National Center for Education Statistics

Graduation rates at 4-year and 2-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and Carnegie classification: United States, cohort years 1999 and 2002
Control of institution and Carnegie classification	Total	White, non- Hispanic	Black, non- Hispanic	Hispanic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Race/ ethnicity unknown	Nonresident alien
All institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive	68.1	69.0	54.0	61.7	76.0	50.1	70.3	71.5
Doctoral/research universities—intensive	52.0	54.8	38.0	44.0	58.0	32.8	51.9	53.1
Master’s colleges and universities I	48.8	52.4	36.1	39.2	48.6	32.4	46.8	48.8
Master’s colleges and universities II	48.9	51.9	30.5	42.2	46.1	24.1	36.1	49.1
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts	69.5	71.3	55.7	62.5	73.8	42.0	65.8	70.8
Baccalaureate colleges—general	45.6	50.6	31.4	32.2	43.0	30.4	42.2	49.2
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges	30.4	33.4	17.0	24.6	28.6	26.9	38.3	30.1
Other 4-year institutions	37.4	44.7	38.4	38.8	48.0	22.8	13.1	49.2
Associate’s colleges	28.6	30.6	20.8	27.3	30.4	26.2	28.0	27.7
Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions	43.8	44.0	43.0	35.5	53.6	39.6	16.4	52.1
Medical schools and medical centers	0.0	0.0	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other separate health profession schools	51.1	54.7	38.2	43.8	53.7	20.0	30.6	50.0
Schools of engineering and technology	47.8	52.3	33.6	41.9	55.9	35.6	33.4	62.0
Schools of business and management	41.5	46.7	30.2	50.9	60.4	38.9	23.6	59.6
Schools of art, music, and design	56.0	59.9	40.6	52.9	57.5	58.1	45.9	59.5
Teachers colleges	51.2	59.9	16.4	16.7	50.0	†	†	26.9
Other specialized institutions	66.2	74.7	48.2	44.9	65.8	65.6	70.1	57.8
Tribal colleges and universities	25.5	34.0	75.0	28.6	0.0	24.8	15.6	†
Public institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive	64.7	66.1	49.8	57.4	72.3	46.3	63.1	65.1
Doctoral/research universities—intensive	47.5	50.4	35.9	37.2	52.0	25.7	45.0	46.3
Master’s colleges and universities I	44.8	47.9	34.8	36.1	45.5	29.7	45.5	44.2
Master’s colleges and universities II	42.8	46.4	23.7	32.5	41.0	19.1	36.7	46.7
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts	42.7	44.3	40.0	31.2	42.2	24.0	37.4	54.0
Baccalaureate colleges—general	33.6	36.2	29.0	19.9	31.7	20.7	36.4	40.4
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges	24.7	28.4	13.0	14.9	24.0	30.1	22.2	25.4
Other 4-year institutions	48.6	49.6	38.1	40.3	48.3	18.8	47.6	52.6
Associate’s colleges	21.7	24.4	12.5	16.5	23.5	17.1	18.2	25.6
Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Medical schools and medical centers	0.0	0.0	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other separate health profession schools	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Schools of engineering and technology	47.1	48.4	30.7	43.4	46.2	34.8	47.5	62.2
Schools of business and management	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Schools of art, music, and design	59.5	63.3	58.1	36.8	41.7	100.0	48.7	50.0
Teachers colleges	13.7	15.4	16.1	†	0.0	†	†	0.0
Other specialized institutions	68.1	76.2	52.1	44.0	67.4	66.7	61.7	52.0
Tribal colleges and universities	23.3	28.1	75.0	20.0	0.0	23.1	0.0	†
Private not-for-profit institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive	83.4	83.8	75.4	79.9	88.7	76.0	83.1	81.2
Doctoral/research universities—intensive	64.9	68.9	46.3	58.0	65.8	63.8	60.2	61.3
Master’s colleges and universities I	59.0	63.5	40.7	47.8	57.9	46.3	49.0	55.3
Master’s colleges and universities II	53.6	55.6	41.7	46.5	50.7	32.7	37.2	53.4
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts	73.3	75.2	57.0	68.4	78.9	59.3	70.8	71.6
Baccalaureate colleges—general	49.7	55.1	32.5	37.1	46.2	35.7	44.6	51.3
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges	37.6	38.8	21.8	43.3	47.3	25.4	54.1	38.5
Other 4-year institutions	48.3	46.4	65.4	39.6	44.7	52.4	32.0	48.2
Associate’s colleges	49.2	52.5	34.7	50.3	54.9	56.7	36.9	46.5
Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions	43.8	44.0	43.0	35.5	53.6	39.6	16.4	52.1
Medical schools and medical centers	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other separate health profession schools	51.2	54.7	38.4	43.8	54.1	21.1	31.3	50.0
Schools of engineering and technology	55.7	63.0	28.9	27.1	58.8	33.3	40.3	48.8
Schools of business and management	44.0	48.6	27.3	50.7	65.6	34.5	34.5	59.9
Schools of art, music, and design	58.8	60.3	41.1	52.2	60.5	45.8	55.4	66.3
Teachers colleges	61.7	63.7	20.0	16.7	100.0	†	†	50.0
Other specialized institutions	60.8	69.0	43.6	48.3	61.8	55.6	71.2	64.1
Tribal colleges and universities	33.5	54.5	†	50.0	0.0	31.0	71.4	†
Private for-profit institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Doctoral/research universities—intensive	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Master’s colleges and universities I	43.3	48.2	14.3	39.1	64.3	0.0	37.5	7.7
Master’s colleges and universities II	29.6	34.4	24.0	31.4	24.0	0.0	18.3	38.6
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts	43.1	43.8	20.0	60.0	100.0	†	†	50.0
Baccalaureate colleges—general	36.6	36.8	23.5	38.0	45.8	31.3	4.3	62.1
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges	41.4	43.7	27.1	52.5	26.8	15.4	47.6	0.0
Other 4-year institutions	27.8	34.1	34.3	38.4	48.4	17.2	12.0	48.8
Associate’s colleges	57.3	62.0	47.8	56.3	60.1	59.6	48.7	65.1
Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-related institutions	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Medical schools and medical centers	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other separate health profession schools	48.0	57.1	0.0	†	0.0	0.0	0.0	†
Schools of engineering and technology	45.4	49.2	34.5	43.9	56.4	36.1	27.9	75.0
Schools of business and management	30.5	30.8	53.5	51.4	26.3	44.0	14.5	57.8
Schools of art, music, and design	53.4	59.2	39.5	53.4	54.8	60.4	38.1	46.3
Teachers colleges	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Other specialized institutions	62.6	66.4	28.6	62.5	20.0	100.0	75.0	†
Tribal colleges and universities	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†

† Not applicable. There are no institutions in the Carnegie classification, or the race/ethnicity category did not have any enrollees.

NOTE: One Carnegie classification has been omitted from this table—Schools of law—because none of these schools had a baccalaureate cohort. Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals. The graduation rate was calculated as required for disclosure and reporting purposes under the Student Right-to-Know Act. This rate was calculated as the total number of completers within 150 percent of normal time divided by the revised cohort minus any allowable exclusions. The revised cohort is the current (spring 2006) estimate of the number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates in the reference year. Allowable exclusions include those students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the armed forces; 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. Due to natural disaster, seven institutions were unable to respond to this survey; their data were imputed, and they are represented in this table.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Spring 2006, Graduation Rates component.