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Best Graduation Rate Universities in Pennsylvania

Rankings based on government-verified data for qualifying institutions in Pennsylvania.

50 results
# Institution Tuition Avg Earnings Grad Rate Grad Rate
1 University of Pennsylvania
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$66,104 $90,555 97% 97%
2 Swarthmore College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$62,412 $56,211 94% 94%
3 Carnegie Mellon University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$63,829 $105,360 92% 92%
4 Villanova University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$64,701 $84,905 92% 92%
5 Haverford College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$68,300 $53,353 90% 90%
6 Lehigh University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$62,180 $88,810 90% 90%
7 Curtis Institute of Music
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$6,000 $31,201 89% 89%
8 Lafayette College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$62,574 $80,614 89% 89%
9 Bucknell University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$64,772 $78,852 86% 86%
10 Franklin and Marshall College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$68,380 $62,544 86% 86%
11 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Public PA ROI
$20,234 $55,620 84% 84%
12 Bryn Mawr College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$62,560 $53,102 84% 84%
13 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Public PA ROI
$21,524 $54,240 84% 84%
14 Dickinson College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$63,475 $57,110 84% 84%
15 Gettysburg College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$64,230 $57,274 82% 82%
16 Muhlenberg College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$60,240 $53,265 82% 82%
17 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$51,340 $66,438 81% 81%
18 University of Scranton
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$52,309 $62,921 80% 80%
19 Grove City College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$20,890 $0 80% 80%
20 Messiah University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$40,640 $50,192 78% 78%
21 Drexel University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$60,663 $69,063 78% 78%
22 Duquesne University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$47,146 $62,627 77% 77%
23 Elizabethtown College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$36,842 $54,833 77% 77%
24 Temple University
Public PA ROI
$22,082 $50,860 76% 76%
25 Susquehanna University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$57,400 $51,535 75% 75%
26 Ursinus College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$59,196 $54,542 75% 75%
27 Saint Vincent College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$41,100 $47,267 74% 74%
28 Marywood University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$39,570 $47,000 74% 74%
29 Washington & Jefferson College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$28,185 $52,082 73% 73%
30 Saint Francis University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$41,720 $56,920 72% 72%
31 Misericordia University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$38,370 $55,910 72% 72%
32 Seton Hill University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$41,414 $43,700 71% 71%
33 Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$10,869 $0 71% 71%
34 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Public PA ROI
$10,687 $51,013 71% 71%
35 Lebanon Valley College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$50,320 $54,021 71% 71%
36 Moravian University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$52,000 $53,471 71% 71%
37 Juniata College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$56,402 $48,571 70% 70%
38 Lancaster Bible College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$29,990 $36,747 70% 70%
39 Gannon University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$37,951 $55,319 70% 70%
40 DeSales University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$44,800 $52,721 69% 69%
41 Thomas Jefferson University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$45,683 $64,335 68% 68%
42 Allegheny College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$54,960 $45,603 67% 67%
43 Chatham University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$43,810 $48,709 67% 67%
44 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Public PA ROI
$10,507 $45,398 66% 66%
45 Widener University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$53,638 $63,375 66% 66%
46 Robert Morris University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$34,940 $54,449 65% 65%
47 Geneva College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$33,610 $46,107 65% 65%
48 Westminster College
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$39,470 $43,938 64% 64%
49 Arcadia University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$48,290 $44,004 64% 64%
50 Immaculata University
Private Non-Profit PA ROI
$28,550 $56,416 63% 63%

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

The top Best Graduation Rate university in Pennsylvania is University of Pennsylvania, followed by Swarthmore College. Rankings are based on U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data.

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