Table 46. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and Carnegie
classification: United States, cohort year 1997
American
White, Black, Asian/ Indian/ Race/
non- non- Pacific Alaska ethnicity Nonresident
Control of institution and Carnegie classification Total Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic Islander Native unknown alien
All institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive 67.0 68.1 51.9 60.0 74.2 46.9 71.3 70.3
Doctoral/research universities—intensive 50.5 53.8 35.9 39.6 55.3 35.3 50.4 50.6
Master’s colleges and universities I 45.2 49.0 33.7 33.5 43.5 31.3 42.9 38.6
Master’s colleges and universities II 48.3 51.1 27.3 43.2 43.5 28.6 41.7 43.8
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts 68.6 70.4 53.1 63.4 72.7 39.5 67.3 70.3
Baccalaureate colleges—general 45.3 50.1 32.2 30.8 38.9 29.5 33.3 48.7
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges 30.7 34.0 18.2 23.4 33.2 19.1 24.4 33.7
Other 4-year institutions 40.5 43.9 33.9 29.8 37.0 23.0 29.4 63.0
Associate’s colleges 43.8 47.0 37.3 36.7 55.5 28.4 48.9 33.3
Theological seminaries and other specialized
faith-related institutions 46.1 45.7 42.5 51.8 65.1 34.0 42.6 52.6
Medical schools and medical centers 89.5 84.6 100.0 † 100.0 100.0 † †
Other separate health profession schools 64.7 68.6 61.9 52.5 59.7 11.8 40.0 35.4
Schools of engineering and technology 47.2 50.4 29.1 46.9 62.0 30.4 36.4 56.4
Schools of business and management 38.7 43.4 28.1 42.1 41.8 23.6 27.5 62.5
Schools of art, music, and design 53.3 57.8 41.6 50.1 53.7 47.1 40.2 47.2
Teachers colleges 44.0 53.8 24.0 32.4 50.0 100.0 † 18.8
Other specialized institutions 63.4 73.7 44.0 38.4 67.5 51.9 50.7 62.0
Tribal colleges and universities 26.5 33.6 100.0 33.3 50.0 24.6 100.0 †
Public institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive 63.4 65.0 47.4 55.6 70.2 43.8 64.8 62.9
Doctoral/research universities—intensive 45.9 49.3 33.8 32.8 48.7 28.4 40.1 44.1
Master’s colleges and universities I 43.3 46.5 33.2 33.6 44.2 30.4 44.1 40.4
Master’s colleges and universities II 40.9 44.5 21.4 35.3 42.3 21.8 40.2 42.6
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts 42.2 43.6 40.4 32.4 37.0 20.9 43.1 50.7
Baccalaureate colleges—general 33.9 36.6 30.6 17.2 32.5 20.3 23.5 36.1
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges 24.3 27.9 12.0 14.8 30.6 13.3 26.5 31.8
Other 4-year institutions 47.8 48.7 39.5 42.4 43.4 16.7 35.2 42.1
Associate’s colleges 27.1 29.5 17.9 23.7 31.6 8.5 87.7 24.9
Theological seminaries and other specialized
faith-related institutions † † † † † † † †
Medical schools and medical centers 89.5 84.6 100.0 † 100.0 100.0 † †
Other separate health profession schools † † † † † † † †
Schools of engineering and technology 46.9 49.0 31.5 34.0 51.1 16.0 53.4 27.0
Schools of business and management † † † † † † † †
Schools of art, music, and design 55.3 56.0 41.2 52.9 46.2 100.0 58.1 60.0
Teachers colleges 19.6 17.9 21.7 0.0 † † † 11.1
Other specialized institutions 64.0 75.1 41.7 37.4 67.1 74.3 39.6 81.8
Tribal colleges and universities 22.5 25.4 † 0.0 0.0 22.0 100.0 †
Private not-for-profit institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive 82.3 83.1 74.1 77.2 86.8 70.4 81.5 80.1
Doctoral/research universities—intensive 63.5 68.5 43.1 55.4 63.8 61.0 59.6 57.7
