Title page
Contents
Acknowledgments 4
Introduction 7
IPEDS 2017-18 7
Graduation Rates 8
200 Percent Graduation Rates 8
Student Financial AidThe Student Financial Aid component 9
Admissions 9
Outcome Measures 10
Selected Findings 11
Graduation Rates 11
Student Financial Aid 11
Admissions 11
Outcome Measures 12
Appendix A. Data Collection Procedures 26
Appendix B. Glossary of IPEDS Terms 28
Table 1. Graduation rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV institutions among students who started as full-time, first-time students, by race/ethnicity, level and control of institution, and gender: United States, cohort years 2011 and 2014 13
Table 2. Number of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students in the adjusted cohort, number of completers, and percentage graduating at Title IV institutions, by control of institution, level of institution, and type of aid received: United States, cohort years 2011 and 2014 15
Table 3. Graduation rates within 100, 150, and 200 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV institutions among the students who started as full-time, first-time students, by control of institution, degree or certificate sought, level of institution, and specified time to graduation: United States, cohort years 2009 and 2013 17
Table 4. Number of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates enrolled, number and percentage awarded financial aid, and average amount of financial aid awarded at Title IV institutions, by control and level of institution and type of aid: United States, academic year 2016-17 18
Table 5. Average academic year cost of attendance, average grant/scholarship aid, and net price of attendance for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students at Title IV institutions operating on an academic year calendar system, by control of institution, level of institution, type of aid awarded,... 20
Table 6. Number of applications, admissions, and enrollments as first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students at Title IV institutions that do not have an open admissions policy, by level of institution, gender, control of institution, and enrollment status: United States, fall 2017 21
Table 7. Number and percentage of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate entering students in the adjusted cohort at Title IV degree-granting institutions and status 8 years after entering the institution, by outcome category, level and control of institution, and attendance status: United States, cohort year 2009-10 22
Table 8. Number and percentage of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate entering students in the adjusted cohort at Title IV degree-granting institutions and completion status at 4 years, 6 years, and 8 years after entering the institution, by time after entry, level of award, level and control of institution, and attendance status: United States, cohort year 2009-10 23