Undergraduate Degree Earners

Undergraduate Degree Earners

The Undergraduate Degree Earners Report provides a demographic and education credential profile for all students who graduate with an undergraduate-level credential, encompassing undergraduate certificates and associate and bachelor’s degrees. In this report, we profile students who earned undergraduate credentials during the most recent academic year (2022-23), focusing on first-time completers versus those with a prior award.

Reporting of NSC Additional Data Elements (PDF)

Reporting of NSC Additional Data Elements (PDF) Since the 2008-09 academic year, the Clearinghouse has provided its participating institutions with the option to include several additional data elements in their enrollment submissions. These additional data elements...

Stay Informed Data Appendix – Spring 2023 (XLSX)

Stay Informed Data Appendix - Spring 2023 (XLSX) In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities are pressed to re-evaluate their long- and short-term strategies, particularly as they pertain to enrollment management and student support...

Persistence and Retention – 2021 Appendix (XLSX)

Persistence and Retention – 2021 Appendix (XLSX) The Persistence and Retention report series examines first-year persistence and retention rates for beginning postsecondary...

Some College, No Credential – 2023 (PDF)

Some College, No Credential – 2023 (PDF) The Some College, No Credential (SCNC) report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of U.S. adults who left postsecondary education without receiving a postsecondary credential and are no longer...

Some College, No Credential – May 2022 Data Appendix (XLSX)

Some College, No Credential - May 2022 Data Appendix (XLSX) In July 2020, the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) population has reached 39 million, approximately 22 percent of the U.S. population age 18 or older. A combination of net growth (1.9 million) and...

Some College, No Credential – May 2022 (PDF)

Some College, No Credential – May 2022 (PDF) In July 2020, the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) population has reached 39 million, approximately 22 percent of the U.S. population age 18 or older. A combination of net growth (1.9 million) and methodological...

Completing College – State & National – 2021 (PDF)

Completing College – State & National – 2021 (PDF) This is the tenth report in the Completing College report series, featuring the completion rate trends nationally and for states, updated with the fall 2015 entering cohort’s outcomes tracked through June...

Persistence and Retention – 2022 (PDF)

Persistence and Retention - 2022 (PDF) Seventy-five percent of students who started college in the first fall of the COVID-19 pandemic returned for their second year. This persistence rate represents a one-year increase of 1.1 percentage points but has yet to recover...

Completing College – State & National – 2020 (PDF)

Completing College – State & National – 2020 (PDF) This is the ninth report in the Completing College report series, featuring the six-year college completion outcomes for the fall 2014 entering cohort, the eight-year outcomes for the fall 2012 entering cohort,...

Transfer and Progress – Fall 2023 Appendix (XLSX)

Transfer and Progress – Fall 2023 Appendix (XLSX) Transfer enrollment represents 13.2 percent of all continuing and returning undergraduates in fall 2023. The number of students who transferred into a new institution in fall 2023 grew 5.3 percent in fall 2023 compared...

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