9 --- 55.4
2003 entry cohort 51.6 54.7 29.8 44.0 61.5 --- --- 34.4 --- 55.3
2004 entry cohort 52.6 55.5 30.6 46.2 62.8 --- --- 39.0 --- 57.4
2005 entry cohort 52.2 55.4 29.2 45.1 62.3 62.8 34.9 35.2 59.9 57.4
2006 entry cohort 52.9 56.2 29.7 47.4 62.8 63.5 37.2 38.3 62.1 56.8
2007 entry cohort 52.9 56.5 29.6 46.8 63.6 64.3 40.4 37.0 62.6 56.9
2008 entry cohort 52.8 56.4 29.7 47.2 63.4 63.9 44.8 37.0 59.3 57.2
2009 entry cohort 53.1 57.1 29.1 47.2 64.4 65.1 41.5 39.6 56.8 59.4
2010 entry cohort 53.6 58.0 29.2 48.2 64.9 65.7 40.0 37.7 55.8 58.9
2011 entry cohort 54.4 58.5 30.5 49.9 65.3 66.0 39.1 34.0 54.0 59.0
2012 entry cohort 55.3 59.4 32.0 50.1 66.7 67.6 37.5 37.9 53.4 59.1
2013 entry cohort 56.4 60.4 33.8 51.1 67.4 68.2 42.4 38.0 53.1 60.0
2014 entry cohort 56.8 60.9 34.3 52.0 67.9 68.6 45.0 39.3 54.7 60.3

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 21.8 26.3 14.8 20.1 24.6 --- --- 16.5 --- 33.8
2000 entry cohort 23.9 28.2 19.6 26.3 40.6 --- --- 26.8 --- 34.5
2002 entry cohort 14.7 17.8 10.3 19.2 29.2 --- --- 11.2 --- 3.4
2003 entry cohort 14.8 18.2 10.4 19.5 25.5 --- --- 8.4 --- 4.7
2004 entry cohort 20.6 27.3 13.3 20.7 31.4 --- --- 9.4 --- 10.6
2005 entry cohort 20.0 27.9 11.0 19.6 31.7 33.8 15.4 15.2 24.7 15.4
2006 entry cohort 22.8 32.5 12.7 23.0 30.1 32.4 9.4 13.0 27.6 22.4
2007 entry cohort 22.5 32.6 11.7 22.7 32.0 36.3 7.2 12.6 27.2 24.4
2008 entry cohort 17.5 26.5 9.5 20.8 30.6 34.8 8.3 12.8 30.0 19.7
2009 entry cohort 13.9 21.3 7.6 18.1 29.2 35.1 7.0 10.2 17.1 20.9
2010 entry cohort 17.6 25.8 11.5 20.1 35.1 38.9 14.6 13.3 24.7 24.1
2011 entry cohort 14.5 16.9 7.9 17.5 27.8 33.3 12.0 6.6 19.3 31.6
2012 entry cohort 19.4 21.1 13.2 21.1 30.3 36.3 12.4 10.1 22.4 32.9
2013 entry cohort 19.7 20.9 13.8 22.4 31.4 36.0 14.6 11.3 28.0 40.1
2014 entry cohort 22.9 25.4 15.7 29.5 36.5 42.4 13.9 16.0 24.2 43.1

Graduating within 4 years after
    entry, males
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 28.5 30.6 13.9 19.0 32.2 --- --- 15.1 --- 38.6
2000 entry cohort 31.1 33.4 15.3 21.7 35.6 --- --- 17.1 --- 39.2
2002 entry cohort 31.4 33.9 14.8 21.9 37.5 --- --- 17.3 --- 36.8
2003 entry cohort 32.2 34.8 14.7 22.5 39.0 --- --- 17.7 --- 37.7
2004 entry cohort 33.0 35.7 15.1 23.3 39.9 --- --- 18.9 --- 39.7
2005 entry cohort 33.5 36.4 15.0 24.2 39.9 40.2 19.6 18.8 40.2 40.1
2006 entry cohort 34.3 37.2 15.7 24.9 41.2 41.6 21.6 17.6 43.2 39.6
2007 entry cohort 34.5 37.7 15.6 25.5 41.1 41.5 24.3 18.6 44.7 39.3
2008 entry cohort 34.8 38.1 16.2 25.7 42.1 42.5 25.0 18.9 40.7 41.0
2009 entry cohort 34.7 38.2 16.0 25.7 43.8 44.4 24.3 20.6 36.4 43.0
2010 entry cohort 35.6 39.6 16.5 26.8 44.4 44.9 26.5 18.5 34.3 43.8
2011 entry cohort 36.5 40.7 16.5 27.6 44.8 45.3 26.4 18.6 33.3 43.8
2012 entry cohort 38.2 42.2 18.1 28.6 46.9 47.4 28.6 20.0 33.9 44.6
2013 entry cohort 39.7 43.8 19.8 30.2 47.8 48.4 28.1 23.1 35.4 45.9
2014 entry cohort 41.0 45.2 21.0 31.9 49.6 50.1 29.6 23.2 37.1 46.6

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 20.8 22.6 9.9 12.5 23.4 --- --- 10.9 --- 28.6
2000 entry cohort 23.6 25.5 11.7 14.5 27.8 --- --- 11.9 --- 30.3
2002 entry cohort 24.6 26.6 11.0 15.8 30.4 --- --- 12.8 --- 30.4
2003 entry cohort 25.7 27.9 10.9 16.4 32.5 --- --- 14.1 --- 30.8
2004 entry cohort 26.2 28.5 11.2 16.9 32.9 --- --- 14.5 --- 30.1
2005 entry cohort 27.1 29.6 11.7 18.3 33.5 33.8 14.1 15.0 26.4 29.8
2006 entry cohort 27.9 30.4 12.1 18.8 34.9 35.2 15.4 13.8 29.2 29.7
2007 entry cohort 28.3 31.1 12.1 19.5 34.8 35.0 19.2 14.7 34.0 29.4
2008 entry cohort 29.3 32.1 13.3 20.0 36.1 36.5 18.7 15.4 30.7 33.1
2009 entry cohort 29.5 32.4 13.2 20.3 37.9 38.4 21.0 16.0 27.6 35.2
2010 entry cohort 30.5 33.7 13.4 21.4 38.7 39.1 23.6 13.8 27.2 37.0
2011 entry cohort 31.6 35.2 13.7 22.1 39.3 39.6 25.7 15.1 28.1 38.1
2012 entry cohort 33.2 36.9 14.9 23.1 41.3 41.7 27.7 16.4 28.7 39.6
2013 entry cohort 35.0 38.8 16.8 25.1 42.8 43.2 25.3 19.7 30.1 40.8
2014 entry cohort 36.6 40.6 18.0 26.5 45.0 45.4 26.0 19.4 32.3 42.1

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 43.6 46.2 22.1 35.0 53.5 --- --- 28.9 --- 47.0
2000 entry cohort 46.0 48.9 22.3 38.2 56.1 --- --- 33.2 --- 48.0
2002 entry cohort 46.5 49.4 22.9 38.9 57.7 --- --- 32.1 --- 50.9
2003 entry cohort 47.0 49.8 23.1 39.9 58.6 --- --- 30.7 --- 51.3
2004 entry cohort 47.8 50.6 23.2 41.2 59.0 --- --- 35.4 --- 53.2
2005 entry cohort 47.5 50.5 22.6 40.7 58.8 59.3 29.4 30.8 55.7 52.7
2006 entry cohort 48.2 51.2 23.4 42.4 60.2 60.8 34.5 34.2 58.4 52.2
2007 entry cohort 47.9 51.5 23.0 42.3 60.0 60.5 37.7 32.2 57.8 51.4
2008 entry cohort 47.7 51.3 23.0 42.4 59.5 59.9 43.5 31.5 53.9 51.8
2009 entry cohort 47.8 51.5 22.9 42.0 60.7 61.4 37.3 36.3 52.7 53.9
2010 entry cohort 48.4 52.5 23.1 43.0 60.4 61.2 35.3 32.7 51.2 53.3
2011 entry cohort 49.2 53.3 23.7 45.1 61.6 62.4 32.7 30.6 48.5 52.4
2012 entry cohort 49.9 54.1 24.7 45.2 63.2 64.2 33.4 31.9 48.0 52.3
2013 entry cohort 50.9 55.1 26.2 46.2 63.6 64.4 36.7 33.4 47.8 53.5
2014 entry cohort 51.3 55.5 27.0 47.4 63.9 64.6 39.7 34.1 49.1 53.9

