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Table 326.20.Graduation rate from first institution attended within 150 percent of normal time for first-time, full-time degree/certificate-seeking students at 2-year postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and control of institution: Selected cohort entry years, 2000 through 2019
Sex, control of institution, and cohort entry year Percent graduating with a certificate or associate's degree within 150 percent of normal time
Total American Indian/Alaska Native Asian Black Hispanic Pacific Islander White Two or more races Nonresident1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Male and female
All 2-year institutions
2000 entry cohort 30.5 29.3 --- 26.1 30.1 --- 31.5 --- 25.5
2005 entry cohort 27.6 24.9 --- 22.8 25.7 --- 28.7 --- 32.2
2008 entry cohort 31.2 25.7 35.2 27.6 35.1 24.1 30.1 33.3 33.7
2009 entry cohort 30.9 25.7 36.0 26.4 36.3 25.0 30.1 30.5 34.6
2010 entry cohort 29.4 23.9 35.1 23.7 33.8 37.9 29.4 25.9 36.2
2011 entry cohort 27.9 22.5 33.7 20.2 29.9 32.1 29.0 24.5 34.5
2012 entry cohort 29.0 24.4 35.8 22.1 29.8 34.4 30.5 24.4 35.8
2013 entry cohort 30.3 26.8 36.2 23.0 30.1 34.2 32.2 25.1 35.0
2014 entry cohort 31.6 28.1 37.5 25.3 30.9 34.5 33.5 26.2 35.6
2015 entry cohort 32.3 29.1 38.3 27.6 30.3 30.0 34.6 26.7 34.7
2016 entry cohort 32.6 27.6 40.1 25.1 31.3 32.2 35.4 27.4 36.5
2017 entry cohort 33.6 30.2 41.9 25.1 32.2 30.8 36.5 28.5 40.0
2018 entry cohort 34.5 30.4 43.7 26.6 32.2 29.5 37.6 29.7 41.3
2019 entry cohort 34.1 28.5 44.1 25.3 31.3 27.8 37.9 29.3 40.5
 
  Public institutions
  2000 entry cohort 23.6 19.6 --- 17.8 16.8 --- 25.7 --- 23.2
  2005 entry cohort 20.6 18.3 --- 12.1 15.6 --- 23.0 --- 29.9
  2008 entry cohort 20.2 15.4 27.2 11.8 15.8 15.2 22.8 17.0 30.5
  2009 entry cohort 19.8 15.9 27.3 11.3 15.9 11.9 22.5 18.5 32.6
  2010 entry cohort 19.5 15.0 27.6 10.8 16.2 15.7 22.5 17.4 32.6
  2011 entry cohort 20.0 14.4 28.1 9.8 17.5 14.0 23.4 17.6 31.0
  2012 entry cohort 21.9 15.5 30.7 11.7 19.1 22.1 25.5 18.4 32.9
  2013 entry cohort 23.6 17.3 31.6 13.3 20.7 19.9 27.4 19.6 31.9
  2014 entry cohort 25.1 19.3 33.1 14.6 22.1 22.8 28.9 20.7 33.3
  2015 entry cohort 27.0 20.4 35.5 16.2 24.0 19.5 30.8 22.5 33.2
  2016 entry cohort 28.2 20.0 37.0 17.7 24.8 23.5 32.4 23.3 34.9
  2017 entry cohort 29.3 22.7 39.0 18.2 25.6 20.2 33.7 25.1 38.2
  2018 entry cohort 30.2 23.7 41.4 19.2 26.2 19.8 34.7 26.2 39.2
  2019 entry cohort 30.2 22.4 42.0 19.0 25.9 21.1 35.1 26.2 39.6
 
