Overview

Graduation Rates Overview
	The Graduation Rate component of the IPEDS survey collects data on the cohort of first-time, full-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and tracks them for 150% of the normal time of their program to see how many complete. This information is collected as part of the Student-Right-to-Know Act.
	Data Reporting Reminders
	Once a student is in the cohort, they remain in the cohort, even if they switch to part-time or drop out. However, adjustments can be made to the initial cohort for exclusions, which include the death of a student, permanent disability, military deployment, or an official church mission.
	Changes for 2011-12
	A column has been added (column 51) to report the number of students still enrolled as of 200% of the normal time to completion of their program. This will provide more information about the status of non-completers.
	Resources: To download the survey materials for this component: Survey Materials
	To access your prior year data submission for this component: Reported Data
If you have questions about completing this survey, please contact the IPEDS Help Desk at 1-877-225-2568.

Screening questions

Does your institution post the Student-Right-to-Know student athlete graduation rates on a website?
	No.
	Yes. Please provide the URL.	http://

Based on your institution's response to the predominant calendar system question (B3) on the Institutional Characteristics Header survey from the IPEDS Fall 2011 Data Collection, your institution must report graduation rates data using a

Fall Cohort

A fall cohort is used by institutions with standard academic terms (semester, trimester, quarter, 4-1-4). A full-year cohort is used by institutions offering primarily occupational/vocational programs and operating on a continuous basis.

You may use the space below to provide context for the data you've reported above. These context notes will be posted on the College Navigator website, and should be written to be understood by students and parents.

Section I - Graduation Rate - Establishing cohorts

Establishing cohorts
NOTE: Reporting using the new race categories is now mandatory. On this screen you will need to revise your 2005 cohort to the new race/ethnicity categories. For information and assistance with this, please visit AIR's Race/Ethnicity FAQ page.
Screen 1 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Initial cohort	Revised cohort
		(01)
Men
NEW categories:
Notes for NEW categories: Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Hispanic/Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Two or more races
OLD categories:
Black, non-Hispanic	79
American Indian/Alaska Native	7
Asian/Pacific Islander	31
Hispanic	34
White, non-Hispanic	797
Categories used in BOTH New and Old:
Nonresident alien	24
Race and ethnicity unknown	20
Total men	992	992
Women
NEW categories:
Notes for NEW categories: Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Hispanic/Latino
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Two or more races
OLD categories:
Black, non-Hispanic	176
American Indian/Alaska Native	3
Asian/Pacific Islander	34
Hispanic	36
White, non-Hispanic	1,123
Categories used in BOTH New and Old:
Nonresident alien	21
Race and ethnicity unknown	24
Total women	1,417	1,417
Total men + women	2,409	2,409

Section I - Graduation Rate - Establishing cohorts

Incoming students that are seeking a bachelors degree should be reported in column 02. While column 3 will then be generated, it is meant to include any first-time, full-time entering students who are seeking an associates degree or undergraduate certificates. If you have no changes to the preloaded data on this screen, you must click the "Save and Next" button to generate screens to report completers and transfers.
Establishing cohorts
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 2 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Cohort	Bachelor's or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort	Other degree-seeking subcohort (Revised cohort – Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort)
	(01)	(02)	(03)
Men
Nonresident alien	21		3
Hispanic/Latino	36		3
American Indian or Alaska Native	7		1
Asian	31		1
Black or African American	78		5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander			0
White	789		35
Two or more races	6		0
Race and ethnicity unknown	24		1
Total men	992	943	49
Women
Nonresident alien	14		0
Hispanic/Latino	40		4
American Indian or Alaska Native	2		0
Asian	38		2
Black or African American	176		11
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander			0
White	1,117		116
Two or more races	3		1
Race and ethnicity unknown	27		2
Total women	1,417	1,281	136
Total men + women	2,409	2,224	185

Section II - Graduation Rate - Completers within 150%

In the columns below, report the status of the Bachelor's degree-seeking students reported in the subcohort in Col 10. Those undergraduate students who attained OTHER THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE within 150% of normal time as of August 31, 2011 should be reported in either Col 11 or 12, depending on the length of the program. Those who attained a bachelor's degree or equivalent within 150% or normal time should be reported in Col 18.

