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A Web site on who graduates from college, who doesn’t, and why it matters, from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Four-year colleges: bachelor’s degree-seeking students (NCES)
First-time, full-time degree-seeking undergraduates seeking a bachelor's degree.
Four-year colleges: other degree-seeking students (NCES)
First-time, full-time undergraduates seeking any non-bachelor's degree or certificate. Expected graduation time for these programs varies.
Two-year colleges: all degree-seeking students (NCES)
First-time full-time degree seeking students at 2-year colleges. The expected completion time for these programs varies.
Four-year public colleges: Full-time undergraduate students (VSA)
The Voluntary System of Accountability data includes information on transfer students and continuing enrollment for participating public four-year colleges.
Graduation Rates
About the VSA graduation rates
These statistics come from the Voluntary System of Accountability’s Student Success and Progress rate. The numbers are based on student cohort data from the National Student Clearinghouse for first-time, full-time students and full-time transfer students. About half of 4-year public institutions we examined have reported these data. Because it’s linked to a particular student instead of an institution, these figures can show outcomes for students who enter and leave a particular college. More about this data.
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44%
of all students graduated within four years in 2010+4.3
percentage point change from 2002 to 2010Racial groups with fewer than 20 students in any year cannot be viewed separately using the drop-down menu, but they are included in the totals for ‘All races.’
How much of the 2004 entering class was included in the graduation rate?
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Not all undergraduates are included in the official graduation rate. The U.S. omits part-time freshmen and those who have attended college before, among others, from its graduation-rate survey. The outcomes for those students are not known.
Efficiency
Completions per 100 students
A ratio which shows the total number of undergraduate-level completions (degrees and certificate programs of at least one year in length) per total 100 full-time equivalent undergraduates, based on total credit hours taken. It's the three-year average for 2008, 2009, and 2010, and includes all undergraduate students, not only the first-time, full-time ones.Educational spending per completion
Estimated educational spending (expenses related to instruction, student services, academic support, institutional support, operations and maintenance) per academic award in 2010. Includes all certificates and degrees.In Context
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Institutional statisticsBasic information, statistics such as freshman retention and endowment size, and VSA graduation rates, if available. Graduation rates
Broken down by gender and race, for all available years.
Comparison data
U.S. public 4-year graduation ratesAggregate graduation-rate data for this college’s sector. Current peer group
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