Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Southeast

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the Southeast, ranked by graduation rate. Region: our Southeast grouping. Included states / district: AL FL GA KY MS NC SC TN VA WV. 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 253 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 4Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 5Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 6Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 7University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 8University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 9Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 10Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 11University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 12William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 13Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 14Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 15Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 16Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 17University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 18North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina42%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 19Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 20Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina52%1296$19k$69k84%1,816178 mi 21Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina66%1208$42k$75k84%6,452143 mi 22University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 23Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama46%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi 24Centre CollegeDanville, Kentucky54%1352$21k$66k81%1,400279 mi 25The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee57%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 26James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 27University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina60%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 28Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 29Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia25%1220$39k$60k78%3,414222 mi 30University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 31Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama82%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 32University of South FloridaTampa, Florida43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 33Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 34Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida48%1271$35k$58k75%2,63132 mi 35Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina23%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 36Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina90%1214$17k$52k75%19,444236 mi 37Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 38The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee42%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 39High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina75%1288$39k$61k74%5,129165 mi 40The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama77%1285$22k$59k73%33,227173 mi 41Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee68%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 42Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida70%—$58k$43k72%1,6621 mi 43University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi97%1184$13k$51k72%21,473266 mi 44Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia86%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 45Transylvania UniversityLexington, Kentucky87%1287$22k$55k71%1,005247 mi 46University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky93%1215$19k$59k71%24,763249 mi 47Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee60%1109$22k$47k71%1,212327 mi 48Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee95%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 49University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina64%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 50Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida64%1252$29k$55k71%2,65630 mi 51Randolph-Macon CollegeAshland, Virginia87%1095$28k$58k70%1,63931 mi 52Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina74%1204$22k$52k70%1,18894 mi 53Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia69%1271$24k$58k70%4,500157 mi 54Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia64%1220$22k$54k69%2,245268 mi 55Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia83%1173$49k$46k69%15,24311 mi 56University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 57University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina80%1231$15k$57k69%24,453153 mi 58George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 59Roanoke CollegeSalem, Virginia83%1211$25k$58k67%1,767153 mi 60Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia77%—$30k$58k67%2,11661 mi 61Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi78%1219$18k$52k67%18,397193 mi 62Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida65%1257$41k$84k67%7,8604 mi 63University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia80%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 64Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee60%1256$27k$54k66%1,607345 mi 65Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida76%1250$38k$52k66%1,888< 1 mi 66College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina60%1247$19k$56k66%10,558< 1 mi 67Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina55%1202$24k$42k66%3,183171 mi 68Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia99%—$29k$45k65%50,012105 mi 69Asbury UniversityWilmore, Kentucky63%—$21k$42k65%1,420263 mi 70Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina——$17k$44k65%2,005183 mi 71West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia89%1122$16k$56k65%17,385159 mi 72Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, Kentucky86%1210$21k$62k64%2,161249 mi 73University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama69%1319$19k$62k64%6,591285 mi 74University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama88%1258$19k$55k64%11,635201 mi 75The University of TampaTampa, Florida40%—$36k$59k64%10,5721 mi 76Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia78%1163$21k$58k64%5,947143 mi 77Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida58%1225$36k$43k64%3,4042 mi 78Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, Florida73%1157$30k$59k63%7,2408 mi 79Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia93%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 80East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina89%1180$16k$55k63%19,89618 mi 81Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee71%1145$19k$43k63%2,617293 mi 82Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 83Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida72%1176$19k$52k62%2,29722 mi 84Converse UniversitySpartanburg, South Carolina68%1138$23k$41k62%1,173178 mi 85Galen College of Nursing-LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky——$19k$61k61%4,801248 mi 86Everglades UniversityBoca Raton, Florida81%—$27k$48k61%2,7892 mi 87Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky86%1133$9k$45k61%6,688351 mi 88Queens University of CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina62%1206$31k$58k61%1,211152 mi 89University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky79%1150$18k$54k61%14,727248 mi 90Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia90%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 91Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina87%—$25k$55k61%2,68086 mi 92Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina82%1157$13k$49k60%10,024233 mi 93William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, Mississippi60%1122$14k$43k60%2,20163 mi 94West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, West Virginia97%1045$15k$43k60%1,511109 mi 95Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, Georgia44%1090$39k$53k59%2,844222 mi 96Mississippi Christian UniversityClinton, Mississippi29%1090$28k$47k59%2,518135 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.