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.

Data collected include:

• Number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree or certificate-seeking students in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender;
• Number of students completing their program within a time period equal to one and a half times (150%) the normal period of time, by race/ethnicity, gender, and Pell status; and
• Number of students who transferred to other institutions.

• Race/Ethnicity Information Center
• Mapping Old Post-Baccalaureate Award Levels with New Levels
• Reporting Study Abroad Students
• The History and Origins of Survey Items (2022–23 Update)
• Timing of IPEDS Data Collection
• Measuring Success in IPEDS
• Student Cohorts and Subgroups in IPEDS

• For 4-year institutions
• For 2-year institutions
• For less than 2-year institutions

• Provides an overview of the survey component
• Discusses how to report students if they change programs within the same institution and the lengths of the programs are different
• Discusses who to include and cohort revisions when reporting graduation rate data
• Discusses the Pell and Subsidized Stafford Loan cohorts