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 2012

Institution level and control, attendance level and status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate	Number of students in 2012 entry cohort1	Percent 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	3,746,225	24.6	28.1	29.7	70.3	1.5	28.6	40.1
Public institutions	3,565,821	22.7	26.4	28.1	71.9	1.6	29.7	40.6
Private nonprofit institutions	33,229	53.4	54.1	54.7	45.3	0.3	11.7	33.3
Private for-profit institutions	147,175	62.9	63.2	63.4	36.6	0.1	5.4	31.1
Attendance level and status6  by      institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	774,373	26.8	30.8	32.4	67.6	1.5	24.4	41.7
First-time, part-time	656,701	12.7	16.7	18.5	81.5	1.9	24.3	55.4
Non-first-time, full-time	666,363	36.3	39.6	41.2	58.8	1.2	27.8	29.8
Non-first-time, part-time	1,468,384	18.9	22.4	24.1	75.9	1.8	35.9	38.3
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	24,388	54.2	54.7	55.0	45.0	0.1	12.2	32.6
First-time, part-time	1,274	18.8	20.9	22.7	77.3	1.3	14.6	61.5
Non-first-time, full-time	5,434	60.5	61.7	62.3	37.7	0.8	8.0	28.8
Non-first-time, part-time	2,133	47.0	48.9	49.7	50.3	0.3	13.8	36.2
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	86,413	63.4	63.6	63.7	36.3	0.1	5.2	31.0
First-time, part-time	7,255	53.9	54.4	54.9	45.1	0.1	4.6	40.4
Non-first-time, full-time	49,654	64.4	64.8	65.0	35.0	0.1	5.8	29.1
Non-first-time, part-time	3,853	49.5	51.1	51.9	48.1	0.1	7.5	40.6
Pell grant recipient status7  by      institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,365,414	24.4	28.3	30.0	70.0	1.6	24.7	43.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	2,200,407	21.7	25.2	26.9	73.1	1.6	32.9	38.7
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	24,351	51.9	52.5	53.0	47.0	0.3	12.2	34.5
Did not receive Pell Grant	8,878	57.5	58.5	59.2	40.8	0.3	10.6	30.0
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	109,557	61.5	61.9	62.1	37.9	0.1	5.8	32.1
Did not receive Pell Grant	37,618	66.9	67.2	67.4	32.6	0.1	4.3	28.2
4-year institutions
All 4-year institutions	4,263,154	38.9	48.9	50.6	49.4	1.1	23.3	25.0
Public institutions	2,835,336	37.3	48.7	50.6	49.4	1.3	24.3	23.9
Private nonprofit institutions	950,959	49.7	58.5	60.0	40.0	0.6	20.3	19.1
Private for-profit institutions	476,859	26.9	30.7	31.8	68.2	1.2	23.6	43.3
Attendance level and status6  by      institution control
Public institutions
First-time, full-time	1,226,514	36.5	55.5	57.7	42.3	1.1	23.5	17.7
First-time, part-time	242,713	12.5	18.5	20.6	79.4	2.3	25.8	51.3
Non-first-time, full-time	746,429	55.1	60.9	62.2	37.8	0.8	19.3	17.6
Non-first-time, part-time	619,680	27.2	32.4	34.2	65.8	1.7	31.3	32.8
Private nonprofit institutions
First-time, full-time	533,194	53.7	64.8	66.1	33.9	0.3	20.1	13.6
First-time, part-time	34,478	10.6	16.2	18.1	81.9	1.1	26.6	54.2
Non-first-time, full-time	249,367	55.7	61.3	62.8	37.2	0.5	17.8	18.8
Non-first-time, part-time	133,920	32.7	39.3	41.7	58.3	1.8	24.4	32.2
Private for-profit institutions
First-time, full-time	104,743	30.8	34.1	34.6	65.4	0.5	14.2	50.6
First-time, part-time	46,973	8.8	11.4	12.6	87.4	2.0	25.2	60.2
Non-first-time, full-time	200,943	32.8	36.9	38.0	62.0	0.9	23.9	37.2
Non-first-time, part-time	124,200	21.0	25.1	26.6	73.4	2.1	30.6	40.7
Pell Grant recipient status7  by      institution control
Public institutions
Received Pell Grant	1,090,645	33.9	45.1	47.2	52.8	1.4	24.4	27.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	1,744,691	39.5	50.9	52.7	47.3	1.2	24.2	21.9
Private nonprofit institutions
Received Pell Grant	357,176	40.5	48.8	50.3	49.7	0.6	24.0	25.2
Did not receive Pell Grant	593,783	55.2	64.4	65.9	34.1	0.6	18.1	15.4
Private for-profit institutions
Received Pell Grant	284,143	24.7	27.9	28.6	71.4	0.7	24.4	46.3
Did not receive Pell Grant	192,716	30.2	34.9	36.5	63.5	2.0	22.5	38.9
Acceptance rate
Open admissions	1,369,325	25.8	30.4	32.0	68.0	1.8	27.0	39.2
90.0 percent or more accepted	193,107	29.7	41.2	43.7	56.3	1.1	25.9	29.3
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted	580,396	42.0	56.0	57.8	42.2	0.8	23.5	18.0
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted	1,262,654	46.6	60.3	62.2	37.8	0.7	21.6	15.5
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted	495,618	54.1	66.6	68.1	31.9	0.7	17.3	14.0
Less than 25.0 percent accepted	78,941	75.5	84.3	85.5	14.5	0.4	5.4	8.7
Information not available	283,113	31.1	36.9	38.5	61.5	1.1	27.1	33.3
Pell Grant recipient status7  by      acceptance rate
Open admissions
Received Pell Grant	582,257	26.7	31.3	32.8	67.2	1.5	23.9	41.8
Did not receive Pell Grant	787,068	25.2	29.7	31.4	68.6	2.0	29.3	37.3
90.0 percent or more accepted
Received Pell Grant	94,873	25.8	35.0	37.0	63.0	1.0	27.0	35.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	98,234	33.5	47.2	50.2	49.8	1.2	24.8	23.8
75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	221,427	35.5	48.3	50.2	49.8	0.9	26.0	23.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	358,969	46.0	60.8	62.5	37.5	0.7	21.9	14.9
50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	476,921	39.7	52.9	55.0	45.0	0.8	24.5	19.7
Did not receive Pell Grant	785,733	50.9	64.8	66.5	33.5	0.6	19.9	13.0
25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	192,594	44.5	57.7	59.4	40.6	1.0	20.7	18.8
Did not receive Pell Grant	303,024	60.1	72.2	73.5	26.5	0.6	15.0	10.9
Less than 25.0 percent accepted
Received Pell Grant	20,529	60.4	71.8	73.6	26.4	0.9	8.6	17.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	58,412	80.8	88.7	89.6	10.4	0.3	4.3	5.8
Information not available
Received Pell Grant	143,363	26.6	31.3	32.5	67.5	0.9	28.6	38.0
Did not receive Pell Grant	139,750	35.7	42.7	44.6	55.4	1.4	25.6	28.4

1 The 2012 entry cohort includes all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who entered a degree-granting institution between July 1 of 2012 and June 30 of 2013. 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 2012-13); 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 2012-13 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 2012-13 entry into the reporting institution means by August 31, 2016. 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 2020–21, Outcome Measures component; and IPEDS Fall 2012, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared February 2022.)