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NCES — Undergraduate graduation rates (Fast Facts)
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. federal data show a 64 percent six-year graduation rate for students who began a four-year bachelor's degree in fall 2014 — 60 percent for men and 67 percent for women.
What the study found
The National Center for Education Statistics tracks how many first-time, full-time students who start a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution finish it within six years. For the cohort that entered in fall 2014 and had until 2020 to complete, the overall six-year graduation rate was 64 percent, and it differed by sex: 60 percent for male students and 67 percent for female students.
[1]64 percent — 60 percent for males and 67 percent for females
Why it matters here
Discussion of whether women now outnumber men in higher education often focuses on enrolment, but completion is a distinct measure. This federal dataset shows a gap not only in who starts a degree but in who finishes one, with women completing at a higher rate than men within the same time window. It reports the numbers without assigning a cause. It is cited on do women now outnumber men in college? as government evidence on graduation outcomes by sex.
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