Table E-42-1.  Graduation rates of first-time postsecondary students who started as full-time degree-seeking students, by time between starting and graduating, level of institution where student started, sex, and race/ethnicity: Cohort years 2004 and 2007

Sex and race/ethnicity	2004 starting cohort				2007 starting cohort
	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 4 years	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 5 years	Percent completing bachelor's degree within 6 years		Percent completing certificates or associate's degree within 150 percent of normal time
Total1	37.9	53.9	58.3		29.9
Sex
Male	32.9	50.5	55.5		26.4
Female	42.1	56.8	60.6		32.7
Race/ethnicity
White	41.1	57.5	61.5		29.5
Black	20.4	34.2	39.5		25.3
Hispanic	27.9	44.0	50.1		33.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	45.0	62.9	68.7		33.6
American Indian/Alaska Native	21.8	34.7	39.4		25.6
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	35.6	54.0	58.8		27.2
Black	15.0	28.6	34.2		20.4
Hispanic	23.2	39.2	45.6		26.7
Asian/Pacific Islander	39.9	59.3	65.7		29.7
American Indian/Alaska Native	18.9	31.9	37.5		23.9
Female
White	45.8	60.5	63.8		31.6
Black	24.1	38.1	43.1		28.4
Hispanic	31.3	47.5	53.4		37.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	49.4	66.0	71.3		37.4
American Indian/Alaska Native	23.9	36.8	40.9		26.8

1Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2011, Graduation Rates component.