Graduation rates of first-time postsecondary students who started as full-time degree-seeking students, by race/ethnicity, sex, time between starting and graduating, and level of institution: Selected cohort entry years, 1996, 1999, 2001, and 2004

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Table 22.	Graduation rates of first-time postsecondary students who started as full-time degree-seeking students, by race/ethnicity, sex, time between starting and graduating, and level of institution: Selected cohort entry years, 1996, 1999, 2001, and 2004

Level of institution and cohort entry year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native
	Male
All 4-year institutions
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 4 years of start
1996 starting cohort	28.5	30.6	13.9	19.0	32.2	15.1
2001 starting cohort	31.0	33.4	15.0	21.3	35.7	18.0
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 5 years of start
1996 starting cohort	46.2	49.2	27.0	34.4	51.8	31.2
2001 starting cohort	48.6	51.9	28.9	37.3	56.0	31.5
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 6 years of start
1996 starting cohort	52.0	54.8	32.8	41.3	59.5	36.2
2001 starting cohort	54.2	57.3	34.6	44.1	62.7	36.1
	Percent completing certificates or associate's degrees within 150 percent of normal time¹
All 2-year institutions
1999 starting cohort	28.2	29.7	20.8	25.8	29.1	24.2
2004 starting cohort	25.7	27.3	19.1	22.6	27.9	23.6

	Female
All 4-year institutions
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 4 years of start
1996 starting cohort	38.0	41.1	23.2	25.8	42.2	21.7
2001 starting cohort	40.6	43.9	25.7	29.1	47.2	23.5
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 5 years of start
1996 starting cohort	53.6	56.8	37.5	42.4	60.5	34.9
2001 starting cohort	55.8	59.1	40.6	45.6	64.5	37.4
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 6 years of start
1996 starting cohort	58.2	60.9	43.0	49.1	66.8	39.5
2001 starting cohort	60.0	62.8	46.2	51.5	69.8	42.1
	Percent completing certificates or associate's degrees within 150 percent of normal time¹
All 2-year institutions
1999 starting cohort	30.2	31.7	25.1	27.8	32.6	25.8
2004 starting cohort	29.6	30.5	25.2	29.0	32.6	28.8

¹ Normal time to completion is the amount of time necessary for a student to complete all requirements for a degree or certificate according to the institution's catalog. This is typically 4 years for a bachelor's degree in a standard term-based institution, 2 years for an associate's degree in a standard term-based institution, and the various scheduled durations for certificate programs.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2001–02 through 2007–08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2001, and Spring 2002–08.