Subcohort of full-time, first-time students seeking a bachelor's or equivalent degree
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 1 of 4	Cohort year 2005
	Bachelor's or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort	Subcohort students who completed their program within 150% of normal time to completion			Total completers within 150%
		Completers of programs of <2-yrs	Completers of programs of 2<4-yrs	Completers of bachelor's or equivalent degrees
	(10)	(11)	(12)	(18)	(29)
Men
Nonresident alien	18				12
Hispanic/Latino	33				7
American Indian or Alaska Native	6				2
Asian	30				12
Black or African American	73				17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander					0
White	754				237
Two or more races	6				1
Race and ethnicity unknown	23				6
Total men	943	0	3	291	294
Women
Nonresident alien	14				8
Hispanic/Latino	36				13
American Indian or Alaska Native	2				0
Asian	36				14
Black or African American	165				39
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander					0
White	1,001				353
Two or more races	2				1
Race and ethnicity unknown	25				6
Total women	1,281	0	2	432	434
Total men + women	2,224	0	5	723	728

Section II - Graduation Rate - Bachelor's completers by length of time to degree

The students who attained a bachelor's degree or equivalent as reported on the previous page are listed in Col 18. For the other columns below, report these completers according to how long it took them to complete the program.

Subcohort of full-time, first-time students seeking a bachelor's or equivalent degree
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 2 of 4	Cohort year 2005
	Bachelor's or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort	Completed bachelor's degree or equivalent within 150%	Subcohort students who attained a bachelor's degree or equivalent
			Completed the program in 4 yrs or less	Completed the program in 5 yrs	Completed the program in 6 yrs
	(10)	(18)	(19)	(20)	(21)
Men
Nonresident alien	18	12			2
Hispanic/Latino	33	7			1
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	2			2
Asian	30	12			2
Black or African American	73	17			3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander					0
White	754	234			50
Two or more races	6	1			0
Race and ethnicity unknown	23	6			2
Total men	943	291	88	141	62
Women
Nonresident alien	14	8			2
Hispanic/Latino	36	13			5
American Indian or Alaska Native	2				0
Asian	36	14			3
Black or African American	165	39			13
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander					0
White	1,001	351			69
Two or more races	2	1			1
Race and ethnicity unknown	25	6			1
Total women	1,281	432	146	192	94
Total men + women	2,224	723	234	333	156

Section II - Graduation Rate - Transfers/exclusions

In the columns below, report the status of the BACHELOR'S DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS reported in the subcohort in Col 10, who did not complete a program as of August 31, 2011. Report transfers-out who did not complete a program in Col 30. If the mission of your institution includes providing substantial preparation for students to enroll in another eligible institution WITHOUT having completed their programs, you must report transfer-out data in column 30. A school is required to report only on those students that the school knows have transferred to another school. A school must document that the student actually transferred. If it is not part of your mission, you may report transfer-out data if you wish.

Report exclusions from the cohort in Col 45. The ONLY allowable categories for this column are: students who died or became permanently disabled students who left school to serve in the armed forces (or have been called up to active duty) students who left school to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government students who left school to serve on an official church mission Col 52 [No longer enrolled] will be calculated for you. This includes students who have dropped out or who completed in greater than 150% of normal time. If you do not have any values to enter in either columns 30, 45, or 51, you must enter at least one zero in a field on this screen

Subcohort of full-time, first-time students seeking a bachelor's or equivalent degree
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 3 of 4	Cohort year 2005
	Bachelor's or equivalent degree-seeking subcohort	Total completers within 150%	Total transfer-out students	Total exclusions	Still enrolled	No longer enrolled
	(10)	(29)	(30)	(45)	(51)	(52)
Men
Nonresident alien	18	12				4
Hispanic/Latino	33	7				12
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	2				2
Asian	30	12				9
Black or African American	73	17				29
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander		0				0
White	754	237				227
Two or more races	6	1				2
Race and ethnicity unknown	23	6				9
Total men	943	294	279	10	66	294
Women
Nonresident alien	14	8				4
Hispanic/Latino	36	13				5
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	0				1
Asian	36	14				5
Black or African American	165	39				34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander		0				0
White	1,001	353				284
Two or more races	2	1				0
Race and ethnicity unknown	25	6				10
Total women	1,281	434	420	3	81	343
Total men + women	2,224	728	699	13	147	637

Section III - Graduation Rate - Completers within 150%

In the columns below, report the status of the other undergraduate degree or certificate-seeking students reported in the subcohort in Col 10. Those undergraduate students who attained OTHER THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE within 150% of normal time as of August 31, 2011 should be reported in either Col 11 or 12, depending on the length of the program. Those who attained a bachelor's degree or equivalent within 150% or normal time should be reported in Col 18.