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 22.3 25.5 16.1 23.0 27.7 --- --- 25.6 --- 33.1
2000 entry cohort 28.2 32.1 20.9 30.2 42.6 --- --- 27.7 --- 35.1
2002 entry cohort 17.8 21.3 12.2 20.2 33.2 --- --- 17.6 --- 4.0
2003 entry cohort 17.4 20.9 11.8 20.8 28.1 --- --- 11.1 --- 6.4
2004 entry cohort 23.5 30.5 15.0 21.6 36.6 --- --- 12.1 --- 10.7
2005 entry cohort 23.6 31.4 12.0 22.2 32.2 33.2 24.0 20.8 25.2 16.7
2006 entry cohort 27.8 37.2 16.6 26.0 33.7 35.2 17.2 14.7 30.1 23.7
2007 entry cohort 28.4 39.3 15.3 25.7 35.8 38.3 14.1 19.0 25.8 26.9
2008 entry cohort 20.7 30.5 11.1 21.9 34.0 35.8 16.4 12.4 27.8 14.9
2009 entry cohort 17.0 25.4 10.4 19.2 32.1 36.2 7.1 12.2 23.8 15.1
2010 entry cohort 21.8 32.4 13.6 22.3 38.4 41.1 18.5 16.3 30.0 17.9
2011 entry cohort 17.1 21.8 9.5 19.2 28.6 32.3 14.5 7.5 22.9 28.5
2012 entry cohort 21.2 24.1 14.0 22.8 32.3 36.7 16.1 11.7 24.7 26.2
2013 entry cohort 22.2 25.2 15.2 23.2 30.1 33.2 14.9 16.2 33.6 37.8
2014 entry cohort 25.7 30.5 16.9 31.3 34.2 38.2 16.0 18.8 27.6 38.0

Graduating within 4 years after
    entry, females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 38.0 41.1 23.2 25.8 42.2 --- --- 21.7 --- 45.8
2000 entry cohort 40.1 43.4 25.1 28.9 45.6 --- --- 24.0 --- 45.3
2002 entry cohort 40.8 44.2 24.4 30.1 47.8 --- --- 23.1 --- 41.4
2003 entry cohort 41.0 44.8 23.9 29.8 48.1 --- --- 22.8 --- 41.1
2004 entry cohort 42.2 45.9 24.2 31.4 49.4 --- --- 24.0 --- 48.1
2005 entry cohort 42.2 46.4 23.7 31.3 49.6 50.1 24.2 24.1 47.3 48.4
2006 entry cohort 43.1 47.4 23.9 32.5 50.2 50.8 26.2 25.2 49.1 49.3
2007 entry cohort 43.5 48.1 24.3 33.1 50.7 51.3 27.1 26.3 52.2 50.8
2008 entry cohort 44.0 48.6 24.9 33.9 51.6 52.4 27.8 26.0 50.6 52.5
2009 entry cohort 44.2 49.4 23.9 34.4 53.3 54.1 28.7 26.7 44.5 56.0
2010 entry cohort 45.1 50.5 24.8 35.5 54.3 54.9 34.7 25.9 43.7 57.5
2011 entry cohort 45.9 51.3 25.2 36.1 54.9 55.5 34.8 24.0 42.1 59.4
2012 entry cohort 48.4 53.5 28.0 38.3 56.8 57.5 34.2 27.9 43.5 61.0
2013 entry cohort 50.0 55.0 30.0 39.8 58.4 59.0 38.6 28.6 45.2 61.2
2014 entry cohort 51.3 56.3 31.8 41.7 60.3 60.9 38.4 30.1 46.8 61.9

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 30.3 33.3 18.3 18.4 33.2 --- --- 17.3 --- 34.1
2000 entry cohort 33.5 36.3 22.0 22.2 39.2 --- --- 19.9 --- 36.2
2002 entry cohort 34.4 37.3 21.0 23.5 40.8 --- --- 18.5 --- 37.1
2003 entry cohort 35.0 38.3 20.2 23.9 42.0 --- --- 19.2 --- 37.2
2004 entry cohort 35.7 39.2 19.9 24.9 42.6 --- --- 19.3 --- 39.6
2005 entry cohort 36.2 39.9 20.2 25.5 43.5 43.9 19.0 20.1 30.7 37.7
2006 entry cohort 37.2 41.1 20.6 26.4 44.7 45.1 21.3 21.1 31.5 39.1
2007 entry cohort 37.8 42.0 21.0 27.5 44.6 45.1 22.9 23.2 37.5 40.8
2008 entry cohort 38.8 43.1 22.2 28.5 45.8 46.4 24.5 21.9 38.7 44.0
2009 entry cohort 39.5 44.0 21.6 29.4 47.7 48.3 26.2 22.8 35.4 49.0
2010 entry cohort 40.3 45.1 22.0 30.3 48.2 48.6 33.1 21.2 36.9 51.9
2011 entry cohort 41.4 46.6 22.5 31.2 49.7 50.0 35.9 21.4 36.4 54.6
2012 entry cohort 43.6 48.8 24.5 33.3 51.6 52.0 34.1 23.7 38.2 56.9
2013 entry cohort 45.5 50.7 26.7 35.0 53.6 54.0 37.3 25.1 40.4 56.9
2014 entry cohort 47.2 52.4 28.8 37.2 55.9 56.4 35.2 26.2 41.9 58.1

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 52.6 55.5 34.2 43.5 61.6 --- --- 37.5 --- 54.4
2000 entry cohort 53.6 57.2 32.2 46.2 60.9 --- --- 38.1 --- 53.2
2002 entry cohort 55.3 58.5 33.9 48.1 65.0 --- --- 40.4 --- 60.2
2003 entry cohort 55.3 58.6 34.4 46.7 63.7 --- --- 37.0 --- 59.7
2004 entry cohort 56.4 59.4 35.9 49.6 65.6 --- --- 41.5 --- 61.9
2005 entry cohort 55.9 59.2 34.1 48.1 64.9 65.5 38.6 38.5 63.1 62.7
2006 entry cohort 56.7 60.1 34.4 50.8 64.9 65.7 39.2 40.9 64.4 61.8
2007 entry cohort 56.8 60.6 34.6 49.8 66.4 67.2 42.0 40.7 65.6 62.9
2008 entry cohort 56.8 60.5 34.8 50.5 66.5 67.1 45.6 41.0 62.5 63.0
2009 entry cohort 57.3 61.5 33.9 51.0 67.3 67.9 45.1 42.3 59.4 65.2
2010 entry cohort 57.8 62.4 34.1 51.7 68.3 69.1 43.6 41.2 59.0 64.9
2011 entry cohort 58.6 62.6 35.9 53.3 68.1 68.8 44.0 36.7 57.8 66.1
2012 entry cohort 59.7 63.7 38.0 53.6 69.4 70.3 40.8 42.3 57.2 66.7
2013 entry cohort 60.8 64.6 40.1 54.6 70.1 70.9 46.6 41.5 56.9 67.0
2014 entry cohort 61.2 65.2 40.4 55.4 70.8 71.4 49.0 43.4 58.6 67.0

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 21.1 27.5 13.7 16.1 20.3 --- --- 9.6 --- 34.6
2000 entry cohort 19.0 22.9 18.4 21.7 36.8 --- --- 25.6 --- 33.6
2002 entry cohort 11.9 14.3 9.0 18.1 23.6 --- --- 6.0 --- 3.1
2003 entry cohort 12.8 15.9 9.5 18.3 22.8 --- --- 6.7 --- 3.7
2004 entry cohort 17.8 23.8 12.2 19.9 25.0 --- --- 7.4 --- 10.5
2005 entry cohort 16.9 24.1 10.4 17.3 30.9 34.6 5.9 11.4 24.0 14.4
2006 entry cohort 18.1 26.7 10.1 20.3 26.2 29.3 3.7 11.8 24.1 21.3
2007 entry cohort 17.0 24.3 9.4 19.9 28.5 34.2 3.6 8.1 29.4 22.3
2008 entry cohort 14.7 22.3 8.6 19.8 27.4 33.6 4.9 13.1 33.0 23.7
2009 entry cohort 11.3 17.4 5.7 17.0 26.6 34.0 7.0 8.5 11.7 25.8
2010 entry cohort 13.4 18.6 9.4 17.8 31.3 36.1 12.0 10.9 17.6 29.5
2011 entry cohort 12.3 13.2 6.7 16.2 27.1 34.4 10.4 6.0 14.5 34.2
2012 entry cohort 17.4 17.9 12.4 19.6 28.1 35.8 9.4 8.7 18.6 39.0
2013 entry cohort 17.3 17.0 12.5 21.8 32.6 39.0 14.4 7.4 21.4 42.2
2014 entry cohort 20.2 20.2 14.5 27.8 38.8 46.8 12.2 13.7 20.9 47.7

