Graduation rate data provide information on institutional productivity and help institutions comply with reporting requirements of the Student Right-to-Know Act (1990) and the Higher Education Act, amended (2008). Graduation rates data are collected for full-time, first-time degree and certificate-seeking undergraduate students.

Data collected include:

• Number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree or certificate-seeking students in a particular year (cohort), by race/ethnicity and gender; and
• Number of students completing their program within a time period equal to two times (200%) the normal period of time.

• Race/Ethnicity Information Center
• Mapping Old Post-Baccalaureate Award Levels with New Levels
• Reporting Study Abroad Students
• The History and Origins of Survey Items (2022–23 Update)
• Timing of IPEDS Data Collection
• Measuring Success in IPEDS
• Student Cohorts and Subgroups in IPEDS

• Provides an overview of the survey component
• Discusses who to include and what data to report