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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, entering and attendance status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate: Cohort entry year 2014-15
Institution level and control, entering and attendance status, Pell Grant recipient status, and acceptance rate Number of students in 2014-15 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 Certificate Associate's Bachelor's Total Still enrolled Subsequently enrolled at another institution4 Enrollment status unknown5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2-year institutions
     All 2-year institutions   2,401,237 26.1 29.5 30.8 8.4 22.4 # 69.2 1.6 25.9 41.7
Entering and attendance status
  First-time, full-time  805,939 33.9 37.4 38.7 10.7 28.0 # 61.3 1.4 21.0 38.9
  First-time, part-time  597,107 14.5 18.6 20.3 6.1 14.3 # 79.7 2.2 21.8 55.7
  Non-first-time, full-time  385,384 39.9 42.3 43.3 13.0 30.2 # 56.7 1.0 25.2 30.5
  Non-first-time, part-time  612,807 18.5 21.5 22.8 4.8 18.0 # 77.2 1.7 36.9 38.7

Entering and attendance status6  
   by institution control










  Public institutions  2,230,643 23.3 26.9 28.3 5.7 22.6 0 71.7 1.7 27.5 42.4
    First-time, full-time  715,717 30.2 34.1 35.5 5.9 29.6 0 64.5 1.6 23.1 39.8
    First-time, part-time  591,245 14.2 18.4 20.1 5.8 14.3 0 79.9 2.2 21.9 55.8
    Non-first-time, full-time  317,007 34.8 37.6 38.7 7.3 31.4 0 61.3 1.3 29.6 30.5
    Non-first-time, part-time  606,674 18.2 21.2 22.5 4.6 17.8 0 77.5 1.7 37.1 38.7
  Private nonprofit institutions 32,403 59.7 60.8 61.0 32.3 28.7 0 39.0 0.1 6.4 32.4
    First-time, full-time  14,972 60.9 62.0 62.3 36.3 26.0 0 37.7 0.2 5.6 31.9
    First-time, part-time  982 23.1 25.8 27.4 10.7 16.7 0 72.6 0.4 12.0 60.2
    Non-first-time, full-time  14,412 62.5 63.2 63.3 33.4 29.8 0 36.7 # 5.5 31.2
    Non-first-time, part-time  2,037 49.1 51.3 52.0 4.9 47.1 0 48.0 0.2 16.2 31.6
  Private for-profit institutions 138,191 63.3 63.5 63.7 46.0 17.6 # 36.3 0.1 4.6 31.7
    First-time, full-time  75,250 64.2 64.4 64.5 51.2 13.3 # 35.5 0.1 4.2 31.2
    First-time, part-time  4,880 48.5 48.8 49.8 37.2 12.6 # 50.2 # 6.5 43.7
    Non-first-time, full-time  53,965 64.2 64.5 64.6 41.2 23.5 # 35.4 0.1 4.7 30.6
    Non-first-time, part-time  4,096 51.0 51.8 52.1 25.5 26.2 # 47.9 0.1 8.5 39.3

Pell grant recipient status7 by
   institution control










  Public institutions
    Received Pell Grant  948,968 23.3 27.0 28.6 5.3 23.3 0 71.4 1.9 23.7 45.8
    Did not receive Pell Grant  1,281,675 23.3 26.8 28.2 6.0 22.1 0 71.8 1.6 30.3 39.9
  Private nonprofit institutions
    Received Pell Grant  24,493 59.0 60.0 60.3 34.6 25.7 0 39.7 0.1 5.8 33.7
    Did not receive Pell Grant  7,910 61.8 62.9 63.2 25.2 38.0 0 36.8 0.1 8.3 28.4
  Private for-profit institutions
    Received Pell Grant  97,478 60.8 61.0 61.2 43.5 17.7 # 38.8 0.1 5.1 33.7
    Did not receive Pell Grant  40,713 69.1 69.4 69.6 52.1 17.5 0 30.4 0.1 3.5 26.8

