US College Graduation Rate by State - 2016 IPEDS

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Data Release.

Graduation Rate for Public 4-Year Institution

State	PELL GR	Loan GR	Other GR	All GR
Alabama	36.2%	52.6%	65.8%	53.0%
Alaska	17.0%	20.7%	28.4%	24.0%
Arizona	52.9%	56.2%	67.3%	60.8%
Arkansas	32.4%	48.8%	55.0%	42.7%
California	58.6%	72.1%	66.4%	63.7%
Colorado	39.6%	51.7%	57.5%	51.0%
Connecticut	56.0%	56.3%	69.4%	63.6%
Delaware	31.7%	68.4%	64.4%	54.6%
District of Columbia	8.2%	0.0%	20.8%	12.7%
Florida	40.7%	53.8%	57.2%	49.0%
Georgia	27.4%	39.8%	53.4%	39.7%
Hawaii	38.0%	45.5%	51.1%	45.9%
Idaho	34.5%	45.4%	47.2%	40.7%
Illinois	49.4%	65.5%	70.3%	61.3%
Indiana	40.0%	56.3%	60.2%	52.1%
Iowa	61.3%	69.1%	76.6%	71.7%
Kansas	40.8%	54.4%	62.9%	54.6%
Kentucky	36.7%	45.9%	60.0%	48.5%
Louisiana	37.6%	41.6%	56.4%	48.1%
Maine	38.3%	50.4%	58.4%	47.3%
Maryland	47.6%	62.8%	71.5%	62.6%
Massachusetts	56.3%	66.1%	61.4%	61.2%
Michigan	39.4%	60.0%	67.0%	55.4%
Minnesota	52.3%	56.9%	66.6%	60.1%
Mississippi	38.5%	55.1%	64.2%	51.3%
Missouri	40.9%	55.6%	65.5%	55.3%
Montana	39.1%	46.5%	49.5%	44.5%
Nebraska	48.6%	53.8%	63.7%	57.2%
Nevada	33.0%	47.4%	34.5%	35.1%
New Hampshire	62.2%	69.9%	72.4%	68.8%
New Jersey	61.0%	71.5%	73.2%	68.5%
New Mexico	36.1%	35.4%	47.5%	40.8%
New York	46.9%	63.7%	61.1%	54.9%
North Carolina	53.8%	62.1%	72.1%	63.7%
North Dakota	41.4%	46.8%	56.5%	50.4%
Ohio	33.3%	56.6%	66.3%	51.0%
Oklahoma	28.9%	54.1%	51.6%	43.0%
Oregon	50.4%	61.0%	63.5%	59.0%
Pennsylvania	51.1%	64.2%	70.9%	62.6%
Rhode Island	50.7%	44.7%	63.7%	58.4%
South Carolina	51.0%	62.7%	67.9%	61.4%
South Dakota	39.4%	60.0%	50.0%	48.2%
Tennessee	39.6%	47.4%	57.6%	48.2%
Texas	39.8%	53.1%	58.6%	49.6%
Utah	38.0%	38.6%	48.4%	43.0%
Vermont	51.9%	62.7%	71.6%	63.2%
Virginia	59.2%	71.8%	78.0%	71.9%
Washington	46.3%	62.7%	59.3%	55.4%
West Virginia	35.4%	44.5%	53.7%	44.4%
Wisconsin	43.7%	54.6%	60.7%	54.3%
Wyoming	44.9%	44.5%	60.9%	55.4%

