Text Versions of Updated Graduation Data Charts

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Percentage of First-Year Students at Four-Year Colleges Who Return for Second Year

No. of Institutions*		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Public	505	70.7	70.4	70.7	71.4	71.7	71.6	71.9	71.7	71.4	71.0	71.4	71.2	71.9	72.1	71.9
Private	1,135	75.7	76.2	76.4	76.2	76.2	76.2	76.0	75.2	74.8	74.1	74.1	74.7	75.1	75.1	74.9
All	1,640	74.2	74.5	74.7	74.8	74.9	74.8	74.8	74.1	73.8	73.1	73.3	73.6	74.1	74.2	74.1

* No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2001.

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Percentage of Students at Four-Year Colleges Earning a Degree Within Five Years of High School Graduation

No. of Institutions*		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Public	457	48.5	48.0	48.2	47.9	46.6	46.7	46.3	45.6	46.1	44.6	44.2	42.9	42.2	41.9	41.9
Private	994	58.4	58.1	58.0	57.8	57.7	57.6	57.7	57.2	57.5	57.1	56.6	56.2	55.8	55.5	55.1
All	1,451	55.5	55.2	55.1	54.9	54.4	54.4	54.3	53.7	54.0	53.3	52.8	52.1	51.6	51.2	50.9

* No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2001.

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Percentage of First-Year Students at Two-Year Colleges Who Return for Second Year

No. of Institutions*		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Public	737	52.2	52.2	52.2	52.2	52.1	52.1	52.1	52.5	52.3	52.8	52.6	52.3	52.5	52.0	51.8
Private	130	71.1	70.8	71.1	70.6	71.6	72.4	72.4	71.6	70.1	68.9	68.2	68.5	69.0	68.4	66.9
All	867	56.1	56.1	56.1	55.9	56.0	56.0	56.0	56.1	55.6	55.7	55.4	55.0	55.1	54.6	54.1

*No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2001.

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Percentage of Students at Two-Year Colleges Earning a Degree Within Three Years

No. of Institutions*		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Public	776	39.0	38.1	38.8	38.6	38.6	38.8	38.7	37.8	36.9	36.1	35.3	34.4	33.1	32.4	31.6
Private	143	66.7	66.2	66.3	66.4	64.2	66.0	65.2	64.1	63.4	63.3	62.7	60.7	60.7	60.1	59.2
All	919	44.3	43.5	43.9	43.9	43.5	43.8	43.6	42.6	41.7	40.8	39.9	38.8	37.5	37.0	35.9

*No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2001.

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