4-year institutions










     All 4-year institutions  4,030,269 42.0 51.9 53.5 1.5 7.1 44.9 46.5 1.0 21.4 24.1
Entering and attendance status
  First-time, full-time  1,862,133 44.1 59.3 61.0 1.1 5.3 54.6 39.0 0.7 20.9 17.3
  First-time, part-time  316,512 13.9 19.7 21.6 3.0 12.9 5.7 78.4 2.5 24.0 51.9
  Non-first-time, full-time  1,116,459 53.9 59.2 60.5 1.6 6.7 52.2 39.5 0.7 17.6 21.2
  Non-first-time, part-time  735,165 30.4 35.7 37.6 1.7 9.7 26.2 62.4 1.5 27.4 33.5

Entering and attendance status6 
   by institution control










  Public institutions 2,685,426 40.8 52.1 53.8 1.3 8.2 44.3 46.2 1.1 22.6 22.5
    First-time, full-time  1,258,032 40.0 57.7 59.7 0.8 6.1 52.8 40.3 0.9 22.3 17.2
    First-time, part-time  248,461 14.6 20.7 22.7 3.2 14.5 5.0 77.3 2.7 25.0 49.7
    Non-first-time, full-time  692,165 58.5 64.0 65.3 1.2 7.2 56.9 34.7 0.6 17.6 16.5
    Non-first-time, part-time  486,768 31.1 36.4 38.2 2.0 11.7 24.6 61.8 1.3 29.4 31.1
  Private nonprofit institutions 932,577 51.3 59.9 61.3 0.9 3.4 57.1 38.7 0.7 18.5 19.5
    First-time, full-time  525,513 55.8 66.5 67.7 0.7 2.2 64.8 32.3 0.3 19.0 13.0
    First-time, part-time  35,840 12.8 18.2 20.5 2.6 6.4 11.6 79.5 1.6 24.2 53.7
    Non-first-time, full-time  241,208 56.6 62.2 63.5 0.8 3.8 59.0 36.5 0.8 14.3 21.3
    Non-first-time, part-time  130,016 33.8 40.3 42.9 1.4 6.7 34.8 57.1 1.7 22.8 32.6
  Private for-profit institutions 412,266 28.5 32.5 33.8 4.3 8.3 21.2 66.2 1.2 20.5 44.5
    First-time, full-time  78,588 32.8 36.3 37.5 10.4 12.6 14.5 62.5 0.6 12.8 49.1
    First-time, part-time  32,211 10.2 13.2 14.7 2.3 7.6 4.8 85.3 2.1 16.7 66.5
    Non-first-time, full-time  183,086 33.2 37.2 38.5 4.1 8.7 25.7 61.5 0.8 22.0 38.7
    Non-first-time, part-time  118,381 23.5 27.8 29.4 1.1 5.0 23.3 70.6 1.9 24.3 44.3

Pell Grant recipient status7 by
   institution control










  Public institutions
    Received Pell Grant  1,055,118 36.4 47.5 49.4 1.2 9.1 39.1 50.6 1.3 23.4 25.9
    Did not receive Pell Grant  1,630,308 43.6 55.0 56.6 1.4 7.6 47.7 43.4 0.9 22.1 20.4
  Private nonprofit institutions
    Received Pell Grant  342,348 41.3 49.5 51.1 1.1 4.6 45.4 48.9 0.8 21.8 26.3
    Did not receive Pell Grant  590,229 57.1 65.9 67.3 0.7 2.7 63.9 32.7 0.6 16.6 15.5
  Private for-profit institutions
    Received Pell Grant  236,410 25.8 29.1 30.3 4.6 8.9 16.8 69.7 0.8 21.9 47.0
    Did not receive Pell Grant  175,856 32.2 36.9 38.6 3.9 7.5 27.2 61.4 1.7 18.6 41.1