Graduating within 5 years after
    entry, males and females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 50.2 53.3 33.3 38.9 56.4 --- --- 33.3 --- 54.3
2000 entry cohort 52.6 55.7 36.0 42.4 60.1 --- --- 35.1 --- 55.2
2002 entry cohort 52.6 56.0 34.4 42.7 61.3 --- --- 34.0 --- 51.0
2003 entry cohort 53.2 56.9 34.2 43.0 62.1 --- --- 33.7 --- 52.1
2004 entry cohort 54.1 57.7 34.5 44.0 62.9 --- --- 34.7 --- 57.2
2005 entry cohort 54.2 58.0 34.2 44.6 63.2 63.6 40.6 34.7 58.6 58.1
2006 entry cohort 54.9 58.7 34.9 45.8 64.4 64.9 41.7 35.6 61.8 59.0
2007 entry cohort 55.1 59.1 35.4 46.4 64.2 64.7 42.7 36.3 63.9 58.9
2008 entry cohort 55.4 59.5 35.7 47.1 65.1 65.7 43.7 36.3 60.6 60.9
2009 entry cohort 55.3 59.7 34.3 47.6 67.0 67.7 42.2 36.9 54.8 64.0
2010 entry cohort 55.8 60.4 34.7 48.8 67.4 68.1 46.5 34.6 55.2 65.4
2011 entry cohort 56.6 61.1 35.4 49.4 68.2 68.9 44.3 33.9 53.1 66.2
2012 entry cohort 58.7 62.8 37.9 51.4 69.8 70.5 45.6 36.2 53.9 67.2
2013 entry cohort 59.9 63.8 40.2 52.7 70.9 71.5 49.1 37.5 55.6 68.2
2014 entry cohort 60.5 64.5 41.0 53.8 71.9 72.5 48.4 38.4 55.8 67.9

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 45.9 49.0 30.5 34.1 51.3 --- --- 30.0 --- 46.5
2000 entry cohort 49.1 51.9 34.6 38.0 56.8 --- --- 31.9 --- 49.8
2002 entry cohort 49.4 52.3 33.1 38.9 57.8 --- --- 30.9 --- 50.6
2003 entry cohort 50.3 53.6 32.4 39.5 59.0 --- --- 31.6 --- 51.4
2004 entry cohort 50.7 54.1 32.2 40.2 59.3 --- --- 31.6 --- 51.9
2005 entry cohort 51.1 54.7 32.6 41.4 59.9 60.2 39.1 32.5 47.6 51.3
2006 entry cohort 51.9 55.5 33.5 42.2 61.6 62.0 41.3 32.9 50.1 51.9
2007 entry cohort 52.3 56.0 34.1 43.3 61.0 61.4 41.4 34.5 55.0 51.9
2008 entry cohort 53.1 56.7 35.1 44.4 62.1 62.6 41.8 34.1 52.1 55.1
2009 entry cohort 53.4 57.2 34.2 45.4 64.3 64.9 42.7 34.1 48.8 59.0
2010 entry cohort 54.0 57.8 34.5 46.6 64.6 65.1 47.4 31.4 51.0 61.5
2011 entry cohort 55.0 59.0 35.5 47.3 65.6 66.1 47.5 32.9 50.4 63.1
2012 entry cohort 56.7 60.6 37.2 49.1 67.3 67.8 47.8 34.2 51.4 64.7
2013 entry cohort 58.1 61.8 39.8 50.5 68.7 69.1 49.3 35.7 53.1 65.7
2014 entry cohort 59.1 62.8 40.9 51.7 70.0 70.5 47.8 35.8 53.2 65.7

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 59.2 61.8 40.2 51.4 68.7 --- --- 45.2 --- 60.4
2000 entry cohort 60.8 63.8 39.9 55.0 69.9 --- --- 46.9 --- 60.4
2002 entry cohort 61.8 64.8 40.1 56.0 72.0 --- --- 46.9 --- 65.3
2003 entry cohort 62.3 65.2 41.2 56.1 72.0 --- --- 44.4 --- 65.6
2004 entry cohort 63.0 65.8 41.8 57.8 73.1 --- --- 47.9 --- 67.9
2005 entry cohort 62.6 65.6 40.5 56.6 73.1 73.6 49.4 44.0 71.5 67.9
2006 entry cohort 63.2 66.1 41.2 59.0 73.5 74.2 47.4 48.8 74.5 68.6
2007 entry cohort 63.2 66.4 41.3 58.4 74.2 74.8 53.6 45.9 74.1 68.2
2008 entry cohort 63.2 66.4 41.3 58.6 74.3 74.7 57.6 46.6 70.7 68.8
2009 entry cohort 63.3 66.8 39.7 58.6 75.1 75.8 51.5 49.5 67.1 71.2
2010 entry cohort 63.7 67.6 39.8 59.5 75.4 76.2 50.8 47.4 66.2 71.2
2011 entry cohort 64.3 67.8 41.2 60.4 76.3 77.0 49.4 43.9 64.1 71.3
2012 entry cohort 65.0 68.6 42.3 60.7 77.2 78.1 49.0 46.1 63.0 71.2
2013 entry cohort 65.9 69.4 44.2 61.7 77.7 78.4 54.9 46.6 63.1 72.1
2014 entry cohort 65.6 69.2 43.9 61.5 77.6 78.3 55.5 48.0 63.4 71.3

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 25.4 30.1 17.8 23.1 27.3 --- --- 19.8 --- 51.6
2000 entry cohort 28.5 33.2 25.8 30.5 43.4 --- --- 28.3 --- 42.6
2002 entry cohort 18.0 21.3 13.2 22.7 32.2 --- --- 12.7 --- 6.0
2003 entry cohort 20.2 23.6 15.6 24.4 30.4 --- --- 11.4 --- 10.0
2004 entry cohort 25.9 32.9 19.1 25.8 36.5 --- --- 15.5 --- 17.7
2005 entry cohort 25.5 33.3 15.8 26.0 38.2 40.2 23.1 18.9 27.3 24.1
2006 entry cohort 28.0 37.2 17.8 29.8 38.0 40.2 18.7 16.8 30.5 30.3
2007 entry cohort 27.8 37.5 16.7 29.1 39.0 43.2 14.4 16.2 31.0 34.6
2008 entry cohort 23.0 31.8 14.8 27.7 37.4 40.9 18.8 16.9 34.6 33.3
2009 entry cohort 19.5 26.5 12.3 24.9 36.9 43.1 14.1 14.7 20.9 35.4
2010 entry cohort 22.2 30.4 14.8 26.3 41.9 45.9 20.2 16.7 27.7 38.4
2011 entry cohort 19.0 21.8 11.4 23.6 34.4 40.7 16.1 9.5 21.5 44.8
2012 entry cohort 23.8 25.7 16.6 25.9 37.0 44.6 14.3 13.1 24.7 47.2
2013 entry cohort 24.2 25.4 17.6 27.3 39.7 44.9 20.8 13.1 32.0 53.4
2014 entry cohort 27.1 29.5 18.5 34.1 42.9 49.5 17.3 20.7 28.5 56.5

