Private Nonprofit Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates

Private Nonprofit Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates, ranked by graduation rate. College Scorecard reported completion rate; definitions depend on institution type. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 635 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 3Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 4University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 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 7University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 8Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 9Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 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 13University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 14Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 15Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 16Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 17Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 18Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 19Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 20Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 21Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 22Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 23Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 24Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 25Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 26Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 27Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 28Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 29Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 30Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 31Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 32University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 33Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 34Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 35Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 36Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 37Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 38Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 39Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 40Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 41Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 42Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 43Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 44Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 45Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 46Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 47Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 48Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 49Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 50Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 51Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 52Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 53Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 54Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 55Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 56Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 57Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 58New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 59College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 60Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 61Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota29%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 62Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 63Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 64Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 65Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 66Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 67Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 68Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 69Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas44%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 70University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 71University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 72Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 73Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 74Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 75Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 76Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 77Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 78Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 79St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota48%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 80George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 81Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas26%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 82Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 83Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 84University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 85University of San DiegoSan Diego, California52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 86Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 87Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 88Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 89Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska80%1321$32k$74k83%4,348424 mi 90Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 91Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 92Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 93Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania72%1272——83%2,21661 mi 94Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 95Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 96Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 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.