  Private nonprofit 
     institutions








  2000 entry cohort 50.1 62.1 --- 37.5 56.3 --- 49.6 --- 43.1
  2005 entry cohort 48.3 14.8 --- 41.6 47.3 --- 52.4 --- 51.7
  2008 entry cohort 56.6 25.0 53.9 53.4 62.4 ‡ 59.7 55.8 59.5
  2009 entry cohort 62.3 30.4 57.7 59.7 68.3 ‡ 66.0 66.5 50.0
  2010 entry cohort 53.4 18.2 52.2 50.9 61.9 ‡ 55.9 39.5 52.5
  2011 entry cohort 51.2 21.6 48.0 46.5 57.5 35.7 56.3 45.6 51.5
  2012 entry cohort 56.5 44.6 60.2 47.3 60.4 68.9 63.1 51.9 65.1
  2013 entry cohort 59.6 52.2 75.3 50.4 64.1 65.3 65.8 53.8 70.6
  2014 entry cohort 62.2 48.6 81.8 57.3 65.6 74.8 67.2 55.4 68.8
  2015 entry cohort 62.3 46.4 73.3 59.5 63.0 62.0 65.7 56.4 68.2
  2016 entry cohort 53.6 36.3 84.3 41.6 68.5 42.3 57.7 46.0 70.7
  2017 entry cohort 51.8 41.9 83.1 36.1 60.9 45.9 62.2 45.3 69.4
  2018 entry cohort 59.6 40.8 84.4 52.9 66.7 46.3 63.8 53.5 89.8
  2019 entry cohort 56.2 43.9 85.7 44.7 60.8 49.0 63.9 46.5 72.8
 
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  2000 entry cohort 59.1 60.3 --- 47.6 60.3 --- 63.1 --- 55.4
  2005 entry cohort 57.8 55.9 --- 48.2 61.5 --- 62.9 --- 57.7
  2008 entry cohort 61.7 60.3 70.2 52.6 67.9 66.2 64.1 57.4 62.0
  2009 entry cohort 62.7 60.7 71.6 52.9 68.4 64.0 65.1 59.9 61.7
  2010 entry cohort 62.8 61.2 73.4 53.3 68.3 68.8 65.8 58.9 69.7
  2011 entry cohort 58.4 55.5 66.4 48.4 62.2 63.6 62.5 56.8 69.6
  2012 entry cohort 60.0 60.7 71.4 48.9 68.7 65.0 63.0 55.9 66.1
  2013 entry cohort 59.8 60.6 68.9 47.6 66.2 68.5 63.9 57.4 70.3
  2014 entry cohort 61.0 61.8 70.8 48.2 69.2 67.6 64.2 59.2 62.7
  2015 entry cohort 60.8 62.9 68.3 51.1 64.9 63.7 65.0 55.9 59.2
  2016 entry cohort 60.3 60.0 72.3 47.9 67.0 63.2 64.6 59.2 70.3
  2017 entry cohort 61.1 60.1 72.0 48.0 68.4 63.3 64.3 55.9 69.1
  2018 entry cohort 59.5 55.2 69.0 47.2 65.2 60.5 63.9 53.6 73.1
  2019 entry cohort 55.2 50.7 63.4 44.3 60.6 48.7 60.5 49.5 60.9
 
  Male
  All 2-year institutions
  2000 entry cohort 28.7 28.3 --- 23.1 27.9 --- 30.0 --- 22.9
  2005 entry cohort 25.4 23.5 --- 18.6 21.8 --- 27.2 --- 29.4
  2008 entry cohort 27.4 23.0 30.9 22.7 29.1 23.8 27.7 28.8 30.5
  2009 entry cohort 27.2 23.6 31.7 22.1 30.0 21.6 27.8 24.6 31.5
  2010 entry cohort 26.2 21.4 31.5 19.5 27.7 31.8 27.5 22.3 33.2
  2011 entry cohort 25.3 20.6 29.9 16.8 25.7 28.7 27.5 21.7 31.7
  2012 entry cohort 26.6 22.7 31.8 18.8 25.0 31.0 29.2 22.9 32.5
  2013 entry cohort 27.5 23.9 31.9 19.1 25.3 29.5 30.5 22.8 31.2
  2014 entry cohort 28.7 23.3 32.9 20.8 26.3 28.9 31.9 23.2 31.7
  2015 entry cohort 29.6 27.3 35.2 21.9 26.6 25.4 33.1 23.7 30.9
  2016 entry cohort 31.0 26.2 36.5 22.6 27.7 28.1 35.0 25.7 33.6
  2017 entry cohort 31.9 29.1 38.2 22.9 28.6 27.2 35.9 27.0 36.8
  2018 entry cohort 32.6 29.1 39.6 24.1 28.4 26.4 37.1 28.1 36.9
  2019 entry cohort 32.3 27.7 40.2 23.0 27.6 26.7 37.3 27.7 36.4
 