Acceptance rate










  Open admissions  1,257,750 26.7 31.1 32.6 3.8 18.8 10.0 67.4 1.6 24.6 41.2
  90.0 percent or more accepted 180,104 37.5 50.5 52.8 1.1 3.0 48.7 47.2 1.0 24.3 21.9
  75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted 702,411 43.8 57.0 58.7 0.6 1.6 56.5 41.3 0.7 22.9 17.7
  50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted 1,249,833 49.7 62.3 63.9 0.3 1.2 62.3 36.1 0.7 20.2 15.2
  25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted 424,964 57.9 70.7 72.3 0.1 1.7 70.4 27.7 0.6 14.6 12.5
  Less than 25.0 percent accepted  99,179 70.8 79.2 80.3 0.7 0.9 78.8 19.7 0.5 5.7 13.5
  Information not available 116,028 37.5 43.9 45.8 2.1 6.3 37.3 54.2 1.1 25.9 27.3

Pell Grant recipient status7 by 
   acceptance rate










  Open admissions
    Received Pell Grant 584,534 25.9 30.2 31.7 3.6 18.6 9.5 68.3 1.7 22.8 43.8
    Did not receive Pell Grant 673,216 27.3 31.8 33.4 4.0 19.0 10.4 66.6 1.6 26.1 38.9
  90.0 percent or more accepted
    Received Pell Grant 74,940 32.5 44.0 46.1 1.3 3.6 41.3 53.9 1.2 26.1 26.6
    Did not receive Pell Grant 105,164 41.1 55.2 57.5 0.9 2.6 54.0 42.5 0.9 22.9 18.6
  75.0 to 89.9 percent accepted
    Received Pell Grant 262,881 37.3 49.3 51.2 0.9 2.2 48.1 48.8 0.8 25.4 22.6
    Did not receive Pell Grant 439,530 47.7 61.6 63.1 0.4 1.3 61.4 36.9 0.6 21.5 14.8
  50.0 to 74.9 percent accepted
    Received Pell Grant 476,715 42.8 55.5 57.4 0.3 1.5 55.6 42.6 0.8 22.8 19.0
    Did not receive Pell Grant 773,118 53.9 66.4 67.9 0.3 1.1 66.5 32.1 0.6 18.6 12.9
  25.0 to 49.9 percent accepted
    Received Pell Grant 159,359 49.5 62.6 64.5 0.1 2.8 61.6 35.5 0.8 17.5 17.2
    Did not receive Pell Grant 265,605 63.0 75.5 77.0 0.2 1.1 75.7 23.0 0.4 12.8 9.7
  Less than 25.0 percent accepted
    Received Pell Grant 27,629 53.3 63.0 64.5 1.0 1.6 61.9 35.5 0.8 9.4 25.3
    Did not receive Pell Grant 71,550 77.6 85.5 86.4 0.5 0.6 85.3 13.6 0.4 4.3 8.9
  Information not available
    Received Pell Grant 47,818 32.0 37.6 38.9 1.8 6.0 31.1 61.1 0.7 30.6 29.8
    Did not receive Pell Grant 68,210 41.4 48.3 50.6 2.3 6.6 41.7 49.4 1.3 22.6 25.5
# Rounds to zero
1The 2014-15 entry cohort includes all degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who entered a degree-granting institution between July 1 of 2014 and June 30 of 2015.
2The 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.
3Awards 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 2014-15); excludes awards conferred by institutions to which the student later transferred.
4Data on subsequent enrollment are required to be reported, regardless of whether the institution has transfer-preparation as part of its mission.
5Includes students who dropped out of the reporting institution and students who subsequently enrolled at another institution without notifying the reporting institution.
6Entering status (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 as a degree/certificate-seeking student. First-time students are those who had never attended a postsecondary institution prior to their 2014-15 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).
7Pell 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 and U.S. service academies. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. 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. 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 2014-15 entry into the reporting institution means by August 31, 2018. 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), Outcome Measures component, Winter 2022–23 (provisional data); and Institutional Characteristics component, Fall 2015 (final data). (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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