Best Graduation Rate Universities
Rankings based on government-verified data for qualifying institutions.
| # | Institution | Tuition | Avg Earnings | Grad Rate | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
St. John Vianney College Seminary
Private Non-Profit |
$23,100 | $0 | 100% | FL |
| 2 |
Harvard University
Private Non-Profit |
$59,076 | $99,572 | 98% | MA |
| 3 |
Princeton University
Private Non-Profit |
$59,710 | $87,815 | 97% | NJ |
| 4 |
Yale University
Private Non-Profit |
$64,700 | $81,765 | 97% | CT |
| 5 |
University of Notre Dame
Private Non-Profit |
$62,693 | $86,210 | 97% | IN |
| 6 |
University of Pennsylvania
Private Non-Profit |
$66,104 | $90,555 | 97% | PA |
| 7 |
Northwestern University
Private Non-Profit |
$65,997 | $76,844 | 96% | IL |
| 8 |
Duke University
Private Non-Profit |
$65,805 | $85,792 | 96% | NC |
| 9 |
Williams College
Private Non-Profit |
$64,860 | $71,754 | 96% | MA |
| 10 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private Non-Profit |
$60,156 | $131,633 | 96% | MA |
| 11 |
Brown University
Private Non-Profit |
$68,230 | $79,131 | 96% | RI |
| 12 |
Dartmouth College
Private Non-Profit |
$65,739 | $82,541 | 95% | NH |
| 13 |
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Public |
$20,986 | $72,359 | 95% | VA |
| 14 |
University of Chicago
Private Non-Profit |
$66,939 | $80,870 | 95% | IL |
| 15 |
Cornell University
Private Non-Profit |
$66,014 | $87,830 | 95% | NY |
| 16 |
Columbia University in the City of New York
Private Non-Profit |
$69,045 | $88,535 | 95% | NY |
| 17 |
Georgetown University
Private Non-Profit |
$65,081 | $83,222 | 95% | DC |
| 18 |
Washington and Lee University
Private Non-Profit |
$64,525 | $76,516 | 95% | VA |
| 19 |
Bowdoin College
Private Non-Profit |
$64,910 | $61,692 | 95% | ME |
| 20 |
Rice University
Private Non-Profit |
$58,128 | $79,751 | 95% | TX |
| 21 |
United International College
Private For-Profit |
$10,320 | $0 | 95% | FL |
| 22 |
Johns Hopkins University
Private Non-Profit |
$63,340 | $86,306 | 94% | MD |
| 23 |
Washington University in St Louis
Private Non-Profit |
$62,982 | $78,073 | 94% | MO |
| 24 |
Stanford University
Private Non-Profit |
$62,484 | $102,887 | 94% | CA |
| 25 |
Pomona College
Private Non-Profit |
$62,326 | $60,850 | 94% | CA |
| 26 |
Swarthmore College
Private Non-Profit |
$62,412 | $56,211 | 94% | PA |
| 27 |
United States Air Force Academy
Public |
$0 | $0 | 94% | CO |
| 28 |
California Institute of Technology
Private Non-Profit |
$63,255 | $132,140 | 94% | CA |
| 29 |
University of California-Berkeley
Public |
$14,850 | $74,919 | 94% | CA |
| 30 |
Tufts University
Private Non-Profit |
$67,844 | $68,337 | 94% | MA |
| 31 |
Claremont McKenna College
Private Non-Profit |
$64,150 | $87,603 | 93% | CA |
| 32 |
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
Private Non-Profit |
$10,000 | $0 | 93% | NY |
| 33 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Public |
$17,228 | $73,762 | 93% | MI |
| 34 |
Middlebury College
Private Non-Profit |
$65,280 | $57,291 | 93% | VT |
| 35 |
Harvey Mudd College
Private Non-Profit |
$66,255 | $115,107 | 93% | CA |
| 36 |
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Private Non-Profit |
$64,458 | $105,483 | 93% | MA |
| 37 |
Amherst College
Private Non-Profit |
$67,280 | $62,537 | 93% | MA |
| 38 |
Vanderbilt University
Private Non-Profit |
$63,946 | $73,909 | 93% | TN |
| 39 |
University of California-Los Angeles
Public |
$13,747 | $59,063 | 93% | CA |
| 40 |
Babson College
Private Non-Profit |
$56,032 | $91,354 | 93% | MA |
| 41 |
Wesleyan University
Private Non-Profit |
$67,316 | $60,385 | 92% | CT |
| 42 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Public |
$11,764 | $89,432 | 92% | GA |
| 43 |
Barnard College
Private Non-Profit |
$66,246 | $60,411 | 92% | NY |
| 44 |
University of Southern California
Private Non-Profit |
$68,237 | $74,461 | 92% | CA |
| 45 |
Carnegie Mellon University
Private Non-Profit |
$63,829 | $105,360 | 92% | PA |
| 46 |
Hamilton College
Private Non-Profit |
$65,740 | $60,082 | 92% | NY |
| 47 |
Davidson College
Private Non-Profit |
$60,300 | $62,866 | 92% | NC |
| 48 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public |
$8,989 | $57,057 | 92% | NC |
| 49 |
Bates College
Private Non-Profit |
$63,478 | $59,202 | 92% | ME |
| 50 |
Villanova University
Private Non-Profit |
$64,701 | $84,905 | 92% | PA |
About This Ranking
This ranking is based on data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which provides comprehensive information about colleges and universities across the country.
Institutions are ranked by best graduation rate metrics using the most recently available data. Only institutions with complete data for the ranking criteria are included.