    Public institutions
    2000 entry cohort 22.2 19.3 --- 16.5 15.4 --- 24.2 --- 20.4
    2005 entry cohort 19.9 18.8 --- 12.0 14.6 --- 22.2 --- 27.4
    2008 entry cohort 19.6 15.2 25.1 12.0 14.9 15.2 22.1 16.7 28.1
    2009 entry cohort 19.3 16.0 25.4 11.4 14.8 12.4 22.0 16.8 29.9
    2010 entry cohort 19.0 14.1 25.4 10.7 15.1 14.8 21.9 16.2 30.1
    2011 entry cohort 19.5 14.2 25.4 9.8 16.4 12.9 23.0 16.3 28.2
    2012 entry cohort 21.4 15.6 28.2 11.4 17.6 21.4 25.1 17.4 29.7
    2013 entry cohort 22.9 16.7 28.4 13.0 19.0 18.6 26.9 18.9 27.9
    2014 entry cohort 24.4 17.7 29.7 14.4 20.2 19.2 28.7 19.5 29.1
    2015 entry cohort 26.1 21.0 32.9 15.7 21.8 18.0 30.5 20.9 29.5
    2016 entry cohort 27.2 19.2 33.8 16.6 22.4 20.7 32.1 21.9 32.1
    2017 entry cohort 28.1 22.3 35.5 17.1 22.7 18.7 33.2 23.6 34.8
    2018 entry cohort 28.9 23.5 37.7 17.9 23.2 18.8 34.3 24.9 34.7
    2019 entry cohort 28.9 21.9 38.4 18.0 22.9 21.0 34.5 24.5 35.5
 
    Private nonprofit 
       institutions








    2000 entry cohort 49.5 64.5 --- 31.7 54.3 --- 49.3 --- 42.6
    2005 entry cohort 44.5 10.4 --- 38.7 42.9 --- 49.2 --- 47.7
    2008 entry cohort 49.8 14.6 46.3 47.3 49.4 ‡ 53.8 46.7 52.1
    2009 entry cohort 53.6 22.4 47.7 51.0 58.2 ‡ 57.5 56.1 45.1
    2010 entry cohort 46.2 19.8 48.8 42.5 52.1 ‡ 49.4 27.0 44.0
    2011 entry cohort 45.7 19.2 42.8 38.0 48.9 ‡ 52.0 42.0 50.3
    2012 entry cohort 57.4 46.3 55.2 42.7 58.3 68.3 65.5 44.8 67.2
    2013 entry cohort 56.3 43.7 73.8 39.7 58.5 60.5 64.8 51.8 67.6
    2014 entry cohort 56.2 29.8 79.6 42.5 60.9 78.1 63.9 48.5 62.4
    2015 entry cohort 54.7 23.2 73.0 49.9 59.3 40.9 56.6 48.2 59.2
    2016 entry cohort 54.4 29.7 86.0 39.1 66.3 16.7 60.5 43.5 65.1
    2017 entry cohort 53.0 36.2 81.6 35.1 62.7 53.8 64.4 40.6 68.2
    2018 entry cohort 64.1 37.8 79.0 55.9 66.4 50.0 72.2 46.3 90.4
    2019 entry cohort 58.4 38.6 89.2 43.3 62.8 83.3 67.3 44.1 76.0
 
