Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the South

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the South, ranked by graduation rate. Region: Census South region. Included states / district: DE DC FL GA MD NC SC VA WV AL KY MS TN AR LA OK TX. 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 396 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida——$16k$40k100%1,1077 mi 2Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 3University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 4Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 5Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 6Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 7Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 8Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 9Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 10United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland9%1307——93%4,474< 1 mi 11University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 12University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 13Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 14Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 15University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 16William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 17Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 18The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 19University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 20Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 21Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 22Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 23Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 24Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas44%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 25University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 26North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina42%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 27Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 28Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 29Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 30Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 31George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 32Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas26%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 33Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas57%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 34University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 35Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama46%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi 36Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky54%1352$21k$66k81%1,400279 mi 37University of DelawareNewark, Delaware71%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 38Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas51%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 39The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee57%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 40James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 41The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, District of Columbia83%—$30k$73k79%3,1544 mi 42Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland75%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 43University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina60%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 44Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 45Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia25%1220$39k$60k78%3,414222 mi 46University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 47Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama82%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 48University of South FloridaTampa, Florida43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 49Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 50The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas65%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 51American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia62%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 52University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma77%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 53Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida48%1271$35k$58k75%2,63132 mi 54Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina23%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 55Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina90%1214$17k$52k75%19,444236 mi 56Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 57The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee42%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 58High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina75%1288$39k$61k74%5,129165 mi 59The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama77%1285$22k$59k73%33,227173 mi 60University of DallasIrving, Texas53%1227$23k$58k73%1,403241 mi 61Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas43%1241$29k$57k73%1,440145 mi 62Hendrix CollegeConway, Arkansas56%1282$24k$60k72%1,100350 mi 63University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma62%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi 64Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, Maryland77%1258$43k$45k72%1,1893 mi 65Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee68%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 66Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida70%—$58k$43k72%1,6621 mi 67John Brown UniversitySiloam Springs, Arkansas76%1195$20k$54k72%1,471431 mi 68University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi97%1184$13k$51k72%21,473266 mi 69Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia86%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 70Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky87%1287$22k$55k71%1,005247 mi 71University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky93%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi 72Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee60%1109$22k$47k71%1,212327 mi 73Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee95%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 74University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina64%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 75Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida64%1252$29k$55k71%2,65630 mi 76University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas74%1169$18k$58k71%28,677421 mi 77Randolph-Macon CollegeAshland, Virginia87%1095$28k$58k70%1,63931 mi 78Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina74%1204$22k$52k70%1,18894 mi 79University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland72%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 80Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia41%1213$51k$63k70%10,1083 mi 81St. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's City, Maryland69%1261$18k$60k70%1,603< 1 mi 82Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia69%1271$24k$58k70%4,500157 mi 83Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia64%1220$22k$54k69%2,245268 mi 84Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland82%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 85Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia83%1173$49k$46k69%15,24311 mi 86University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 87University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina80%1231$15k$57k69%24,453153 mi 88Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana73%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi 89Harding UniversitySearcy, Arkansas71%1182$22k$53k69%3,382347 mi 90University of St ThomasHouston, Texas90%1090$19k$59k69%3,22020 mi 91Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas73%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 92Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland79%—$27k$62k68%3,10214 mi 93Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma75%1150$17k$57k68%21,773456 mi 94Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland87%1252$18k$62k68%6,05713 mi 95George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 96Roanoke CollegeSalem, Virginia83%1211$25k$58k67%1,767153 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.