Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates on the East Coast

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates on the East Coast, ranked by graduation rate. Region: Atlantic coastal states. Included states / district: CT DE FL GA ME MD MA NH NJ NY NC RI SC VA. This ranks the named measure, not overall college quality. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 412 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 5Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 6Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 7Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 8Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 9University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 10Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 11Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 12Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 13Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 14Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 15Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 16Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 17Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 18Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 19Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 20Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 21United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland9%1307——93%4,474< 1 mi 22United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 23Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 24Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 25University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 26Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 27University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 28Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 29Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 30Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 31Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 32Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 33Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 34Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 35University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 36Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 37William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 38Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 39Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 40Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 41Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 42Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 43University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 44New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 45College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 46United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 47Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 48Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 49Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 50Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 51Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 52The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 53Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 54Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 55University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 56University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 57North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina42%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 58Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 59Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 60Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 61Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 62Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 63University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 64Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 65Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 66Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 67University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 68University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 69Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 70Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 71Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 72Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 73Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 74University of DelawareNewark, Delaware71%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 75Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 76Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 77Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 78James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 79Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 80Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland75%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 81St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 82University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina60%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 83Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 84Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia25%1220$39k$60k78%3,414222 mi 85University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 86Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York64%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 87Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 88Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 89Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 90University of South FloridaTampa, Florida43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 91Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York69%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 92Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 93University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 94Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 95Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 96School of Visual ArtsNew York, New York93%1320$58k$46k76%3,2441 mi

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