Share of college students 2009, by degree attainment and degree completion status

This graph shows a distribution of first-time postsecondary students in the United States, who started their degree at a 4-year institution in the 2003/04 academic year, by the highest level of educational attainment. The figures are also differentiated by the degree completion status of students as of 2009. For example, 55.2 percent of students, who enrolled for their bachelor's degree, had completed their degree by 2009, after starting in 2003/04.