Subcohort of full-time, first-time students seeking other than a bachelor's degree
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 1 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Other degree-seeking subcohort	Subcohort students who completed their program within 150% of normal time to completion			Total completers within 150%
		Completers of programs of <2-yrs	Completers of programs of 2<4-yrs	Completers of bachelor's or equivalent degrees
	(10)	(11)	(12)	(18)	(29)
Men
Nonresident alien	3				0
Hispanic/Latino	3				1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1				0
Asian	1				0
Black or African American	5				1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0				0
White	35				11
Two or more races	0				0
Race and ethnicity unknown	1				0
Total men	49	3	0	10	13
Women
Nonresident alien	0				0
Hispanic/Latino	4				3
American Indian or Alaska Native	0				0
Asian	2				0
Black or African American	11				2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0				0
White	116				32
Two or more races	1				0
Race and ethnicity unknown	2				0
Total women	136	17	3	17	37
Total men + women	185	20	3	27	50

Section III - Graduation Rate - Transfers/exclusions

In the columns below, report the status of the OTHER THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS reported in the subcohort in Col 10, who did not complete a program as of August 31, 2011. Report transfers-out who did not complete a program in Col 30. If the mission of your institution includes providing substantial preparation for students to enroll in another eligible institution WITHOUT having completed their programs, you must report transfer-out data in column 30. A school is required to report only on those students that the school knows have transferred to another school. A school must document that the student actually transferred. If it is not part of your mission, you may report transfer-out data if you wish.

Report exclusions from the cohort in Col 45. The ONLY allowable categories for this column are: students who died or became permanently disabled students who left school to serve in the armed forces(or have been called up to active duty) students who left school to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government students who left school to serve on an official church mission Col 52 [No longer enrolled] will be calculated for you. This will include students who dropped out as well as those who completed in greater than 150% of normal time. If you do not have any values to enter in either columns 30, 45, or 51, you must enter at least one zero in a field on this screen

Subcohort of full-time, first-time students seeking other than a bachelor's degree
Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only
Screen 2 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Other degree-seeking subcohort	Total completers within 150%	Total transfer-out students	Total exclusions	Still enrolled	No longer enrolled
	(10)	(29)	(30)	(45)	(51)	(52)
Men
Nonresident alien	3	0				2
Hispanic/Latino	3	1				1
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0				1
Asian	1	0				1
Black or African American	5	1				2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0				0
White	35	11				17
Two or more races	0	0				0
Race and ethnicity unknown	1	0				1
Total men	49	13	8	0	3	25
Women
Nonresident alien	0	0				0
Hispanic/Latino	4	3				1
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0				0
Asian	2	0				0
Black or African American	11	2				4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0				0
White	116	32				38
Two or more races	1	0				0
Race and ethnicity unknown	2	0				1
Total women	136	37	47	0	8	44
Total men + women	185	50	55	0	11	69

Graduation and transfer-out rates

Calculation of graduation and transfer-out rates
Screen 1 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Revised cohort	Total exclusions	Total completers within 150%>	Total transfer-out students	Graduation rate	Transfer-out rate
Overall Rates, will be displayed on College Navigator					32	31
Men
Nonresident alien	21	0	12	2	57	10
Hispanic/Latino	36	0	8	13	22	36
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	0	2	2	29	29
Asian	31	1	12	6	40	20
Black or African American	78	0	18	26	23	33
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0
White	789	8	248	232	32	30
Two or more races	6	0	1	1	17	17
Race and ethnicity unknown	24	1	6	5	26	22
Total men	992	10	307	287	31	29
Women
Nonresident alien	14	0	8	1	57	7
Hispanic/Latino	40	0	16	14	40	35
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	0	0	1	0	50
Asian	38	0	14	15	37	39
Black or African American	176	0	41	87	23	49
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0
White	1,117	3	385	340	35	31
Two or more races	3	0	1	2	33	67
Race and ethnicity unknown	27	0	6	7	22	26
Total women	1,417	3	471	467	33	33
Total (men and women)
Nonresident alien	35	0	20	3	57	9
Hispanic/Latino	76	0	24	27	32	36
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	0	2	3	22	33
Asian	69	1	26	21	38	31
Black or African American	254	0	59	113	23	44
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0
White	1,906	11	633	572	33	30
Two or more races	9	0	2	3	22	33
Race and ethnicity unknown	51	1	12	12	24	24
Total	2,409	13	778	754	32	31

Graduation and transfer-out rates by length of time to degree

Calculation of graduation rates
Screen 2 of 2	Cohort year 2005
	Revised cohort	Total exclusions	Completed bachelor's degree in 4 or less years	Completed bachelor's degree in 5 or less years	Completed bachelor's degree in 6 or less years	4 year graduation rate	5 year graduation rate	6 year graduation rate
Graduation rates displayed below in bold italics will be displayed on College Navigator.
Men
Nonresident alien	18	0	6	10	12	33	56	67
Hispanic/Latino	33	0	1	6	7	3	18	21
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	33
Asian	30	1	4	10	12	14	34	41
Black or African American	73	0	4	14	17	5	19	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	0
White	754	8	69	184	234	9	25	31
Two or more races	6	0	1	1	1	17	17	17
Race and ethnicity unknown	23	1	3	4	6	14	18	27
Total men	943	10	88	229	291	9	25	31
Women
Nonresident alien	14	0	3	6	8	21	43	57
Hispanic/Latino	36	0	7	8	13	19	22	36
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asian	36	0	6	11	14	17	31	39
Black or African American	165	0	4	26	39	2	16	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	0
White	1,001	3	124	282	351	12	28	35
Two or more races	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	50
Race and ethnicity unknown	25	0	2	5	6	8	20	24
Total women	1,281	3	146	338	432	11	26	34
Total (men and women)
Nonresident alien	32	0	9	16	20	28	50	63
Hispanic/Latino	69	0	8	14	20	12	20	29
American Indian or Alaska Native	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	25
Asian	66	1	10	21	26	15	32	40
Black or African American	238	0	8	40	56	3	17	24
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0	0	0
White	1,755	11	193	466	585	11	27	34
Two or more races	8	0	1	1	2	13	13	25
Race and ethnicity unknown	48	1	5	9	12	11	19	26
Total	2,224	13	234	567	723	11	26	33