Public 2-Year Institution

State	PELL GR	Loan GR	Other GR	All GR
Alabama	11.7%	18.3%	38.6%	20.8%
Alaska	75.0%	0.0%	17.6%	28.6%
Arizona	15.4%	17.2%	21.4%	17.9%
Arkansas	23.9%	19.3%	34.4%	26.6%
California	26.5%	28.8%	35.4%	31.1%
Colorado	20.9%	22.2%	28.6%	24.0%
Connecticut	11.7%	16.7%	20.0%	15.5%
Florida	24.0%	31.8%	44.0%	31.0%
Georgia	24.8%	26.8%	29.9%	26.2%
Hawaii	15.4%	16.9%	19.5%	17.4%
Idaho	17.8%	23.6%	24.4%	20.3%
Illinois	21.2%	28.4%	32.9%	27.1%
Indiana	12.5%	16.0%	17.5%	14.0%
Iowa	26.4%	35.3%	34.5%	30.6%
Kansas	29.7%	26.5%	36.9%	32.0%
Kentucky	23.6%	25.8%	35.1%	26.8%
Louisiana	18.1%	15.2%	23.3%	19.6%
Maine	18.2%	23.9%	37.7%	23.7%
Maryland	13.4%	16.1%	22.9%	18.5%
Massachusetts	15.0%	21.7%	23.0%	18.3%
Michigan	13.1%	17.6%	19.2%	15.6%
Minnesota	24.2%	32.4%	33.4%	28.3%
Mississippi	25.3%	30.3%	43.6%	30.5%
Missouri	20.0%	24.1%	29.9%	24.1%
Montana	23.4%	44.7%	28.9%	26.6%
Nebraska	26.4%	40.4%	36.5%	31.5%
Nevada	32.4%	37.5%	28.5%	30.6%
New Hampshire	16.7%	25.5%	28.5%	22.7%
New Jersey	15.0%	23.8%	28.2%	21.4%
New Mexico	16.3%	26.8%	21.7%	18.2%
New York	21.4%	27.0%	29.1%	24.3%
North Carolina	16.1%	28.5%	27.3%	20.7%
North Dakota	35.3%	44.2%	50.6%	43.6%
Ohio	13.7%	21.4%	23.0%	17.4%
Oklahoma	18.3%	20.9%	27.8%	22.6%
Oregon	16.9%	19.2%	21.0%	18.7%
Pennsylvania	14.9%	24.1%	21.0%	18.2%
Rhode Island	13.7%	0.0%	18.5%	16.5%
South Carolina	12.1%	14.2%	19.9%	14.8%
South Dakota	47.7%	66.2%	68.7%	57.6%
Tennessee	15.5%	17.3%	28.0%	19.4%
Texas	16.2%	17.3%	16.6%	16.4%
Utah	16.6%	28.9%	25.3%	20.6%
Vermont	13.0%	35.3%	11.6%	14.2%
Virginia	22.0%	24.1%	32.2%	26.5%
Washington	31.2%	35.9%	38.3%	34.8%
West Virginia	17.9%	17.1%	30.8%	20.3%
Wisconsin	29.3%	38.0%	46.4%	35.4%
Wyoming	27.3%	31.1%	40.1%	34.9%

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Student Loan a Facor In College Graduation Rate? 2016 IPEDS data

Graduation Rate for Grant Recipient is lower than that of Loan-only Recipient.

In the United States, there are various ways to finance college education. At the national level, there are Federal Pell grant and subsidized Stafford loan for needed students.

It is believed that with resources provided to help leveling the playground,needed students should have better chances to perform better. With the Graduation Rate survey component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) provides a possible  measurement.

Beginning survey year 2016-17, the Graduation Rate survey includes measurements for students receiving Pell grant and Direct subsidized Stafford loan. The classification of students are based on the supports they received the first time they enrolled enrolled in the college. Even though, the data could not provide clear answer to questions, the results are worth pondering. Please referring to IPEDS survey description for a full description of the variables.

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The first look at the data is interesting. The first chart below shows the graduation rate for 4 year public institutions for each state with the x-axis represents the rate for the (Pell) Grant recipients and the y-axis represents the rate for (Direct Subsidized Stafford) loan-only recipients. Each point in the chart represents a state. One thing stand out is that, for almost all States, the loan-only rate is higher than grant-recipient rate.As explained my colleague and few articles on the internet, grants are usually went to the most needed students first. With the hardship level in mind, the differences in graduation rates may be explained.

The second chart below shows the same thing as the first chart except for 4 year private not for profit institutions.

The third chart below shows that same thing as the two above, except for 2 year public institutions.

We know what we see, but it's worth to dig deeper into the data.