    Private for-profit 
       institutions








    2000 entry cohort 59.3 55.9 --- 45.6 58.2 --- 63.7 --- 55.0
    2005 entry cohort 57.8 56.2 --- 43.3 57.6 --- 64.9 --- 56.3
    2008 entry cohort 58.9 54.6 68.1 48.2 63.1 65.1 63.9 58.2 54.6
    2009 entry cohort 59.6 59.4 68.7 49.3 63.8 59.2 63.7 55.2 59.9
    2010 entry cohort 60.8 59.1 72.8 49.5 63.3 65.3 66.0 57.2 66.4
    2011 entry cohort 57.7 53.6 65.6 45.6 59.9 67.1 63.3 56.0 67.7
    2012 entry cohort 57.7 57.4 68.3 46.7 63.9 61.9 61.7 56.6 60.6
    2013 entry cohort 57.1 56.6 67.4 44.5 62.9 67.0 61.8 54.5 69.0
    2014 entry cohort 58.2 55.4 66.7 46.0 65.2 66.0 62.8 57.5 62.9
    2015 entry cohort 59.5 61.3 67.6 49.8 62.6 61.1 64.0 52.5 53.8
    2016 entry cohort 61.3 61.7 73.7 48.3 65.6 62.2 66.5 60.1 74.5
    2017 entry cohort 61.6 58.8 74.2 49.1 67.5 58.5 65.0 55.6 72.9
    2018 entry cohort 59.3 51.7 65.6 48.4 63.2 58.5 64.5 52.9 71.8
    2019 entry cohort 54.9 50.3 62.5 44.1 58.6 48.7 60.7 49.8 61.2
 
  Female
  All 2-year institutions
  2000 entry cohort 32.1 30.0 --- 28.1 31.8 --- 33.0 --- 28.3
  2005 entry cohort 29.5 26.0 --- 25.4 28.6 --- 30.1 --- 34.8
  2008 entry cohort 34.4 27.9 39.6 30.9 39.4 24.3 32.3 36.2 36.7
  2009 entry cohort 34.1 27.3 40.3 29.4 40.9 28.0 32.3 35.0 37.6
  2010 entry cohort 32.1 26.0 38.9 26.7 38.2 43.2 31.1 28.9 39.1
  2011 entry cohort 30.0 24.0 37.9 22.6 33.1 35.3 30.5 26.8 37.3
  2012 entry cohort 31.2 25.8 40.0 24.6 33.6 37.5 31.7 25.8 39.4
  2013 entry cohort 32.8 29.2 40.8 26.0 33.8 38.5 33.7 27.1 39.3
  2014 entry cohort 34.1 31.9 42.4 28.6 34.6 39.6 35.0 28.7 40.2
  2015 entry cohort 34.7 30.5 41.7 31.8 33.3 34.4 36.2 29.3 39.4
  2016 entry cohort 34.1 28.7 44.0 27.1 34.4 35.6 35.8 29.0 39.9
  2017 entry cohort 35.2 31.2 46.0 26.9 35.4 34.4 37.1 30.0 43.5
  2018 entry cohort 36.3 31.4 48.2 28.5 35.4 32.2 38.1 31.2 46.4
  2019 entry cohort 35.7 29.1 48.4 27.1 34.3 28.8 38.5 30.6 45.3
 
    Public institutions
    2000 entry cohort 24.8 19.9 --- 18.8 17.9 --- 27.1 --- 26.2
    2005 entry cohort 21.3 17.9 --- 12.1 16.3 --- 23.9 --- 32.2
    2008 entry cohort 20.7 15.6 29.6 11.7 16.5 15.2 23.5 17.3 32.9
    2009 entry cohort 20.2 15.8 29.5 11.2 16.8 11.4 23.0 20.0 35.4
    2010 entry cohort 20.1 15.7 30.0 10.8 17.2 16.8 23.0 18.6 35.1
    2011 entry cohort 20.4 14.6 31.3 9.7 18.4 15.3 23.8 18.7 33.9
    2012 entry cohort 22.5 15.4 33.7 11.8 20.3 22.8 25.8 19.2 36.4
    2013 entry cohort 24.4 17.8 35.3 13.5 22.2 21.4 27.9 20.2 36.5
    2014 entry cohort 25.8 20.8 37.0 14.7 23.8 26.6 29.2 21.9 38.4
    2015 entry cohort 27.8 19.8 38.5 16.7 26.0 21.2 31.1 24.0 37.8
    2016 entry cohort 29.2 20.7 40.6 18.7 27.0 25.9 32.7 24.7 38.2
    2017 entry cohort 30.5 23.0 43.2 19.3 28.3 21.8 34.2 26.4 41.9
    2018 entry cohort 31.5 23.8 45.6 20.5 28.9 20.9 35.1 27.4 44.3
    2019 entry cohort 31.4 22.8 46.2 19.9 28.4 21.2 35.6 27.7 44.4
 