Graduating within 5 years after
    entry, males
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 46.2 49.2 27.0 34.4 51.8 --- --- 31.2 --- 51.5
2000 entry cohort 49.0 52.0 29.8 37.8 56.5 --- --- 31.6 --- 53.0
2002 entry cohort 49.0 52.4 28.3 37.7 57.5 --- --- 31.0 --- 49.6
2003 entry cohort 49.9 53.5 28.5 38.6 58.6 --- --- 31.1 --- 50.9
2004 entry cohort 50.6 54.2 28.8 39.3 59.3 --- --- 31.9 --- 53.5
2005 entry cohort 50.9 54.7 28.8 40.7 59.4 59.7 39.0 33.1 55.6 54.2
2006 entry cohort 51.6 55.2 29.8 41.4 61.1 61.5 39.7 31.8 59.3 54.5
2007 entry cohort 51.6 55.5 29.8 42.2 60.4 60.7 42.3 32.6 60.5 53.9
2008 entry cohort 51.6 55.6 30.1 42.3 61.4 61.8 42.8 32.9 56.1 55.5
2009 entry cohort 51.5 55.8 29.1 42.8 63.3 63.9 41.7 33.5 50.8 58.0
2010 entry cohort 52.1 56.7 29.3 44.0 63.5 64.1 43.8 30.5 51.4 59.3
2011 entry cohort 52.9 57.5 29.8 44.7 64.1 64.8 39.8 31.7 48.9 60.0
2012 entry cohort 54.7 59.0 31.6 46.0 66.1 66.7 43.7 32.1 49.8 61.1
2013 entry cohort 55.9 60.0 33.7 47.6 66.9 67.5 44.6 34.5 51.5 62.5
2014 entry cohort 56.5 60.7 34.5 48.7 67.9 68.6 44.7 34.9 51.8 62.1

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 41.6 44.6 24.0 29.4 46.4 --- --- 27.7 --- 44.1
2000 entry cohort 44.9 47.7 27.4 32.6 52.1 --- --- 27.6 --- 47.2
2002 entry cohort 45.4 48.4 26.2 33.8 53.7 --- --- 27.6 --- 47.2
2003 entry cohort 46.7 50.0 26.3 34.7 55.1 --- --- 28.7 --- 48.2
2004 entry cohort 47.0 50.4 26.3 35.2 55.4 --- --- 28.6 --- 47.2
2005 entry cohort 47.8 51.3 26.9 37.2 56.0 56.3 37.1 31.2 44.9 46.9
2006 entry cohort 48.4 51.8 27.8 37.4 57.7 58.0 38.8 29.0 48.5 47.0
2007 entry cohort 48.6 52.2 28.1 38.6 56.9 57.2 40.8 30.2 53.7 46.8
2008 entry cohort 49.1 52.7 29.1 39.0 58.1 58.5 39.1 31.2 47.3 50.3
2009 entry cohort 49.5 53.1 28.3 40.2 60.4 60.9 41.6 30.1 45.0 53.2
2010 entry cohort 50.2 53.9 28.7 41.4 60.8 61.2 43.8 27.3 47.1 55.2
2011 entry cohort 51.1 55.2 29.4 42.1 61.4 61.9 41.5 30.2 46.4 56.8
2012 entry cohort 52.7 56.8 30.9 43.2 63.4 63.9 44.9 29.8 47.5 59.0
2013 entry cohort 54.1 57.9 33.1 44.9 64.5 65.0 44.5 33.2 48.9 60.1
2014 entry cohort 55.1 59.0 34.3 46.0 65.8 66.3 42.9 32.7 49.1 60.1

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 55.8 58.5 34.0 47.4 65.9 --- --- 42.9 --- 57.7
2000 entry cohort 58.5 61.3 35.1 51.7 69.9 --- --- 45.9 --- 58.9
2002 entry cohort 58.8 61.8 34.7 51.6 70.1 --- --- 44.0 --- 62.2
2003 entry cohort 59.3 62.3 35.0 53.2 70.7 --- --- 41.5 --- 62.2
2004 entry cohort 60.1 62.9 35.6 54.0 71.2 --- --- 46.0 --- 64.4
2005 entry cohort 59.5 62.5 34.7 53.3 70.6 71.0 45.2 40.4 69.3 63.9
2006 entry cohort 60.2 63.2 35.6 55.4 72.1 72.9 44.6 45.7 72.8 64.4
2007 entry cohort 59.7 63.2 34.9 55.1 71.5 72.0 51.2 42.5 70.9 63.1
2008 entry cohort 59.6 63.2 35.0 54.8 72.1 72.5 56.9 41.7 68.6 63.1
2009 entry cohort 59.6 63.3 34.2 54.6 72.4 73.1 49.4 47.5 63.5 65.4
2010 entry cohort 60.0 64.1 33.9 55.7 72.3 73.1 48.7 42.8 63.3 65.7
2011 entry cohort 60.5 64.5 34.7 56.6 73.6 74.5 44.8 41.7 59.9 65.5
2012 entry cohort 61.1 65.2 35.5 56.7 74.9 75.7 47.4 42.4 59.4 65.0
2013 entry cohort 61.9 65.8 37.1 57.7 75.1 75.9 49.6 41.1 59.1 66.3
2014 entry cohort 61.5 65.4 36.9 57.8 75.3 76.0 53.4 43.3 59.7 65.8

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 25.6 29.2 18.1 25.4 29.9 --- --- 30.8 --- 51.0
2000 entry cohort 32.1 36.5 25.3 33.9 45.0 --- --- 27.7 --- 42.1
2002 entry cohort 21.0 24.7 14.9 23.7 35.5 --- --- 18.5 --- 6.2
2003 entry cohort 22.6 26.3 16.0 24.9 32.0 --- --- 16.0 --- 10.2
2004 entry cohort 27.8 35.1 19.1 25.9 41.6 --- --- 15.0 --- 16.8
2005 entry cohort 28.7 36.4 16.4 27.4 38.1 38.7 33.3 23.8 28.5 24.9
2006 entry cohort 32.5 41.5 20.9 32.0 40.8 42.1 25.9 18.2 34.0 32.4
2007 entry cohort 32.7 43.3 19.5 30.7 41.8 44.2 21.1 23.1 27.7 34.8
2008 entry cohort 25.1 34.9 14.7 27.4 40.6 42.2 25.4 14.7 31.1 26.7
2009 entry cohort 21.4 29.7 13.7 24.7 38.9 42.9 14.1 14.8 27.2 26.4
2010 entry cohort 25.4 35.9 16.2 27.2 44.8 47.7 23.5 17.6 32.4 31.2
2011 entry cohort 20.4 25.2 11.8 24.5 34.3 39.0 16.9 9.0 24.0 37.7
2012 entry cohort 24.4 27.4 16.5 26.5 38.3 43.8 18.3 13.6 26.0 37.0
2013 entry cohort 26.1 28.8 18.1 27.4 39.0 42.9 20.3 18.2 37.2 49.2
2014 entry cohort 28.9 33.6 18.9 35.1 38.3 42.6 18.7 18.8 30.9 47.0

Graduating within 5 years after
    entry, females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 53.6 56.8 37.5 42.4 60.5 --- --- 34.9 --- 57.9
2000 entry cohort 55.6 58.8 40.1 45.9 63.4 --- --- 37.8 --- 58.0
2002 entry cohort 55.6 59.0 38.6 46.4 64.6 --- --- 36.1 --- 52.6
2003 entry cohort 55.9 59.7 38.0 46.2 65.1 --- --- 35.8 --- 53.5
2004 entry cohort 56.9 60.7 38.3 47.6 66.0 --- --- 36.8 --- 61.4
2005 entry cohort 56.8 60.8 37.8 47.5 66.5 66.9 41.9 35.9 61.2 62.4
2006 entry cohort 57.6 61.7 38.4 49.0 67.4 68.0 43.2 38.5 63.7 64.2
2007 entry cohort 58.1 62.2 39.3 49.6 67.7 68.4 42.9 39.0 66.3 64.9
2008 entry cohort 58.5 62.8 39.6 50.8 68.4 69.2 44.4 38.8 63.7 66.9
2009 entry cohort 58.4 63.1 37.9 51.3 70.3 71.2 42.6 39.6 57.8 70.8
2010 entry cohort 58.9 63.7 38.7 52.4 70.9 71.6 48.7 37.8 58.0 72.5
2011 entry cohort 59.7 64.2 39.5 52.9 71.8 72.6 48.0 35.7 56.4 73.8
2012 entry cohort 62.0 66.1 42.5 55.4 73.2 74.0 47.2 39.5 57.1 74.8
2013 entry cohort 63.3 67.0 45.0 56.5 74.5 75.1 52.8 39.8 58.7 75.3
2014 entry cohort 63.9 67.7 45.8 57.7 75.4 76.0 51.6 41.1 58.9 75.1

