Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Northeast

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Northeast, ranked by graduation rate. Region: Census Northeast region. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT NJ NY PA. 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 311 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 2Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 3University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 5Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 6Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 7Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 8Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 9Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 10Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 11Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 12Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 13Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 14Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 15Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 16Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 17United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 18Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 19Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 20Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 21Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 22Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 23Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 24Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 25Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 26Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 27Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 28Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 29Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 30Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 31Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 32Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 33Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 34Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 35Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 36Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 37New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 38College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 39United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 40Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 41Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 42Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 43Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 44Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 45The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 46Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 47University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 48University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 49Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 50Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 51Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 52Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 53Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 54Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 55Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 56University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 57University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 58Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 59Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania72%1272——83%2,21661 mi 60Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 61Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 62Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania72%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 63Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 64Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 65Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 66Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania81%1232$29k$62k82%2,16395 mi 67Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 68Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 69Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 70University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania81%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 71Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 72Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 73Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 74St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 75Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 76University of VermontBurlington, Vermont65%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 77Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 78Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania84%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 79Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York64%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 80Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 81Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 82Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 83Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York69%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 84Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania78%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 mi 85University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 86Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 87Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 88School of Visual ArtsNew York, New York93%1320$58k$46k76%3,2441 mi 89Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 90Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts71%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 91Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 92University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 93Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 94Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania79%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 95Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 96Siena UniversityLoudonville, New York69%1254$34k$76k75%3,40998 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.