Six-Year Graduation Rate of Bachelor’s Degree-Seeking Students

Description: 

Percent of first-time, full-time Bachelor’s degree-seeking students at four-year postsecondary institutions who graduate within six years of starting their studies.

Methodological Notes: 

The six-year graduation rate for a given year is the rate for students starting their Bachelor’s degree studies six years earlier. For example, the rate for 2010 is for the cohort of students that started their degrees in 2004.  Students who complete their degrees at different institutions than where they started are not counted as graduating.

Data correspond to six-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions participating in the Title IV federal financial aid programs.