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 49.5 52.7 34.8 37.8 56.0 --- --- 31.8 --- 50.0
2000 entry cohort 52.7 55.5 39.3 42.1 61.0 --- --- 35.1 --- 53.5
2002 entry cohort 52.6 55.6 37.8 42.8 61.5 --- --- 33.3 --- 54.6
2003 entry cohort 53.3 56.8 36.5 43.1 62.6 --- --- 33.9 --- 55.0
2004 entry cohort 53.8 57.4 36.2 44.0 62.9 --- --- 34.0 --- 57.6
2005 entry cohort 53.9 57.7 36.3 44.5 63.4 63.7 40.5 33.5 50.0 56.5
2006 entry cohort 54.9 58.7 37.2 45.7 65.2 65.6 43.3 36.0 51.3 58.0
2007 entry cohort 55.5 59.4 38.1 46.8 64.8 65.3 41.9 37.7 56.0 58.3
2008 entry cohort 56.5 60.3 39.1 48.4 65.9 66.6 43.7 36.2 55.7 61.0
2009 entry cohort 56.9 60.8 38.3 49.3 68.0 68.7 43.8 37.2 51.9 66.3
2010 entry cohort 57.3 61.4 38.5 50.6 68.3 68.8 50.7 34.6 54.0 69.5
2011 entry cohort 58.2 62.4 39.6 51.2 69.7 70.2 52.8 35.0 53.4 71.8
2012 entry cohort 60.0 64.0 41.6 53.5 71.1 71.6 50.5 37.6 54.5 72.6
2013 entry cohort 61.5 65.3 44.4 54.6 72.6 73.1 53.6 37.7 56.3 73.2
2014 entry cohort 62.5 66.2 45.4 56.0 73.9 74.5 52.2 38.2 56.4 73.6

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 61.8 64.5 44.5 54.3 71.0 --- --- 47.0 --- 63.7
2000 entry cohort 62.7 65.8 43.2 57.4 70.0 --- --- 47.7 --- 62.3
2002 entry cohort 64.2 67.1 43.9 59.0 73.4 --- --- 49.0 --- 68.7
2003 entry cohort 64.6 67.5 45.5 58.0 73.0 --- --- 46.5 --- 69.3
2004 entry cohort 65.4 68.0 46.3 60.4 74.6 --- --- 49.3 --- 71.6
2005 entry cohort 65.1 68.0 44.8 58.8 75.0 75.5 52.3 46.7 73.1 72.4
2006 entry cohort 65.7 68.5 45.4 61.5 74.5 75.2 49.5 50.8 75.5 73.3
2007 entry cohort 65.9 68.9 46.2 60.7 76.2 76.9 55.1 48.5 76.2 73.7
2008 entry cohort 66.0 69.0 46.1 61.3 76.0 76.5 58.0 50.1 72.0 74.7
2009 entry cohort 66.3 69.7 44.0 61.5 77.2 77.9 53.4 51.1 69.4 77.2
2010 entry cohort 66.7 70.4 44.5 62.1 77.8 78.6 52.4 50.6 68.2 77.2
2011 entry cohort 67.3 70.6 46.3 63.1 78.3 79.0 53.0 45.7 67.0 77.5
2012 entry cohort 68.1 71.4 47.8 63.5 79.0 79.9 50.3 48.8 65.6 78.1
2013 entry cohort 69.2 72.2 50.0 64.5 79.6 80.3 58.8 50.8 66.0 78.4
2014 entry cohort 69.0 72.2 49.8 64.2 79.2 79.9 57.1 51.8 66.1 77.3

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 25.1 31.4 17.6 20.0 23.7 --- --- 11.5 --- 52.2
2000 entry cohort 24.5 28.6 26.1 26.4 40.4 --- --- 29.1 --- 43.3
2002 entry cohort 15.3 17.8 12.1 21.7 27.5 --- --- 8.1 --- 5.8
2003 entry cohort 18.3 21.4 15.3 23.9 28.8 --- --- 8.5 --- 9.9
2004 entry cohort 24.2 30.5 19.1 25.6 30.3 --- --- 15.8 --- 18.3
2005 entry cohort 22.6 29.9 15.5 24.7 38.3 42.3 11.8 15.5 26.0 23.5
2006 entry cohort 23.8 31.8 15.8 27.8 35.1 38.1 13.6 15.8 25.9 28.5
2007 entry cohort 23.2 30.4 14.9 27.5 36.3 42.2 10.9 11.4 35.8 34.4
2008 entry cohort 21.2 28.6 14.9 27.9 34.4 39.5 16.0 18.7 39.6 38.9
2009 entry cohort 17.8 23.5 11.4 25.2 35.2 43.3 14.1 14.6 15.7 42.9
2010 entry cohort 19.1 24.4 13.5 25.5 38.6 43.7 17.9 16.0 21.3 44.6
2011 entry cohort 17.7 19.1 11.1 22.8 34.4 42.6 15.6 9.8 18.0 50.7
2012 entry cohort 23.1 23.8 16.7 25.4 35.6 45.5 11.1 12.7 22.7 56.5
2013 entry cohort 22.5 22.2 17.1 27.3 40.4 47.1 21.2 9.0 26.0 57.2
2014 entry cohort 25.4 25.4 18.2 33.0 47.3 56.6 16.3 22.2 26.1 65.0

Graduating within 6 years after
    entry, males and females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 55.4 58.1 38.9 45.7 63.4 --- --- 38.0 --- 58.0
2000 entry cohort 57.6 60.2 42.1 49.1 66.7 --- --- 40.2 --- 59.6
2002 entry cohort 57.4 60.4 40.2 49.0 67.2 --- --- 38.4 --- 55.4
2003 entry cohort 57.8 61.1 39.5 49.1 68.1 --- --- 38.7 --- 56.1
2004 entry cohort 58.4 61.6 39.6 50.2 68.7 --- --- 39.4 --- 61.6
2005 entry cohort 58.6 62.0 39.5 51.0 69.2 69.6 48.3 39.3 64.2 62.6
2006 entry cohort 59.2 62.5 40.2 51.9 70.1 70.6 48.5 40.2 66.6 63.6
2007 entry cohort 59.4 62.9 40.7 52.5 70.0 70.5 49.5 40.6 67.8 63.9
2008 entry cohort 59.6 63.2 40.9 53.5 70.6 71.2 49.9 41.0 65.2 65.7
2009 entry cohort 59.4 63.3 39.5 53.6 72.3 73.0 48.5 41.2 59.2 68.8
2010 entry cohort 59.7 63.7 39.3 54.3 72.8 73.5 50.9 38.5 59.4 70.0
2011 entry cohort 60.4 64.4 39.8 55.0 73.4 74.1 48.8 37.7 57.1 71.0
2012 entry cohort 62.4 65.9 42.4 56.7 74.7 75.5 49.0 40.6 57.7 71.5
2013 entry cohort 63.4 66.7 44.3 57.9 75.5 76.1 53.4 40.8 59.3 72.3

2014 entry cohort2
64.0 67.4 45.0 58.7 76.3 77.0 52.2 41.5 59.5 72.0
Open admissions 27.9 31.7 18.8 32.6 33.8 37.7 14.2 15.5 24.6 42.4
90 percent or more accepted 51.7 55.8 31.2 44.5 56.0 57.2 36.4 30.8 42.3 51.9
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 60.0 64.0 42.4 52.2 65.4 66.2 49.3 40.7 53.2 64.8
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 64.6 68.8 47.0 58.0 73.1 73.5 55.0 46.6 59.0 69.4
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 75.3 79.2 54.7 70.1 82.9 83.2 65.6 52.3 75.2 79.1
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 90.4 91.7 73.4 89.1 95.3 95.4 85.7 80.4 91.9 92.0

