Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) with the Highest Graduation Rates

Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) 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 588 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 14Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 15Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 16Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 17Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 18Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 19Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 20Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 21Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 22Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 23Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 24Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 25Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 26United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland9%1307——93%4,474< 1 mi 27United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 28Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 29University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 30Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 31Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 32Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 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 43Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 44Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 45Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 46Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 47William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 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 58United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado14%1350——88%4,114711 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 62United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 63University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 64Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 65Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 66Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 67Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 68University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 69Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 70The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 71Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 72University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 73University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 74University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 75Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 76Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 77Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 78Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 79Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 80Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 81St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota48%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 82George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 83Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas26%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 84Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 85Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 86University of San DiegoSan Diego, California52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 87Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 88Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 89Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 90Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska80%1321$32k$74k83%4,348424 mi 91Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 92University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 93University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 94Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 95Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 96Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania72%1272——83%2,21661 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.