Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the West

Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rates in the West, ranked by graduation rate. Region: Census West region. Included states / district: AZ CO ID MT NV NM UT WY AK CA HI OR WA. 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 166 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 2University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 3University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 4Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 5University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 6Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 7Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, Arizona100%—$32k$35k89%1,202164 mi 8Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 9Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 10United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado14%1350——88%4,114711 mi 11University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 12California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 13Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 14University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 15University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 16University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 17University of San DiegoSan Diego, California52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 18Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 19Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 20University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 21Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 22Chapman UniversityOrange, California65%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 23Arizona College of Nursing-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada100%—$31k$35k82%1,222226 mi 24Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 25Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 26Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California44%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 27Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 28University of PortlandPortland, Oregon89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 29Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California75%—$49k$72k79%2,01721 mi 30Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 31Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 32Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California84%1287$39k$64k77%3,188< 1 mi 33San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 34University of California-RiversideRiverside, California76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 35University of DenverDenver, Colorado78%1355$36k$71k76%6,025742 mi 36Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington77%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 37Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon78%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 38University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 39University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 40George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon94%1197$32k$60k72%2,69946 mi 41University of OregonEugene, Oregon88%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 42Reed CollegePortland, Oregon25%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 43Willamette UniversitySalem, Oregon77%1377$25k$57k71%1,59248 mi 44Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington90%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 mi 45Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho65%1130$30k$52k71%1,024371 mi 46Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, Oregon85%—$27k$79k70%1,62137 mi 47Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California77%1328$29k$65k70%1,3022 mi 48Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 49California State University-FullertonFullerton, California91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 50Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon77%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 51University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 52California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California76%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 53Carroll CollegeHelena, Montana71%1200$24k$62k69%1,092485 mi 54San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 55University of the PacificStockton, California71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 56California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 57University of California-MercedMerced, California91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 58Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington78%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 59California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 60Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 61University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington72%1296$38k$70k68%1,5941 mi 62Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona77%1250$40k$84k68%3,218222 mi 63The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita, California84%—$33k$57k68%1,62224 mi 64Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California74%1261$31k$57k68%3,47413 mi 65University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona86%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 66University of RedlandsRedlands, California83%1241$30k$73k67%2,04951 mi 67Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon90%1090$35k$61k67%1,51638 mi 68Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado89%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 69Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, California82%1310$51k$58k66%1,2232 mi 70University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 71University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 72Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington93%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 73Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado——$30k$50k64%5,549740 mi 74University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii87%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 75University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 76University of La VerneLa Verne, California71%1083$20k$65k63%3,05031 mi 77California State University-ChicoChico, California93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 78The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho49%1180$19k$48k63%1,041363 mi 79Westcliff UniversityIrvine, California73%—$35k—62%2,3637 mi 80Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, California10%—$45k$62k62%2,6436 mi 81Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington83%—$24k$65k62%1,7622 mi 82California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California85%—$26k$62k62%8,17934 mi 83Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California88%1195$22k$67k62%2,75930 mi 84Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona90%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 85University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 86Regis UniversityDenver, Colorado86%1220$18k$72k61%2,627746 mi 87Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah82%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 88Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 89Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho87%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 90West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange CountyAnaheim, California——$33k$103k60%3,19211 mi 91Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 92La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California92%—$46k$62k60%1,11630 mi 93Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah92%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 94California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 95University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 96Concordia University-IrvineIrvine, California66%—$28k$65k58%1,5366 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.