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 51.7 54.3 36.8 42.1 59.5 --- --- 35.3 --- 51.3
2000 entry cohort 54.8 57.1 40.8 46.0 64.1 --- --- 37.5 --- 54.6
2002 entry cohort 55.0 57.6 39.6 46.5 64.7 --- --- 35.8 --- 55.7
2003 entry cohort 55.8 58.7 38.6 47.0 65.9 --- --- 37.2 --- 56.4
2004 entry cohort 56.1 59.0 38.5 47.9 66.3 --- --- 37.0 --- 57.2
2005 entry cohort 56.6 59.6 38.8 48.9 67.0 67.2 49.7 37.8 55.7 57.3
2006 entry cohort 57.2 60.3 39.7 49.5 68.2 68.5 49.1 38.2 57.0 57.7
2007 entry cohort 57.7 60.7 40.3 50.7 68.0 68.3 49.8 39.5 60.6 58.2
2008 entry cohort 58.5 61.4 41.2 52.3 68.9 69.4 49.2 39.7 59.0 61.0
2009 entry cohort 58.6 61.6 40.4 52.8 70.7 71.2 49.9 39.1 54.4 64.9
2010 entry cohort 58.9 62.0 40.3 53.6 71.1 71.7 52.5 36.3 56.3 67.1
2011 entry cohort 59.7 63.0 40.9 54.2 71.8 72.3 52.9 37.5 55.3 68.5
2012 entry cohort 61.2 64.3 42.8 55.6 73.1 73.6 51.7 39.5 56.0 69.7
2013 entry cohort 62.4 65.3 44.7 56.8 74.0 74.5 54.4 39.7 57.4 70.3

2014 entry cohort2
63.1 66.2 45.7 57.6 74.8 75.3 51.7 39.4 57.3 70.2
Open admissions 28.6 32.0 19.5 26.5 26.5 28.2 12.9 13.8 22.0 33.3
90 percent or more accepted 51.1 55.5 29.5 42.6 54.9 55.7 40.3 29.7 41.0 51.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 59.0 62.8 41.6 51.2 64.4 65.3 45.7 39.3 51.6 64.9
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 64.8 68.9 48.7 57.7 73.3 73.8 51.8 45.8 58.7 70.7
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 74.5 78.9 54.0 69.2 82.1 82.2 69.3 54.9 74.4 76.3
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 89.3 91.3 63.9 86.0 94.0 94.0 89.5 79.2 90.9 90.3

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 63.1 65.7 44.6 55.7 73.5 --- --- 48.1 --- 63.4
2000 entry cohort 64.5 67.0 45.9 59.0 75.2 --- --- 50.9 --- 64.5
2002 entry cohort 64.8 67.5 44.6 59.6 75.7 --- --- 49.8 --- 68.4
2003 entry cohort 65.1 67.8 45.0 59.4 76.0 --- --- 47.6 --- 69.3
2004 entry cohort 65.5 67.9 45.0 60.6 76.2 --- --- 50.8 --- 71.3
2005 entry cohort 65.2 67.8 43.9 60.4 76.5 77.0 52.6 46.5 75.2 71.0
2006 entry cohort 65.5 68.1 44.5 62.0 76.8 77.5 52.6 51.3 77.5 71.9
2007 entry cohort 65.3 68.3 44.5 60.9 77.0 77.5 57.6 47.9 76.8 71.5
2008 entry cohort 65.4 68.3 44.6 61.5 76.9 77.3 60.5 48.7 73.2 72.2
2009 entry cohort 65.6 68.8 43.5 61.2 77.9 78.5 55.6 52.0 69.6 74.8
2010 entry cohort 65.9 69.4 42.9 61.9 78.4 79.2 54.6 49.3 68.5 74.7
2011 entry cohort 66.5 69.7 44.0 62.8 79.1 79.8 52.6 46.1 66.4 75.2
2012 entry cohort 67.2 70.6 44.8 63.1 79.9 80.8 52.2 48.4 65.4 74.4
2013 entry cohort 67.9 71.0 46.7 63.9 80.3 81.0 58.2 48.5 65.5 75.3

2014 entry cohort2
68.0 71.2 46.5 64.0 81.0 81.7 59.5 49.6 66.2 75.0
Open admissions 32.7 38.8 21.9 42.0 49.6 52.0 32.1 18.0 21.1 38.3
90 percent or more accepted 53.2 56.6 35.0 49.9 59.5 62.1 28.9 39.5 46.1 52.8
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 63.6 68.1 45.5 56.1 68.3 69.0 57.5 48.3 58.8 63.7
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 64.3 68.8 43.1 59.3 72.4 72.8 61.9 48.5 59.8 67.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 76.5 79.7 55.4 72.6 85.5 86.1 58.6 48.6 76.6 81.5
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 90.7 91.7 75.7 90.5 95.9 96.0 83.6 80.8 92.2 92.5

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 28.0 33.2 19.2 24.6 28.9 --- --- 23.1 --- 54.0
2000 entry cohort 31.3 36.8 27.9 33.3 45.9 --- --- 29.3 --- 46.4
2002 entry cohort 22.8 25.9 17.0 27.6 35.7 --- --- 17.2 --- 12.5
2003 entry cohort 23.5 27.3 18.3 26.8 33.3 --- --- 13.9 --- 11.8
2004 entry cohort 28.6 35.5 21.4 29.0 38.8 --- --- 19.0 --- 21.8
2005 entry cohort 29.1 36.2 19.8 30.2 42.3 44.3 27.3 22.3 27.8 28.4
2006 entry cohort 31.5 40.3 21.1 33.7 42.5 44.4 25.2 18.8 32.4 35.5
2007 entry cohort 31.9 40.0 22.4 35.0 43.2 47.0 21.2 19.6 32.5 41.1
2008 entry cohort 26.4 34.5 18.7 31.6 41.1 44.1 25.3 19.8 35.4 41.3
2009 entry cohort 22.7 29.3 15.5 28.7 40.0 45.3 20.4 16.7 26.7 42.2
2010 entry cohort 24.1 31.3 15.7 28.8 43.7 47.8 21.7 17.1 28.8 42.9
2011 entry cohort 20.8 23.5 13.4 26.2 37.1 43.6 18.4 11.0 22.7 49.0
2012 entry cohort 25.4 27.1 17.7 27.7 39.0 46.6 16.2 14.6 25.9 53.2
2013 entry cohort 26.3 27.4 19.2 29.9 41.8 47.2 22.4 14.2 33.4 58.2
2014 entry cohort 29.3 31.6 19.8 36.1 46.1 53.2 18.5 22.1 31.5 61.4

Graduating within 6 years after
    entry, males
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 52.0 54.8 32.8 41.3 59.5 --- --- 36.2 --- 55.4
2000 entry cohort 54.3 57.1 35.6 44.6 62.9 --- --- 37.0 --- 56.8
2002 entry cohort 54.4 57.5 34.0 44.2 64.1 --- --- 35.3 --- 54.0
2003 entry cohort 55.1 58.4 34.1 44.9 65.1 --- --- 36.7 --- 55.0
2004 entry cohort 55.6 58.9 34.3 45.7 65.7 --- --- 37.5 --- 58.5
2005 entry cohort 56.0 59.4 34.2 47.2 66.3 66.6 48.6 37.9 61.3 59.2
2006 entry cohort 56.5 59.8 35.2 47.8 67.4 67.8 46.4 37.2 64.5 60.1
2007 entry cohort 56.5 60.0 35.3 48.6 66.7 67.1 50.0 37.3 64.9 59.8
2008 entry cohort 56.5 60.1 35.3 48.9 67.6 68.0 49.9 38.6 61.7 61.7
2009 entry cohort 56.2 60.0 34.3 49.2 69.2 69.8 48.8 38.2 55.9 64.2
2010 entry cohort 56.5 60.6 33.9 50.0 69.5 70.1 49.5 34.7 56.2 65.4
2011 entry cohort 57.3 61.4 34.1 50.7 70.0 70.7 44.6 36.0 53.6 66.3
2012 entry cohort 59.0 62.7 36.2 51.9 71.7 72.4 47.8 36.6 53.9 66.5
2013 entry cohort 59.9 63.4 38.0 53.3 72.3 72.9 49.5 37.9 55.6 67.7

