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Percentage of Students at Four-Year Colleges Earning a Degree Within Five Years of Entry

No. of Institutions*		1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Public	456	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	41.2
Private	994	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	55.5
All	1,450	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	51.0

* No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2002.

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

No. of Institutions*		1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Public	505	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	71.9
Private	1,139	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	74.9
All	1,644	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	74.0

* No. of institutions applies to those reporting in 2002.

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