Completing College: A National View of Student Completion Rates -- Fall 2012 Cohort (Signature Report No. 16)

This seventh annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2012. It looks at the various pathways students took toward degree completion, as well as the completion rates through Spring 2018 for the dif...

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Published inNational Student Clearinghouse
Main Authors Shapiro, Doug, Dundar, Afet, Huie, Faye, Wakhungu, Phoebe Khasiala, Bhimdiwala, Ayesha, Wilson, Sean Eric
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published National Student Clearinghouse 01.12.2018
Subjects
Age Differences
College Graduates
College Transfer Students
Enrollment
Ethnicity
Full Time Students
Gender Differences
Geographic Location
Graduation Rate
Higher Education
Part Time Students
Postsecondary Education
Private Colleges
Public Colleges
Racial Differences
Two Year Colleges
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Summary:This seventh annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2012. It looks at the various pathways students took toward degree completion, as well as the completion rates through Spring 2018 for the different groups of students who followed each pathway. Major findings: (1) Steady Increase in Four-year and Two-year Completion Rates; (2) Despite Persistent Completion Gap, Strong Gains for Black and Hispanic Students; (3) Increases in Completion Rates at Four-Year Institutions for Students Who Started at Two-Year Public Institutions; and (4) Increases in Completions at the Starting Institution. [For the supplement to this report "Completing College: A State-Level View of Student Completion Rates -- Fall 2012 Cohort (Signature Report No. 16a)," see ED595342.]