Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Great Lakes Region

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Great Lakes Region, ranked by graduation rate. Region: our Great Lakes grouping. Included states / district: IL IN MI OH WI. 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 175 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 2University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 3Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 4University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 5Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 6University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin45%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 7Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio61%1387$17k$60k88%45,63899 mi 8Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 9University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 10Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 11Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 12Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana50%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 13Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 14Oberlin CollegeOberlin, Ohio34%1447$39k$58k81%2,88711 mi 15Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan85%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 16Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana85%1274$36k$77k80%4,317135 mi 17Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana78%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 18University of DaytonDayton, Ohio65%1335$30k$76k80%7,682133 mi 19Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan79%1249$27k$58k80%3,2886 mi 20Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio75%1317$28k$55k80%16,656161 mi 21Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio17%1410$40k$68k79%2,38091 mi 22John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, Ohio81%1298$29k$63k79%2,2746 mi 23Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 24Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois57%1343$29k$62k78%1,8131 mi 25Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin64%1350$23k$56k77%1,39628 mi 26Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois77%—$23k$67k76%3,574130 mi 27Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan75%1280$19k$66k76%1,14936 mi 28Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio74%1252$24k$81k75%2,48962 mi 29Franciscan University of SteubenvilleSteubenville, Ohio58%1220$24k$50k75%2,90196 mi 30Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 31University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio85%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 32Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois39%1275$28k$71k75%1,582114 mi 33DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana57%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 34Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan71%1233$23k$58k74%3,19332 mi 35The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio60%1353$23k$60k74%1,73047 mi 36Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana74%1220$25k$52k74%2,025114 mi 37Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois82%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 38Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois63%1165$23k$63k73%2,490150 mi 39Cedarville UniversityCedarville, Ohio65%1241$24k$55k73%4,024125 mi 40Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan82%1150$13k$53k72%1,22411 mi 41Saint Norbert CollegeDe Pere, Wisconsin86%1182$26k$58k71%1,6628 mi 42University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa Crosse, Wisconsin76%1220$16k$60k71%9,277167 mi 43Kettering UniversityFlint, Michigan79%1251$35k$95k71%1,20541 mi 44Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin67%1190$15k$58k71%2,52317 mi 45College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan92%—$35k$45k71%1,2304 mi 46Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana89%1178$19k$63k70%2,08314 mi 47Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois74%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi 48Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame, Indiana76%1246$25k$59k69%1,45824 mi 49Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake, Indiana82%1119$20k$45k69%1,46463 mi 50Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio86%1217$33k$65k69%4,207176 mi 51Viterbo UniversityLa Crosse, Wisconsin72%1190$21k$56k68%1,249167 mi 52Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin78%1190$36k$56k68%2,1971 mi 53Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, Ohio84%1131$22k$50k68%1,35871 mi 54Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 mi 55Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio85%1220$19k$53k68%2,15790 mi 56DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois76%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 57Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois71%1326$25k$55k68%1,127156 mi 58Marian UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana95%—$24k$59k67%2,266136 mi 59University of Detroit MercyDetroit, Michigan75%1134$15k$71k67%2,4388 mi 60Hanover CollegeHanover, Indiana84%1201$22k$54k67%1,031221 mi 61Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin59%—$22k$89k67%2,6541 mi 62Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan83%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 63School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%—$50k$40k67%2,8051 mi 64University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois65%1141$13k$64k67%1,22332 mi 65Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio76%1194$28k$54k67%2,8428 mi 66Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana89%1082$23k$60k67%1,974105 mi 67Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois71%1096$17k$66k67%4,01529 mi 68Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio85%1212$22k$53k65%19,633144 mi 69Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan90%1025$17k$50k65%1,08330 mi 70Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois88%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 71University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana78%—$18k$54k64%1,539253 mi 72Trine UniversityAngola, Indiana85%—$25k$57k64%2,32480 mi 73Carthage CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin87%1150$27k$57k64%2,6601 mi 74North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois77%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 75University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin82%1220$17k$59k64%8,895127 mi 76Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio81%1117$24k$48k64%12,81226 mi 77Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio86%1099$21k$45k64%19,32031 mi 78Huntington UniversityHuntington, Indiana76%1052$19k$47k64%1,08290 mi 79Spring Arbor UniversitySpring Arbor, Michigan52%1170$19k$52k64%1,01064 mi 80Northwood UniversityMidland, Michigan65%—$27k$63k63%1,97418 mi 81Alma CollegeAlma, Michigan57%—$21k$55k63%1,14844 mi 82Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois87%1055$13k$53k62%8,494288 mi 83Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana86%1160$15k$52k62%13,988131 mi 84Moody Bible InstituteChicago, Illinois83%—$22k$45k62%1,5101 mi 85Cornerstone UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan78%—$20k$47k62%1,29832 mi 86University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 87Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan81%—$14k$59k62%1,30074 mi 88Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois56%1117$21k$53k61%2,60342 mi 89Ashland UniversityAshland, Ohio76%1120$22k$53k61%2,19937 mi 90Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, Michigan56%—$33k$69k61%1,66814 mi 91Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois81%1076$19k$59k60%3,97438 mi 92Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio70%1068$23k$54k60%1,585102 mi 93Edgewood UniversityMadison, Wisconsin76%—$26k$60k60%1,10777 mi 94Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan63%980$18k$59k60%1,63216 mi 95University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin86%1050$14k$55k59%9,40545 mi 96Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan90%1091$18k$56k59%10,03543 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.