National Center for Education Statistics

Table 26a. Number of degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate entering students in the adjusted cohort and percentage receiving an award within 8 years of entering the institution at Title IV 4-year degree-granting institutions, by attendance status, control of institution, and 2018 Carnegie classification: United States, cohort year 2010–2011
Control of institution and Carnegie classification1		Full-time						Part-time
		First-time			Non-first-time			First-time			Non-first-time
		Adjusted cohort	Percent receiving award		Adjusted cohort	Percent receiving award		Adjusted cohort	Percent receiving award		Adjusted cohort	Percent receiving award
All institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		462,242	76.6		195,282	74.1		10,537	40.8		53,058	53
High research activity		248,505	58.3		136,594	64.3		9,875	24.3		49,860	44.4
Doctoral/professional		171,005	46.4		175,570	46.6		22,367	17.4		90,329	37.9
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		355,399	50.6		324,089	54.2		50,048	12.6		177,199	36.4
Medium programs		103,532	50.4		60,953	59.6		9,089	15.9		33,936	43
Small programs		56,628	49.1		33,312	57.1		5,568	18.7		12,728	41.4
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		95,655	70.4		16,512	61.8		1,177	17.2		3,236	40.1
Diverse fields		96,550	43.5		50,013	52.7		10,032	15.9		22,292	39.6
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		86,315	38.8		34,312	45.8		42,402	21.9		34,003	33.4
Associate's dominant		142,459	35.6		154,249	45.1		127,278	18.4		340,262	23.5
Special focus institutions
Faith-related institutions		7,194	41.1		5,423	49		1,122	20.9		2,127	33.7
Medical schools & centers		0	Ø		4,986	92.3		0	Ø		1,287	80.1
Other health professions schools		24,128	38.5		28,051	54.9		5,676	22.7		18,439	52.2
Engineering schools		1,740	69.9		149	56.4		15	20		44	13.6
Other technology-related schools		2,720	55.7		1,685	50.8		735	19		997	28.3
Business & management schools		6,622	35.9		11,115	41.8		5,981	7.4		16,831	22.5
Arts, music & design schools		19,844	57.7		10,915	61.8		1,930	24.5		2,430	36.8
Law schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other special focus institutions		3,345	62.4		2,561	67.7		64	18.8		530	53
Tribal colleges		3,106	21.6		2,425	42.4		1,476	12.3		1,072	26
Other		14,575	35.1		12,944	41.9		14,673	13.2		25,705	22
Public institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		391,110	74.1		184,143	73.2		10,030	40.7		50,704	53.3
High research activity		194,116	53.5		119,794	62.9		9,127	23.6		45,673	44
Doctoral/professional		53,384	48.2		34,231	62.7		5,909	15		32,461	39.2
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		225,995	53.4		158,091	65.7		15,234	17.5		72,768	47.6
Medium programs		50,352	46.6		27,296	58.1		3,944	15.5		18,338	42.6
Small programs		30,776	46.2		18,033	60.2		3,808	18.9		5,818	40.2
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		13,284	58		4,803	55.8		440	13.6		1,847	40.3
Diverse fields		38,080	38.8		18,516	54.5		4,548	16.7		11,083	41.2
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		59,473	35.4		16,563	46.6		32,870	21.5		21,415	33.9
Associate's dominant		135,496	34.7		149,070	44.5		125,716	18.3		339,036	23.5
Special focus institutions
Faith-related institutions		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Medical schools & centers		0	Ø		4,441	92.3		0	Ø		1,212	81.3
Other health professions schools		261	33.7		313	80.8		31	19.4		55	50.9
Engineering schools		435	51.5		109	49.5		15	20		44	13.6
Other technology-related schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Business & management schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Arts, music & design schools		499	69.7		218	70.6		36	44.4		11	27.3
Law schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other special focus institutions		372	30.9		118	39.8		42	16.7		56	46.4
Tribal colleges		2,255	19		1,222	44.7		1,266	9.2		607	29.3
Other		10,910	26.9		10,903	37.7		13,698	11.6		24,590	21
Private nonprofit institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		71,132	90.1		11,139	88.6		507	43.2		2,354	45.7
High research activity		54,389	75.6		16,800	74.2		748	32.8		4,187	47.9
Doctoral/professional		70,588	61		39,787	65.6		7,539	30.7		21,898	49.5
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		94,821	54.5		70,886	57.2		12,987	12.6		52,765	38.1
Medium programs		46,815	56.2		25,105	64.6		3,329	20		11,728	51.1
Small programs		24,674	53.9		12,630	55.7		1,009	24		5,226	48.5