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       institutions








    2000 entry cohort 50.7 60.2 --- 43.1 58.3 --- 50.0 --- 43.8
    2005 entry cohort 51.3 18.0 --- 44.9 49.6 --- 54.9 --- 55.2
    2008 entry cohort 59.9 31.5 57.7 55.8 67.7 ‡ 63.2 58.3 66.8
    2009 entry cohort 66.6 34.5 62.7 63.4 72.5 ‡ 70.8 70.3 54.5
    2010 entry cohort 57.5 17.3 54.5 54.8 66.4 ‡ 60.0 45.5 58.7
    2011 entry cohort 54.1 23.6 50.6 50.2 60.8 ‡ 59.2 47.7 52.7
    2012 entry cohort 56.1 43.6 62.9 49.2 61.3 69.2 61.2 55.0 63.6
    2013 entry cohort 60.8 56.3 76.3 53.5 66.3 66.9 66.4 54.7 73.3
    2014 entry cohort 63.6 55.4 83.0 59.9 66.9 73.6 68.2 57.7 74.8
    2015 entry cohort 63.7 51.0 73.5 60.8 63.9 66.1 67.4 58.1 79.4
    2016 entry cohort 53.2 39.5 83.1 42.5 69.8 50.0 56.3 47.0 74.8
    2017 entry cohort 51.3 45.8 84.2 36.5 59.8 41.7 61.0 48.0 70.6
    2018 entry cohort 57.8 42.1 87.6 52.0 66.9 44.8 60.5 58.2 89.2
    2019 entry cohort 55.5 45.4 83.0 45.1 59.0 44.4 62.8 48.0 70.4
 
    Private for-profit 
       institutions








    2000 entry cohort 58.9 63.8 --- 48.6 61.8 --- 62.6 --- 55.7
    2005 entry cohort 57.8 55.8 --- 50.0 63.3 --- 61.5 --- 58.6
    2008 entry cohort 63.2 64.0 71.4 54.7 70.3 67.3 64.2 57.1 67.6
    2009 entry cohort 64.4 61.5 73.4 54.7 70.7 66.9 66.0 61.9 62.8
    2010 entry cohort 63.8 62.5 73.7 55.0 70.7 71.0 65.7 59.8 72.7
    2011 entry cohort 58.8 56.6 66.9 49.7 63.4 61.4 62.0 57.1 71.4
    2012 entry cohort 61.3 62.7 73.4 50.1 71.0 67.4 63.9 55.4 72.7
    2013 entry cohort 61.4 63.1 69.8 49.3 67.7 69.6 65.2 58.9 71.9
    2014 entry cohort 62.6 65.6 73.4 49.4 71.3 68.8 65.2 60.1 62.4
    2015 entry cohort 61.8 64.1 68.9 51.8 66.3 65.7 65.9 58.2 67.0
    2016 entry cohort 59.6 58.7 71.4 47.7 67.8 63.9 62.8 58.6 66.5
    2017 entry cohort 60.7 61.1 70.3 47.4 69.1 66.8 63.6 56.3 65.3
    2018 entry cohort 59.7 57.8 71.9 46.5 66.5 61.7 63.2 54.2 74.5
    2019 entry cohort 55.4 51.1 63.9 44.4 61.8 48.6 60.3 49.3 60.7
---Not available.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1Race/ethnicity not collected.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are for 2-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Graduation rates refer to students receiving associate's degrees or certificates from their initial institutions of attendance only. Cohort entry years refer to fall of the academic year; for example, 2016 entry cohort refers to students who entered in academic year 2016-17. Data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated based on the known racial/ethnic composition of the institution each of these students was enrolled in. 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), Graduation Rates component, Spring 2004 through Spring 2013 and Winter 2013-14 through Winter 2021-22 (final data) and Winter 2022-23 (provisional data). (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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