IPEDS cohorts include undergraduate, degree- or certificate-seeking full-time, first-time students who enter in a fall semester, or who enter in a summer semester and continue on to the immediate next fall.  

Race_Ethnicity_Group data definition:  The racial and/or ethnicity of undergraduate students.  The available categories are defined by the IPEDS standards, which were changed in 2009.  See https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/news_room/ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp for more information. 

Gender_Group data definition:  Female, Male, or Total (Female + Male)


Cohort_Year:  Cohort entering year. 

Graduation_Year:  Graduation status is checked 6 years later, or 150% after the normal degree completion time of 4 years.  


Graduation_Rate:  The total number of the cohort who graduated within 6 years, divided by the total number in the entering cohort.


Cohort_Count:  The number of students in the indicated entering cohort, for the indicated race/ethnicity and gender group.


Completers:  The number of students in the Cohort Count who graduated within 6 years.