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		82,371	72.4		11,707	64.3		731	19.3		1,353	39.6
Diverse fields		51,587	47.5		22,502	57.6		2,353	20		6,494	45.1
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		12,593	49.1		4,736	48		1,843	20.7		1,320	39.1
Associate's dominant		2,838	53.2		593	60		660	44.2		152	34.2
Special focus institutions
Faith-related institutions		7,194	41.1		5,423	49		1,122	20.9		2,127	33.7
Medical schools & centers		0	Ø		545	91.7		0	Ø		75	61.3
Other health professions schools		6,515	52.4		9,961	72		1,495	36.5		7,910	57
Engineering schools		660	82.9		24	66.7		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other technology-related schools		1,668	44.4		1,313	49		690	18.1		941	27.8
Business & management schools		1,938	57.2		2,202	62.4		590	12.5		3,959	42.5
Arts, music & design schools		10,820	64.5		5,108	64.8		173	38.2		498	39.6
Law schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other special focus institutions		1,347	73.9		1,776	70.4		17	23.5		335	59.4
Tribal colleges		851	28.4		1,203	40.1		210	30.5		465	21.7
Other		847	28.9		1,155	53.4		345	17.7		841	39.5
Private for-profit institutions
Doctoral universities
Very high research activity		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
High research activity		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Doctoral/professional		47,033	22.3		101,552	33.7		8,919	7.7		35,970	29.6
Master’s colleges and universities
Larger programs		34,583	21.7		95,112	32.7		21,827	9.2		51,666	18.9
Medium programs		6,365	38.4		8,552	49.4		1,816	9.5		3,870	20.5
Small programs		1,178	24.3		2,649	42.7		751	10.4		1,684	23.5
Baccalaureate colleges
Arts & sciences focus		0	Ø		2	100		6	33.3		36	50
Diverse fields		6,883	39.5		8,995	36.6		3,131	11.8		4,715	28.1
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges
Mixed baccalaureate/associate's		14,249	43.7		13,013	44		7,689	24.3		11,268	31.8
Associate's dominant		4,125	53.9		4,586	62.6		902	9.3		1,074	17.8
Special focus institutions
Faith-related institutions		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Medical schools & centers		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other health professions schools		17,352	33.3		17,777	44.8		4,150	17.8		10,474	48.6
Engineering schools		645	69		16	87.5		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other technology-related schools		1,052	73.8		372	57.3		45	33.3		56	35.7
Business & management schools		4,684	27		8,913	36.7		5,391	6.8		12,872	16.3
Arts, music & design schools		8,525	48.3		5,589	58.8		1,721	22.7		1,921	36.1
Law schools		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other special focus institutions		1,626	60		667	65.5		5	20		139	40.3
Tribal colleges		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø		0	Ø
Other		2,818	68.6		886	78		630	44.1		274	59.1

Ø No institutions met the criteria to be included in this cell. There are no institutions in the Carnegie classification.

¹Based on the Carnegie Foundation’s Basic Classification, which is an update of the traditional classification framework developed by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in 1970 to support its research program and published in 1973 for use by other researchers (see https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu; link retrieved September 30, 2022). Carnegie classifications do not always contain institutions of the same level.

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. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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 and are included in this table. The adjusted cohort is the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions. The revised cohort is the number of students entering the institution as degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates in the reference year. Allowable exclusions include those students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; students who left school to serve in the armed forces (or were called up to active duty); those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on official church missions. An award is defined as an undergraduate degree or undergraduate certificate conferred by the institution. The status of each student in the Outcome Measures 2010–2011 entering cohort is reported as of August 31, 2018. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2018.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Winter 2018–19, Outcome Measures component (final data).