Undergraduate Completion

In 2021, more than three-quarters of undergraduate degrees and certificates were awarded at public institutions—39.7 percent were awarded at public two-year institutions and 37.3 percent at public four-year institutions. Nearly 16 percent of undergraduates earned a degree or certificate at private nonprofit four-year institutions, and 7.0 percent completed a degree or certificate at for-profit institutions.

• Roughly half of all Hispanic or Latino (50.8 percent) and American Indian or Alaska Native (49.8 percent) students earned an undergraduate degree or certificate at public two-year institutions. In contrast, about half of international students and approximately 47 percent of Asian students did so at public four-year institutions.
• Over a quarter of all international students earned an undergraduate degree or certificate at private nonprofit four-year institutions (25.8 percent). In contrast, about 10 percent of American Indian or Alaska Native students and 9 percent of Hispanic or Latino students did so.
• About 19 percent of Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students earned an undergraduate degree or certificate at for-profit institutions, while fewer than 5 percent of all White (4.9 percent), Asian (4.4 percent), and international (2.6 percent) students did so.