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Thereport also features national eight-year completion outcomes for fall 2015 through June 2023.  \nThe national completion rate measures the performance of the entire higher education system. It counts all students who enter postsecondary education for the first time each fall, enrolling full-time or parttime at two-year or four-year institutions, and completing at [any U.S. degree-granting institution. It](any U.S. degree-granting institution. It)[ ](any U.S. degree-granting institution. It)includes those who complete after transfer, not just completions at the starting institution. Thus, the results more fully capture today’s students’ success, which increasingly involve mobility across institutions, re-entry after stop-out, and changes in enrollment intensities.  \nA longitudinal data dashboard accompanies this report and offers detailed six-year and eight-year completion outcomes by cohort year across starting institution sectors and student backgrounds, enabling national and state-level comparisons through interactive visualizations and analysis tools. Underlying data are available on the website for downloading.  \nKey Findings  \n􀂄 Progress in the national college completion rate has stalled. The six-year completion rate for the fall 2017 cohort was 62.2 percent, essentially unchanged since 2015.  \n􀂄 Six-year completion rates increased in over half of states, with nine states increasing 1 percentage point (pp) or more. This is up from the previous year when only five states had gains of at least 1 pp.  \n􀂄 Completions rates stalled or declined across all ethnicities, with Native American (-2 .0 pp) and Black students (-0 .4 pp) posting the largest decreases.  \n􀂄 The gender gap in completion rates continues to grow and is the widest seen since 2008 (7 .2 pp)  \n􀂄 Traditional aged students entering college in fall 2017 saw declines in their overall six-year completion rate. Older students continue to make gains, but they still lag behind traditional aged students.  \n􀂄 The national eight-year completion rate for the fall 2015 cohort declined 0. 5pp from 2014. Only 2.4 percent of the cohort completed in the seventh and eighth years.  \n1. Progress in the national college completion rate has stalled. The six-year completion rate for the fall 2017 cohort was 62.2 percent, essentially unchanged since 2015.  \nMore than 2.4 million students enrolled in postsecondary education for the first time in fall 2017, an increase of 1.2 percent, or 28,500 students, over the previous cohort year. Their overall completion rate of 62.2 percent within six years of enrolling contributes to a national completion stagnation, wherein the six-year completion rate has remained essentially unchanged since 2015. Prior to this, the rate had steadily increased by 9.3 percentage points over six years, beginning with the 2009 entering cohort (see Figure 1) .  \nAll four-year sectors saw completion rate declines, with private for-profit institutions declining by 1.6 percentage points, to 46 percent, and public institutions declining by 0.7 percentage points, to 67.4 percent. Community colleges were the only sector to see increases (+0 .4 pp to 43.4%) .  \nWhile public four-year institutions bore the brunt of the national decline, their 2017 cohort size was 25,600 students larger than it was in 2016, accounting for 90 percent of the growth between these cohorts. Nearly 49 percent of the 2017 cohort started at public four-year institutions, an increase from the 48.4 percent in 2016.  \nFewer students completin","cbCair3rG5LRMRBj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair3rG5LRMRBj","pdf",1065733,14,"English","# About This Report\n# Key Findings\n## National completion rate stagnation\n## State-level changes in completion\n## Differences by race/ethnicity\n## Gender gap in completion\n## Traditional vs older-aged students\n## Eight-year completion outcomes","[{\"question\":\"What cohorts and time ranges does the report analyze?\",\"answer\":\"The report tracks the fall 2017 cohort of first-time college entrants through June 2023 for six-year completion rates. 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