Master’s colleges and universities I 49.2 54.2 35.1 33.2 42.1 35.5 40.9 36.9
Master’s colleges and universities II 53.8 55.5 41.2 48.0 44.3 40.2 42.7 47.0
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts 72.3 74.3 54.2 68.6 77.7 58.0 70.6 71.0
Baccalaureate colleges—general 49.5 54.6 33.3 37.6 39.7 36.5 35.7 50.6
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges 38.6 40.6 27.4 43.3 42.7 22.6 22.7 34.6
Table 46. Graduation rates at 4-year Title IV institutions, by race/ethnicity, control of institution, and Carnegie
classification: United States, cohort year 1997
American
White, Black, Asian/ Indian/ Race/
non- non- Pacific Alaska ethnicity Nonresident
Control of institution and Carnegie classification Total Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic Islander Native unknown alien
Other 4-year institutions 51.8 48.1 36.2 37.6 47.9 18.2 87.6 65.7
Associate’s colleges 52.3 55.4 47.1 46.7 49.3 41.1 50.7 39.1
Theological seminaries and other specialized
faith-related institutions 46.1 45.7 42.5 51.8 65.1 34.0 42.6 52.6
Medical schools and medical centers † † † † † † † †
Other separate health profession schools 64.5 68.6 62.1 52.5 59.7 11.8 42.1 35.4
Schools of engineering and technology 53.7 59.2 33.3 24.4 55.9 12.5 39.2 65.0
Schools of business and management 46.2 48.4 29.1 52.6 54.8 25.0 68.4 63.3
Schools of art, music, and design 57.8 59.7 46.0 54.0 58.7 50.0 49.8 61.2
Teachers colleges 49.4 56.7 25.9 33.3 50.0 100.0 † 28.6
Other specialized institutions 60.3 67.3 50.0 45.5 70.3 10.5 76.2 55.9
Tribal colleges and universities 39.7 42.4 100.0 50.0 100.0 36.8 † †
Private for-profit institutions
Doctoral/research universities—extensive † † † † † † † †
Doctoral/research universities—intensive † † † † † † † †
Master’s colleges and universities I 50.7 45.9 50.0 66.7 50.0 † 100.0 75.0
Master’s colleges and universities II 16.3 20.9 10.6 15.2 41.7 0.0 33.3 15.4
Baccalaureate colleges—liberal arts † † † † † † † †
Baccalaureate colleges—general 33.6 36.0 18.3 36.4 45.8 8.3 8.2 47.4
Baccalaureate/associate’s colleges 55.0 59.7 45.9 40.0 33.3 50.0 33.3 50.0
Other 4-year institutions 22.4 22.8 31.0 24.6 24.5 25.0 12.6 68.4
Associate’s colleges 54.0 57.8 45.8 53.0 62.9 28.1 44.2 44.4
Theological seminaries and other specialized
faith-related institutions † † † † † † † †
Medical schools and medical centers † † † † † † † †
Other separate health profession schools 67.7 70.4 60.0 † † † 0.0 †
Schools of engineering and technology 45.1 47.0 28.3 51.9 65.8 35.9 30.3 69.8
Schools of business and management 22.0 25.6 20.9 24.9 12.5 22.9 17.3 58.6
Schools of art, music, and design 48.1 55.5 37.4 48.3 47.0 45.9 28.2 33.6
Teachers colleges † † † † † † † †
Other specialized institutions 70.6 73.2 0.0 † † † † 0.0
Tribal colleges and universities † † † † † † † †
† Not applicable. There are no institutions in the Carnegie classification, or the race/ethnicity category did not have any enrollees.
NOTE: One Carnegie classification has been deleted from this table—Schools of law—because none of these schools had a baccalaureate cohort.
Perturbation procedures were applied to small cell sizes to protect the confidentiality of individuals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS),
Spring 2004.