Graduation rates

Calculation of 4-year average rates: Cohort adjustment
Screen 1 of 3	2002	2003	2004	2005	4-year Total
Men
Revised cohort (I,01)	951	981	927	992	3,851
Total exclusions (II,45)	2	5	3	10	20
Total exclusions (III,45)		1	1	0	2
Adjusted cohort	949	975	923	982	3,829
Women
Revised cohort (I,01)	1,290	1,363	1,374	1,417	5,444
Total exclusions (II,45)	2	1	2	3	8
Total exclusions (III,45)	2	1	1	0	4
Adjusted cohort	1,286	1,361	1,371	1,414	5,432
Total (men and women)
Revised cohort (I,01)	2,241	2,344	2,301	2,409	9,295
Total exclusions (II,45)	4	6	5	13	28
Total exclusions (III,45)	2	2	2	0	6
Adjusted cohort	2,235	2,336	2,294	2,396	9,261

Graduation rates

Calculation of 4-year average rates: Completers within 150% of normal time
Screen 2 of 3	2002	2003	2004	2005	4-year Total
Men
<2-yr completers (II,11)				0	0
2<4-yr completers (II,12)	2	4	4	3	13
Bachelor's completers (II,18)	243	277	254	291	1,065
<2-yr completers (III,11)	2	3	2	3	10
2<4-yr completers (III,12)	6	12	4	0	22
Bachelor's completers (III,18)	39	26	26	10	101
Total completers within 150%	292	322	290	307	1,211
Women
<2-yr completers (II,11)				0	0
2<4-yr completers (II,12)	9	8	18	2	37
Bachelor's completers (II,18)	380	427	444	432	1,683
<2-yr completers (III,11)	11	7	8	17	43
2<4-yr completers (III,12)	8	10	10	3	31
Bachelor's completers (III,18)	28	18	35	17	98
Total completers within 150%	436	470	515	471	1,892
Total (men and women)
<2-yr completers (II,11)				0	0
2<4-yr completers (II,12)	11	12	22	5	50
Bachelor's completers (II,18)	623	704	698	723	2,748
<2-yr completers (III,11)	13	10	10	20	53
2<4-yr completers (III,12)	14	22	14	3	53
Bachelor's completers (III,18)	67	44	61	27	199
Total completers within 150%	728	792	805	778	3,103

Graduation rates

Calculation of 4-year average rates: Transfer-out students and rate calculations
Screen 3 of 3	2002	2003	2004	2005	4-year Total
Men
Transfer-out students (II,30)			248	279	527
Transfer-out students (III,30)			35	8	43
Total transfer-out students	0	0	283	287	570
Women
Transfer-out students (II,30)			379	420	799
Transfer-out students (III,30)			42	47	89
Total transfer-out students	0	0	421	467	888
Total (men and women)
Transfer-out students (II,30)			627	699	1,326
Transfer-out students (III,30)			77	55	132
Total transfer-out students	0	0	704	754	1,458
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know completion or graduation rate calculation					34
(Total Completers within 150% / Adjusted Cohort)
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know transfer-out rate calculation					16
(Total Transfer-out Students / Adjusted Cohort)

IPEDS collects important information regarding your institution. All data reported in IPEDS survey components become available in the IPEDS Data Center and appear as aggregated data in various Department of Education reports. Additionally, some of the reported data appears specifically for your institution through the College Navigator website and is included in your institution’s Data Feedback Report (DFR). The purpose of this summary is to provide you an opportunity to view some of the data that, when accepted through the IPEDS quality control process, will appear on the College Navigator website and/or your DFR. College Navigator is updated approximately three months after the data collection period closes and Data Feedback Reports will be available through the ExPT and sent to your institution’s CEO in November 2012.

Please review your data for accuracy. If you have questions about the data displayed below after reviewing the data reported on the survey screens, please contact the IPEDS Help Desk at: 1-877-225-2568 or ipedshelp@rti.org.