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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 2013 and 2018
Sex, race/ethnicity, and control of institution Percentage distribution of 2013 entry cohort 3 years after entry Percentage distribution of 2018 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 Transferred out1 Remained enrolled No longer enrolled, status unknown2 Total, any program Program of less than 2 years Program of 2 to 4 years Transferred out1 Remained enrolled No longer enrolled, status unknown2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
     Total3 100.0 30.3 12.4 17.9 14.7 12.1 42.9 100.0 34.6 11.7 22.9 13.1 10.1 42.2
Sex                            
  Male 100.0 27.5 9.9 17.6 15.2 11.6 45.7 100.0 32.7 10.9 21.8 13.2 9.3 44.7
  Female 100.0 32.8 14.5 18.2 14.2 12.5 40.5 100.0 36.3 12.4 23.9 12.9 10.8 40.0

Race/ethnicity
                           
  American Indian/Alaska
     Native
100.0 26.8 14.8 12.0 11.5 10.6 51.1 100.0 30.5 15.2 15.3 9.7 9.9 49.9
  Asian 100.0 36.2 8.6 27.6 15.7 17.9 30.2 100.0 43.7 6.7 37.0 14.2 13.2 28.9
  Black 100.0 23.0 14.1 8.9 15.1 9.3 52.6 100.0 26.7 14.0 12.7 13.5 8.4 51.4
  Hispanic 100.0 30.1 14.3 15.7 11.0 16.5 42.5 100.0 32.3 12.0 20.3 9.7 13.2 44.8
  Pacific Islander 100.0 34.2 19.9 14.3 12.2 9.5 44.1 100.0 29.9 15.9 14.0 13.3 8.6 48.2
  White 100.0 32.2 10.6 21.6 16.6 11.2 40.0 100.0 37.7 10.5 27.1 15.1 8.8 38.5
  Two or more races 100.0 25.1 9.0 16.1 16.1 12.0 46.8 100.0 29.8 8.9 20.9 14.5 9.7 46.0

  Race/ethnicity by sex
                           
    Male                            
      American Indian/Alaska
         Native
100.0 23.9 13.5 10.4 11.6 10.0 54.5 100.0 29.2 14.7 14.5 9.4 8.9 52.6
      Asian 100.0 31.9 6.4 25.4 16.3 19.3 32.6 100.0 39.7 5.6 34.1 14.6 13.8 32.0
      Black 100.0 19.1 10.5 8.6 16.1 8.7 56.1 100.0 24.2 12.6 11.6 14.6 7.6 53.6
      Hispanic 100.0 25.3 10.2 15.0 11.7 16.3 46.8 100.0 28.5 10.5 18.1 9.7 12.4 49.4
      Pacific Islander 100.0 29.5 16.2 13.3 12.6 10.6 47.3 100.0 27.1 12.9 14.2 15.3 6.9 50.7
      White 100.0 30.5 9.6 21.0 16.6 10.4 42.4 100.0 37.2 11.2 26.0 14.7 7.9 40.2
      Two or more races 100.0 22.8 7.0 15.8 16.4 11.8 49.0 100.0 28.2 8.7 19.4 14.2 9.1 48.5
    Female                            
      American Indian/Alaska
         Native
100.0 29.2 15.8 13.4 11.5 11.1 48.3 100.0 31.6 15.7 15.9 9.9 10.7 47.7
      Asian 100.0 40.8 10.9 29.9 15.1 16.5 27.6 100.0 48.3 7.9 40.4 13.8 12.6 25.4
      Black 100.0 26.0 16.8 9.2 14.4 9.8 49.8 100.0 28.7 15.1 13.6 12.6 9.1 49.6
      Hispanic 100.0 33.8 17.5 16.3 10.5 16.6 39.2 100.0 35.4 13.3 22.1 9.7 14.0 41.0
      Pacific Islander 100.0 38.5 23.3 15.2 11.9 8.4 41.2 100.0 32.5 18.6 13.9 11.4 10.1 46.0
      White 100.0 33.7 11.5 22.2 16.5 12.0 37.7 100.0 38.1 9.9 28.2 15.5 9.6 36.7
      Two or more races 100.0 27.1 10.7 16.4 15.8 12.2 44.9 100.0 31.2 9.0 22.3 14.7 10.3 43.8

Control of institution
                           
  Public 100.0 23.6 4.1 19.6 17.7 14.5 44.2 100.0 30.2 4.7 25.5 15.2 11.5 43.1
  Nonprofit 100.0 59.6 51.2 8.4 3.4 1.0 36.1 100.0 59.6 41.7 17.9 0.7 0.7 39.0
  For-profit 100.0 59.8 48.4 11.4 0.7 1.5 37.9 100.0 59.9 53.2 6.7 1.0 2.1 37.0
1Transfer out data are required to be reported only by those institutions for which preparation for transfers is a substantial part of the institutional mission.
2Includes students who dropped out of the reporting institution and students who transferred to another institution without notifying the reporting institution.
3Totals include data for persons whose race/ethnicity was not reported.
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. 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 2016-17 and Winter 2021-22, Graduation Rates component. (This table was prepared January 2023.)

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