Small Colleges (500–2,500 Undergraduates) with the Highest Graduation Rates

Small Colleges (500–2,500 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 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. Enrollment is capped at 2,500 undergraduates. This page lists all 772 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida——$16k$40k100%1,1077 mi 2Chamberlain University-MichiganTroy, Michigan86%—$28k$92k100%62917 mi 3Chamberlain University-VirginiaVienna, Virginia90%—$33k$92k100%5578 mi 4Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 5California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California3%—$16k$129k94%98722 mi 6Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 7Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 8Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 9Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 10United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 11Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 12Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, California13%1545$36k$139k92%92134 mi 13Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 14Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 15Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 16Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 17Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 18Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 19Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 20Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 21Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota20%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 22Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, Arizona100%—$32k$35k89%1,202164 mi 23Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 24Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 25Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa15%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 26Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 27Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota29%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 28Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois87%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 29Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 30Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 31Thomas Aquinas CollegeSanta Paula, California83%1329$26k$56k84%56616 mi 32Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 33Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 34Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 35Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 36Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania72%1272——83%2,21661 mi 37Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 38Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 39United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, New York34%1207$6k$91k82%962< 1 mi 40Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio31%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 41Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania72%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 42Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 43Arizona College of Nursing-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada100%—$31k$35k82%1,222226 mi 44Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 45Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania81%1232$29k$62k82%2,16395 mi 46The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, New York21%1410$13k$84k81%8421 mi 47Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California44%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 48Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky54%1352$21k$66k81%1,400279 mi 49Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 50Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 51Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 52The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee57%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 53Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 54Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California75%—$49k$72k79%2,01721 mi 55St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 56Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio17%1410$40k$68k79%2,38091 mi 57Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 58John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, Ohio81%1298$29k$63k79%2,2746 mi 59Manhattan School of MusicNew York, New York41%—$52k$27k78%539< 1 mi 60Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 61Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 62Lake Forest CollegeLake Forest, Illinois57%1343$29k$62k78%1,8131 mi 63University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, North Carolina30%1260$15k$38k78%945178 mi 64Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York64%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 65College of Saint BenedictSaint Joseph, Minnesota92%1151$27k$63k77%1,370134 mi 66Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, Indiana63%1180$24k$70k77%866111 mi 67Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 68Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 69Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin64%1350$23k$56k77%1,39628 mi 70Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota61%1290$23k$66k77%1,878190 mi 71Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 72Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania78%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 mi 73Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan75%1280$19k$66k76%1,14936 mi 74Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio74%1252$24k$81k75%2,48962 mi 75Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota91%1183$26k$77k75%1,395136 mi 76Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon78%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 77Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 78Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania79%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 79Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 80Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois39%1275$28k$71k75%1,582114 mi 81DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana57%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 82Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, Missouri70%1120$26k$67k75%1,580414 mi 83Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania77%1155$24k$62k74%1,557135 mi 84Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts72%1275$31k$48k74%1,75152 mi 85Parker UniversityDallas, Texas——$29k$42k74%607242 mi 86Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 87The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio60%1353$23k$60k74%1,73047 mi 88New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orleans, Louisiana——$11k—74%8652 mi 89Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana74%1220$25k$52k74%2,025114 mi 90Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, New York70%—$23k—74%5152 mi 91Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, Pennsylvania79%1227$24k$57k74%1,191113 mi 92Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania92%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 93Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, New York83%1255$22k$63k73%2,43934 mi 94University of DallasIrving, Texas53%1227$23k$58k73%1,403241 mi 95Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota68%1195$24k$59k73%1,965317 mi 96Holy Cross CollegeNotre Dame, Indiana75%—$27k$50k73%63924 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.