2014 entry cohort2
60.5 64.1 38.6 54.0 73.1 73.7 48.7 38.2 55.9 67.2
Open admissions 27.8 32.3 17.4 31.4 32.6 36.3 9.2 12.3 24.5 36.9
90 percent or more accepted 46.8 50.9 25.8 39.1 50.6 51.7 35.1 28.0 38.3 48.6
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 56.6 60.6 37.8 47.6 61.3 61.9 49.9 36.8 49.3 60.2
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 60.5 65.0 39.6 52.7 69.5 70.0 47.9 42.7 54.8 64.5
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 72.2 76.6 47.3 65.6 79.8 80.1 60.6 48.7 72.5 75.5
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 89.5 91.0 70.2 87.5 94.5 94.6 83.3 86.1 91.3 90.9

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 48.1 50.8 30.3 37.5 55.2 --- --- 33.1 --- 48.8
2000 entry cohort 51.4 53.9 34.1 41.1 60.0 --- --- 33.6 --- 52.1
2002 entry cohort 51.9 54.6 33.0 41.5 61.3 --- --- 32.3 --- 52.6
2003 entry cohort 52.9 55.9 32.9 42.4 62.7 --- --- 35.0 --- 53.5
2004 entry cohort 53.2 56.2 32.9 43.1 63.0 --- --- 34.9 --- 53.1
2005 entry cohort 53.9 57.0 33.3 44.9 64.0 64.2 50.9 36.8 52.7 53.3
2006 entry cohort 54.4 57.4 34.2 45.0 65.1 65.4 47.2 35.3 56.1 53.7
2007 entry cohort 54.6 57.7 34.7 46.3 64.4 64.7 49.5 35.8 59.4 54.1
2008 entry cohort 55.2 58.2 35.4 47.3 65.6 65.9 47.7 37.9 54.9 57.4
2009 entry cohort 55.3 58.3 34.8 48.1 67.4 67.8 50.0 35.6 51.4 60.5
2010 entry cohort 55.7 58.9 34.7 49.0 67.8 68.2 49.9 32.5 53.0 62.3
2011 entry cohort 56.6 59.9 35.0 49.5 68.2 68.7 47.2 35.7 52.3 63.6
2012 entry cohort 57.9 61.2 36.8 50.3 69.9 70.4 49.5 35.0 52.5 65.1
2013 entry cohort 59.0 62.1 38.4 52.0 70.7 71.2 50.1 37.3 53.7 66.0

2014 entry cohort2
59.7 63.0 39.4 52.4 71.3 71.8 47.6 36.5 53.7 65.6
Open admissions 25.7 28.8 17.1 22.0 22.9 24.6 8.1 12.4 19.2 29.9
90 percent or more accepted 46.7 51.1 25.2 37.4 48.4 49.1 35.3 27.4 36.9 49.2
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 55.8 59.7 36.2 47.0 60.5 61.3 44.2 35.0 47.7 60.7
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 61.1 65.5 42.0 52.3 69.7 70.2 44.7 42.5 54.9 66.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 71.5 76.1 47.1 63.9 78.9 79.0 66.2 53.5 72.3 73.2
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 87.9 90.1 60.4 82.7 93.1 93.1 90.0 89.3 90.1 87.5

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 60.4 63.0 38.9 52.1 71.5 --- --- 46.7 --- 60.9
2000 entry cohort 61.7 64.4 39.3 55.3 73.1 --- --- 50.1 --- 61.7
2002 entry cohort 62.1 65.0 38.4 55.5 74.0 --- --- 46.6 --- 65.3
2003 entry cohort 62.5 65.3 38.9 56.7 74.2 --- --- 45.4 --- 65.8
2004 entry cohort 63.0 65.7 39.3 57.1 74.5 --- --- 49.5 --- 68.3
2005 entry cohort 62.5 65.3 38.2 57.2 74.6 75.1 49.2 42.8 73.5 67.4
2006 entry cohort 62.9 65.6 39.2 58.7 75.6 76.3 49.1 48.6 76.2 68.8
2007 entry cohort 62.3 65.6 38.2 58.0 74.9 75.3 58.1 44.5 74.3 67.3
2008 entry cohort 62.3 65.6 38.3 57.8 75.0 75.3 60.7 44.4 72.2 68.0
2009 entry cohort 62.2 65.6 37.5 57.6 75.7 76.3 54.3 50.0 66.8 70.3
2010 entry cohort 62.6 66.3 37.0 58.5 75.8 76.5 53.6 45.3 65.8 70.6
2011 entry cohort 63.1 66.7 37.5 59.3 76.9 77.7 48.3 44.0 62.7 71.1
2012 entry cohort 63.6 67.4 38.2 59.4 77.9 78.8 50.9 45.5 61.8 69.2
2013 entry cohort 64.1 67.7 39.7 60.1 78.2 79.0 53.6 43.0 61.8 70.6

2014 entry cohort2
64.1 67.7 39.6 60.5 79.4 80.1 56.5 45.0 62.6 70.2
Open admissions 32.3 40.9 18.2 36.3 49.5 51.9 0.0 13.0 21.0 34.0
90 percent or more accepted 47.2 50.2 27.3 44.3 58.6 62.0 34.8 33.3 43.1 46.7
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 59.6 64.2 42.4 50.4 64.4 64.5 62.5 45.1 55.2 59.3
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 59.0 64.2 35.0 54.4 68.6 69.3 55.1 43.2 54.6 61.2
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 73.4 77.3 47.3 69.8 83.3 84.0 50.0 41.4 73.0 77.5
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 89.9 91.2 73.0 89.3 95.2 95.4 79.4 84.9 91.7 91.9

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 28.0 32.3 19.4 26.7 31.7 --- --- 30.8 --- 53.0
2000 entry cohort 34.2 38.8 28.1 36.0 47.3 --- --- 29.4 --- 45.6
2002 entry cohort 24.7 28.2 17.4 26.8 38.6 --- --- 23.5 --- 11.7
2003 entry cohort 25.7 29.3 18.5 26.9 35.0 --- --- 18.8 --- 12.1
2004 entry cohort 30.3 37.2 21.5 29.0 43.6 --- --- 18.6 --- 23.7
2005 entry cohort 31.6 38.8 19.5 30.4 42.5 43.3 36.0 27.7 28.5 29.4
2006 entry cohort 35.4 43.9 23.5 35.4 44.0 45.5 27.6 19.6 34.6 37.4
2007 entry cohort 35.7 44.9 23.3 36.0 43.7 45.9 23.9 27.2 28.9 41.4
2008 entry cohort 27.8 37.0 17.8 30.6 43.0 44.4 29.9 18.8 31.8 33.4
2009 entry cohort 23.9 32.1 16.0 27.4 40.9 44.9 16.5 16.4 28.7 33.2
2010 entry cohort 26.8 36.8 17.1 29.1 46.7 49.3 27.2 18.6 33.7 35.0
2011 entry cohort 21.7 26.6 12.9 26.6 36.7 41.3 19.4 10.6 24.8 42.9
2012 entry cohort 25.6 28.5 17.0 28.0 40.1 45.3 21.5 14.8 26.7 43.6
2013 entry cohort 27.6 30.1 19.5 29.4 40.9 44.8 21.6 19.6 38.3 53.6
2014 entry cohort 30.6 35.1 19.9 37.1 42.7 47.6 20.0 19.8 33.5 52.0

Graduating within 6 years after
    entry, females
                   
All 4-year institutions                    
1996 entry cohort 58.2 60.9 43.0 49.1 66.8 --- --- 39.5 --- 61.5
2000 entry cohort 60.2 62.8 46.4 52.4 70.1 --- --- 42.7 --- 63.1
2002 entry cohort 59.9 62.8 44.3 52.6 70.0 --- --- 40.8 --- 56.9
2003 entry cohort 60.0 63.3 43.2 52.2 70.7 --- --- 40.2 --- 57.3
2004 entry cohort 60.7 63.9 43.3 53.5 71.3 --- --- 40.9 --- 65.0
2005 entry cohort 60.8 64.2 43.0 53.8 71.8 72.2 48.1 40.3 66.7 66.6
2006 entry cohort 61.4 64.9 43.6 54.9 72.6 73.1 50.2 42.5 68.1 67.6
2007 entry cohort 61.9 65.4 44.5 55.5 73.0 73.6 49.1 43.1 69.9 68.7
2008 entry cohort 62.3 65.9 44.7 57.0 73.4 74.1 50.0 42.8 67.7 70.2
2009 entry cohort 62.1 66.1 43.2 57.0 75.1 75.9 48.2 43.6 61.7 74.0
2010 entry cohort 62.3 66.4 43.3 57.7 75.9 76.6 52.1 41.4 61.9 75.4
2011 entry cohort 63.0 66.9 43.9 58.2 76.4 77.2 52.1 38.9 59.8 76.7
2012 entry cohort 65.3 68.6 46.9 60.4 77.5 78.3 50.1 43.8 60.7 77.8
2013 entry cohort 66.3 69.4 48.9 61.3 78.2 78.9 56.5 43.0 62.1 77.9

