IPEDS Graduation Rates survey component information and glossary
Graduation rate data provide information on institutional productivity and help institutions comply with reporting requirements of the Student Right-to-Know Act (1990) and the Higher Education Act, amended (2008). Graduation rates data are collected for full-time, first-time degree and certificate-seeking undergraduate students. The fall "cohort" used in these report is the "revised adjusted cohort" reported at the time when the survey was completed.
Dashboard updated on 02/16/2024 with Preliminary 2023 Graduation Rates survey data. Preliminary data may change at any time due to revisions or corrections.
IPEDS
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
Historically Minoritized
This category includes all races/ethnicities except White, Non-Resident, and Race/Ethnicity Unknown.
U.S. Non-Resident
A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.
Graduation rate
The percentage of the number of students entering the institutions as undergraduate, full-time, first-time, degree-seeking in a fall cohort year who complete their program within 150% of normal time (6 years for bachelors degrees, 3 years for associate degrees, 1.5 years or one and a half times the normal period of time to complete certificates). This rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time divided by the fall cohort.
Transfer-out Rate
Calculated using the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of the reporting institution within 150% of normal time to completion divided by the number of students entering the institution as undergraduate, full-time, first-time, degree-seeking in a fall cohort year.
Graduation Plus Transfer-out Rate
This rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time PLUS the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of the reporting institution within 150% of normal time to completion divided by the number of students entering the institution as undergraduate, full-time, first-time, degree-seeking in a fall cohort year.
4-Year Institutions
2-Year Institutions