DESCRIPTION College completion data from 3,800 degree-granting institutions in the United States SUMMARY Source of the data These data were pulled from the College Completion microsite produced by The Chronicle of Higher Education with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Its goal is to share data on completion rates in American higher education in a visually stimulating way. [Their] hope is that ... you will find your own stories in the statistics and use the tools [they] provide to download data files; share charts through your own presentations; and comment, start conversations, or provide tips about this important topic.

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