Table 2.

Successful completion rates by rurality.

	Successful completion	Standard deviation	Total (n = 82,044)
Rurality
Urban	77.1%	0.42	62,051
Large rural city/town	78.4%	0.41	10,054
Small rural town	76.6%	0.42	5,900
Isolated small rural town	78.3%	0.41	4,039

Operational definition of rurality (4-way) includes Urban: RUCA 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 8.1, and 10.1; Large Rural City/Town: 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 5.0, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 7.2, 8.2, and 10.2; Small Rural Town: 7.0, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, and 10.3; Isolated Small Rural Town: 10.0, 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6.