National Center for Education Statistics

Number and percentage distribution of students in the full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate student cohort, those that initially sought a bachelor’s or equivalent degree, and those that initially sought other than a bachelor’s or equivalent degree at Title IV 4-year degree-granting institutions, by cohort year, control of institution and institutional catery: United States, cohort years 2004, 2007, and 2010
Control of institution and institutional category1		Cohort year 2004									Cohort year 2007									Cohort year 2010
		Total cohort			Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students			Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students			Total cohort			Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students			Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students			Total cohort			Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students			Other than bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking students
		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent		Number	Percent
Public		917,033	100		832,697	90.8		84,336	9.2		1,002,903	100		901,461	89.9		101,442	10.1		1,088,706	100		935,520	85.9		153,186	14.1
Degree-granting, associate's and certificates		2,358	100		0	0		2,358	100		1,428	100		0	0		1,428	100		1,366	100		0	0		1,366	100
Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above		65,687	100		7,330	11.2		58,357	88.8		83,360	100		8,627	10.3		74,733	89.7		129,638	100		8,029	6.2		121,609	93.8
Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above		848,988	100		825,367	97.2		23,621	2.8		918,115	100		892,834	97.2		25,281	2.8		957,702	100		927,491	96.8		30,211	3.2
Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees2		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡
Private nonprofit		454,189	100		427,583	94.1		26,606	5.9		482,742	100		449,857	93.2		32,885	6.8		520,538	100		474,493	91.2		46,045	8.8
Degree-granting, associate's and certificates		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡
Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above		17,963	100		3,395	18.9		14,568	81.1		24,634	100		3,890	15.8		20,744	84.2		35,659	100		4,111	11.5		31,548	88.5
Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above		436,211	100		424,179	97.2		12,032	2.8		457,867	100		445,967	97.4		11,900	2.6		484,875	100		470,378	97		14,497	3
Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees2		15	100		9	60		6	40		241	100		0	0		241	100		4	100		4	100		0	0
Private for-profit		123,354	100		36,468	29.6		86,886	70.4		183,107	100		38,534	21		144,573	79		176,972	100		62,398	35.3		114,574	64.7
Degree-granting, associate's and certificates		32	100		0	0		32	100		52	100		0	0		52	100		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡
Degree-granting, not primarily baccalaureate or above		50,442	100		4,790	9.5		45,652	90.5		61,830	100		4,246	6.9		57,584	93.1		45,274	100		4,807	10.6		40,467	89.4
Degree-granting, primarily baccalaureate or above		72,880	100		31,678	43.5		41,202	56.5		121,225	100		34,288	28.3		86,937	71.7		131,698	100		57,591	43.7		74,107	56.3
Degree-granting, graduate with no undergraduate degrees2		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡		0	‡

‡ Reporting standards not met. No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell.

¹Institutional category is derived using the level of offerings reported on the Institutional Characteristics component and the number and level of awards reported in the Completions component.

2Although graduate degrees are the only degree offered by these institutions, they may offer undergraduate programs resulting in certificates.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. The four U.S. service academies that are not Title IV eligible are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public. Primarily baccalaureate refers to institutions where the total number of degrees/certificates awarded at or above the bachelor's level is more than 50 percent of the total number of degrees/certificates awarded. Associate’s and certificates refers to institutions with an associate’s degree as the only degree offering that may also offer postsecondary certificates of any level. Percentages in the columns of this table use the count in the appropriate "Total cohort" column of each section as the denominator. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the IPEDS online glossary located at https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/VisGlossaryAll.aspx.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Spring 2011, and Winter 2013–14 and 2016–17, Graduation Rates component (final data).