Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates

Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates and a campus, ranked by the College Scorecard graduation rate. Strayer University-Florida reports 100 percent. That row is a private for-profit campus, so read it as the reported rate. This page lists all 1,187 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida——$16k$40k100%1,1077 mi 2Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 3Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 4Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 5University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 6Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 7Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 8University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 9Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 10Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 11University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 12Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 13Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 14Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 15University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 16Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 17Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 18Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 19Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 20Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 21Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 22Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 23Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 24Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 25Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 26Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 27Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 28University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 29Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 30Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 31Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 32United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland9%1307——93%4,474< 1 mi 33University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 34United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 35Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 36University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 37Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 38Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 39Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 40University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 41Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 42Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 43Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 44University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 45Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 46University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 47Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 48Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 49Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 50Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 51Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 52Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 53Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 54Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 55University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 56Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 57Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 58Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 59University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin45%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 60William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 61Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 62Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 63The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 64Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, Arizona100%—$32k$35k89%1,202164 mi 65Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 66Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 67Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 68University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 69Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 70Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 71Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 72Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio61%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 73Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 74Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 75New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 76United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado14%1350——88%4,114711 mi 77College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 78Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 79Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota29%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 80United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 81Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 82University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 83Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 84Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 85California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 86Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 87Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 88Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 89Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 90Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 91University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 92Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 93The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 94Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 95University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 96Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.