2014 entry cohort2
67.0 70.1 49.7 62.3 79.2 79.9 55.2 43.9 62.2 78.1
Open admissions 28.1 31.2 20.1 33.8 34.9 39.2 17.6 17.8 24.6 52.0
90 percent or more accepted 55.8 60.0 35.6 48.8 60.6 61.9 37.7 33.0 45.2 57.0
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 62.9 66.8 45.8 55.5 68.8 69.7 48.8 43.6 56.2 72.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 68.0 71.9 52.4 61.9 76.4 76.8 61.1 49.5 62.2 75.8
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 77.8 81.5 59.5 73.4 85.6 85.8 69.5 55.5 77.2 82.8
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 91.2 92.5 76.0 90.6 95.9 96.0 88.2 75.8 92.4 93.0

Public institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 54.7 57.4 41.0 45.7 63.5 --- --- 37.0 --- 54.9
2000 entry cohort 57.7 59.9 45.2 49.7 67.9 --- --- 40.5 --- 58.1
2002 entry cohort 57.7 60.1 43.9 50.2 67.8 --- --- 38.4 --- 59.2
2003 entry cohort 58.2 61.0 42.4 50.4 68.8 --- --- 38.9 --- 59.7
2004 entry cohort 58.6 61.5 42.3 51.5 69.2 --- --- 38.5 --- 62.3
2005 entry cohort 58.8 61.8 42.4 51.9 69.7 70.0 48.7 38.5 58.4 62.0
2006 entry cohort 59.6 62.7 43.3 52.9 71.1 71.5 50.7 40.5 57.8 62.6
2007 entry cohort 60.3 63.3 44.1 54.1 71.3 71.8 49.9 42.3 61.5 63.4
2008 entry cohort 61.2 64.3 45.1 56.1 72.0 72.6 50.3 41.0 62.1 65.3
2009 entry cohort 61.4 64.5 44.2 56.4 73.8 74.5 49.8 41.8 56.9 70.3
2010 entry cohort 61.7 64.9 44.2 57.2 74.4 75.0 54.8 39.3 58.9 73.2
2011 entry cohort 62.4 65.7 45.0 57.8 75.3 75.8 57.9 39.0 57.5 75.2
2012 entry cohort 64.0 67.1 46.9 59.7 76.2 76.8 53.7 43.1 58.7 76.2
2013 entry cohort 65.2 68.1 49.0 60.4 77.1 77.6 58.2 41.6 60.3 76.2

2014 entry cohort2
66.0 68.9 50.0 61.5 78.2 78.7 55.5 41.6 60.1 76.7
Open admissions 31.0 34.5 21.2 30.2 29.8 31.5 16.7 14.8 24.4 43.7
90 percent or more accepted 55.0 59.4 33.3 46.8 61.0 62.0 44.7 31.6 44.3 55.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 61.8 65.5 45.4 54.4 67.9 68.9 47.1 42.4 54.8 71.8
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 67.8 71.7 53.2 61.7 76.9 77.4 57.9 48.1 61.6 77.1
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 77.0 81.4 58.3 73.0 85.0 85.2 71.9 56.2 76.0 79.7
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 90.9 93.1 67.5 88.4 94.7 94.8 88.9 65.0 91.7 93.0

Nonprofit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 65.4 67.9 48.4 58.3 75.0 --- --- 49.2 --- 66.4
2000 entry cohort 66.7 69.1 50.4 61.7 76.7 --- --- 51.5 --- 67.8
2002 entry cohort 66.9 69.5 49.0 62.3 76.9 --- --- 52.1 --- 71.7
2003 entry cohort 67.2 69.8 49.2 61.3 77.3 --- --- 49.3 --- 73.2
2004 entry cohort 67.4 69.7 49.2 63.0 77.6 --- --- 51.7 --- 74.5
2005 entry cohort 67.3 69.8 48.1 62.6 77.9 78.4 54.9 49.2 76.5 75.1
2006 entry cohort 67.6 70.1 48.5 64.2 77.7 78.4 55.1 53.0 78.3 75.4
2007 entry cohort 67.7 70.5 49.2 62.9 78.6 79.3 57.3 50.6 78.4 76.0
2008 entry cohort 67.9 70.5 49.3 64.1 78.4 78.9 60.4 51.8 73.9 76.6
2009 entry cohort 68.3 71.4 48.2 63.8 79.6 80.2 56.7 53.5 71.4 79.4
2010 entry cohort 68.5 71.8 47.5 64.3 80.4 81.3 55.4 52.1 70.3 79.2
2011 entry cohort 69.2 72.2 49.0 65.3 80.7 81.4 56.0 47.8 69.0 79.7
2012 entry cohort 70.1 73.1 50.3 65.7 81.5 82.4 53.1 50.6 67.9 80.3
2013 entry cohort 71.0 73.7 52.6 66.6 81.8 82.5 61.6 52.7 68.1 80.4

2014 entry cohort2
71.1 74.0 52.3 66.6 82.2 82.9 61.7 53.3 68.7 80.2
Open admissions 33.2 36.0 25.4 47.0 49.6 52.0 39.1 22.2 21.2 44.8
90 percent or more accepted 57.7 61.5 40.5 53.4 60.1 62.2 20.0 43.8 47.8 59.6
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 66.6 70.9 48.2 59.8 70.8 71.8 54.1 50.8 61.5 70.1
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 68.5 72.3 50.4 62.8 74.8 75.0 67.2 52.7 63.5 73.8
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 79.0 81.6 61.2 74.5 87.1 87.6 64.6 54.9 79.0 85.1
Less than 25.0 percent accepted 91.3 92.3 77.8 91.7 96.5 96.6 87.9 77.9 92.6 93.0

For-profit institutions
                   
1996 entry cohort 27.9 34.5 19.0 21.9 24.9 --- --- 17.3 --- 55.1
2000 entry cohort 27.9 34.0 27.7 30.0 43.2 --- --- 29.1 --- 47.5
2002 entry cohort 21.1 23.6 16.7 28.4 31.7 --- --- 12.1 --- 13.0
2003 entry cohort 21.8 25.6 18.2 26.7 31.6 --- --- 10.8 --- 11.6
2004 entry cohort 26.9 33.6 21.3 28.9 33.1 --- --- 19.3 --- 20.4
2005 entry cohort 26.9 33.3 20.0 30.0 42.1 45.8 17.6 18.7 26.9 27.7
2006 entry cohort 28.0 35.8 19.5 32.1 40.8 43.3 23.5 18.2 29.3 33.9
2007 entry cohort 28.4 33.8 21.8 34.1 42.8 48.1 19.7 14.3 37.6 40.8
2008 entry cohort 25.3 31.9 19.3 32.5 39.4 43.8 23.5 20.6 40.6 48.0
2009 entry cohort 21.7 26.6 15.2 29.8 39.3 45.8 22.2 16.9 25.1 49.7
2010 entry cohort 21.5 25.4 14.3 28.6 40.3 45.9 17.9 16.0 22.1 49.8
2011 entry cohort 20.1 21.1 13.8 25.9 37.4 46.0 17.7 11.2 19.8 54.0
2012 entry cohort 25.2 25.6 18.5 27.3 37.8 48.3 12.0 14.5 24.6 62.0
2013 entry cohort 25.1 25.0 18.9 30.3 42.8 49.8 22.9 10.1 27.6 62.4
2014 entry cohort 27.9 28.1 19.8 35.2 49.4 59.0 17.3 23.9 29.6 69.9
---Not available.
1 Race/ethnicity not collected.
2 Totals for the entry cohort include institutions that did not report admissions data, which are not shown separately in this table.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Graduation 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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2002 through Spring 2013 and Winter 2013-14 through Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component; and IPEDS Winter 2014, Admissions component. (This table was prepared October 2021.)

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