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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 2012 and 2017
Sex, race/ethnicity, and control of institution Percentage distribution of 2012 entry cohort
3 years after entry
Percentage distribution of 2017 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 29.0 12.0 17.0 14.7 12.1 44.1 100.0 33.7 11.2 22.5 13.7 10.2 42.4
Sex                            
Male 100.0 26.6 10.0 16.6 15.2 11.6 46.6 100.0 31.9 10.5 21.4 13.8 9.2 45.1
Female 100.0 31.2 13.8 17.3 14.4 12.5 41.9 100.0 35.3 11.8 23.5 13.7 11.1 39.8

Race/ethnicity
                           
White 100.0 30.5 10.3 20.2 16.3 11.5 41.8 100.0 36.5 9.8 26.7 15.7 9.1 38.7
Black 100.0 22.1 13.3 8.8 15.1 9.2 53.6 100.0 25.0 13.0 12.0 14.3 8.3 52.4
Hispanic 100.0 29.8 15.0 14.8 11.6 16.1 42.4 100.0 32.3 12.3 19.9 10.3 13.3 44.2
Asian 100.0 35.8 9.8 25.9 15.2 17.9 31.1 100.0 42.0 7.3 34.8 14.3 14.6 29.0
Pacific Islander 100.0 34.4 23.0 11.4 11.5 9.6 44.5 100.0 31.2 15.0 16.2 11.6 8.2 48.9
American Indian/Alaska Native 100.0 24.4 13.2 11.2 12.2 9.9 53.4 100.0 30.3 15.1 15.1 11.1 8.9 49.7
Two or more races 100.0 24.4 9.4 15.0 16.1 12.0 47.5 100.0 28.5 8.1 20.4 15.1 9.9 46.5

Sex and race/ethnicity
                           
Male                            
White 100.0 29.2 9.7 19.6 16.3 10.6 43.9 100.0 35.9 10.3 25.6 15.3 8.0 40.8
Black 100.0 18.8 10.5 8.3 16.0 8.6 56.7 100.0 22.8 11.9 10.9 15.0 7.4 54.7
Hispanic 100.0 25.0 10.9 14.1 12.3 15.9 46.7 100.0 28.6 10.9 17.8 10.4 12.0 49.0
Asian 100.0 31.8 7.4 24.4 15.9 18.9 33.4 100.0 38.3 6.1 32.2 14.6 15.1 32.0
Pacific Islander 100.0 31.0 19.8 11.2 11.6 9.6 47.8 100.0 27.5 11.8 15.7 14.0 7.0 51.5
American Indian/Alaska Native 100.0 22.7 12.3 10.3 12.2 9.2 55.9 100.0 29.1 14.9 14.2 10.9 6.6 53.4
Two or more races 100.0 22.9 8.7 14.2 16.4 11.6 49.1 100.0 27.0 8.2 18.8 15.1 8.8 49.1
Female                            
White 100.0 31.7 10.9 20.8 16.3 12.2 39.7 100.0 37.2 9.4 27.8 16.1 10.1 36.6
Black 100.0 24.6 15.4 9.1 14.5 9.7 51.2 100.0 26.9 14.0 12.9 13.7 9.1 50.4
Hispanic 100.0 33.6 18.2 15.4 11.1 16.2 39.1 100.0 35.4 13.6 21.8 10.2 14.4 39.9
Asian 100.0 40.0 12.4 27.5 14.5 16.9 28.6 100.0 46.2 8.6 37.6 14.1 14.2 25.6
Pacific Islander 100.0 37.5 26.0 11.5 11.5 9.6 41.5 100.0 34.9 18.1 16.8 9.4 9.4 46.3
American Indian/Alaska Native 100.0 25.8 14.0 11.9 12.2 10.5 51.5 100.0 31.2 15.3 15.9 11.3 10.8 46.6
Two or more races 100.0 25.8 10.1 15.7 15.8 12.3 46.1 100.0 30.0 8.0 21.9 15.0 10.9 44.1

Control of institution
                           
Public 100.0 21.9 3.9 18.1 18.0 14.6 45.5 100.0 29.3 4.5 24.7 15.8 11.6 43.3
Nonprofit 100.0 56.5 45.8 10.7 2.8 1.1 39.6 100.0 51.8 35.9 15.9 4.4 2.9 40.9
For-profit 100.0 60.0 47.2 12.8 0.5 1.7 37.8 100.0 61.5 53.7 7.8 0.9 1.6 36.0
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 2015-16 and Winter 2020-21, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)

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