NOTE: Total estimates include students of unknown race/ethnicity who are not reported separately.
The percentage of students graduating with an associate's degree within 150 percent of normal time of entry from the 2-year degree-granting institutions where the students started as full-time, first-time students, in South Dakota was lower for the cohort entry year of 2006 than it was for the cohort entry year of 2001.
For the cohort entry year 2006, the percentage of students graduating with an associate's degree within 150 percent of normal time of entry from the 2-year degree-granting institutions where the students started as full-time, first-time students in South Dakota was higher than the percentage for the United States.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2008-09 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Spring 2010.