NOTE: Total estimates include students of unknown race/ethnicity who are not reported separately.
The percentage of students graduating with a bachelor's degree within 6 years of entry from the degree-granting institutions where the students started as full-time, first-time students in the U.S. was higher for the cohort entry year of 2003 than it was for the cohort entry year of 1998.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2010.