Graduation Rate Comparison
The average graduation rate of Top 100 Colleges by Niche is 87.35% where 239,639 students out of 274,350 candidates have complete their courses and degrees. The rate is calculated as the total number of completers within 150% of normal time (for example, 6 years for 4 years BS program)
divided by the candidates. The numbers in parenthesis() represent data by gender (men/women) for each cell respectively.
The following table compares the graduation rates between Top 100 Colleges by Niche.
Among the Top 100 Colleges by Niche, Yale University has the most highest graduation rate of 97.81%, while National University has the lowest rate of 22.22%.
Compare Selected Schools
| Rank | Name | Graduation Rate (Men/Women) | Completers (Men/Women) | Candidates (Men/Women) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale University | 97.81% (97.63% / 97.98%) | 1,337 (659 / 678) |
1,367 (675 / 692) | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 95.11% (93.68% / 96.49%) | 1,653 (800 / 853) |
1,738 (854 / 884) | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 94.94% (93.79% / 96.28%) | 1,051 (559 / 492) |
1,107 (596 / 511) | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 97.77% (96.77% / 98.87%) | 1,622 (838 / 784) |
1,659 (866 / 793) | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 97.32% (96.87% / 97.80%) | 1,270 (649 / 621) |
1,305 (670 / 635) | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 95.25% (94.56% / 95.93%) | 1,443 (713 / 730) |
1,515 (754 / 761) | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 96.09% (94.26% / 97.78%) | 2,335 (1,101 / 1,234) |
2,430 (1,168 / 1,262) | |
| 8 | Dartmouth College | 94.71% (95.02% / 94.43%) | 1,057 (515 / 542) |
1,116 (542 / 574) | |
| 9 | Rice University | 93.63% (92.15% / 95.10%) | 912 (446 / 466) |
974 (484 / 490) | |
| 10 | Brown University | 94.99% (94.34% / 95.56%) | 1,594 (734 / 860) |
1,678 (778 / 900) | |
| 11 | Harvey Mudd College | 92.02% (93.04% / 90.82%) | 196 (107 / 89) |
213 (115 / 98) | |
| 12 | Georgetown University | 95.61% (94.93% / 96.12%) | 1,504 (636 / 868) |
1,573 (670 / 903) | |
| 13 | Duke University | 96.63% (95.30% / 97.87%) | 1,664 (791 / 873) |
1,722 (830 / 892) | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 92.77% (90.93% / 94.41%) | 1,476 (682 / 794) |
1,591 (750 / 841) | |
| 15 | Northwestern University | 96.52% (95.45% / 97.53%) | 1,913 (924 / 989) |
1,982 (968 / 1,014) | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 93.69% (92.62% / 94.63%) | 1,647 (766 / 881) |
1,758 (827 / 931) | |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology | 94.04% (92.19% / 96.26%) | 221 (118 / 103) |
235 (128 / 107) | |
| 18 | Pomona College | 94.63% (93.53% / 95.69%) | 388 (188 / 200) |
410 (201 / 209) | |
| 19 | University of California-Los Angeles | 92.48% (90.95% / 93.48%) | 6,036 (2,352 / 3,684) |
6,527 (2,586 / 3,941) | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 91.50% (89.84% / 93.15%) | 1,411 (690 / 721) |
1,542 (768 / 774) | |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 93.17% (92.75% / 93.56%) | 6,216 (3,018 / 3,198) |
6,672 (3,254 / 3,418) | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 95.29% (94.55% / 95.94%) | 3,159 (1,458 / 1,701) |
3,315 (1,542 / 1,773) | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 95.58% (94.02% / 97.12%) | 1,515 (739 / 776) |
1,585 (786 / 799) | |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | 94.05% (92.69% / 95.31%) | 1,280 (609 / 671) |
1,361 (657 / 704) | |
| 25 | Claremont McKenna College | 91.28% (90.42% / 92.21%) | 293 (151 / 142) |
321 (167 / 154) | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 92.50% (90.78% / 93.91%) | 2,824 (1,251 / 1,573) |
3,053 (1,378 / 1,675) | |
| 27 | University of Notre Dame | 96.33% (95.98% / 96.73%) | 1,969 (1,051 / 918) |
2,044 (1,095 / 949) | |
| 28 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 92.60% (91.84% / 93.67%) | 2,651 (1,541 / 1,110) |
2,863 (1,678 / 1,185) | |
| 29 | Bowdoin College | 94.04% (93.36% / 94.66%) | 473 (225 / 248) |
503 (241 / 262) | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 95.22% (94.04% / 96.22%) | 3,504 (1,595 / 1,909) |
3,680 (1,696 / 1,984) | |
| 31 | Davidson College | 91.63% (89.15% / 94.14%) | 471 (230 / 241) |
514 (258 / 256) | |
| 32 | Williams College | 95.11% (94.10% / 96.21%) | 525 (271 / 254) |
552 (288 / 264) | |
| 33 | Swarthmore College | 93.72% (93.30% / 94.09%) | 388 (181 / 207) |
414 (194 / 220) | |
| 34 | Tufts University | 93.71% (92.76% / 94.65%) | 1,252 (615 / 637) |
1,336 (663 / 673) | |
| 35 | Barnard College | 91.55% (0.00% / 91.55%) | 542 (0 / 542) |
592 (0 / 592) | |
| 36 | Emory University | 89.99% (87.61% / 91.71%) | 1,214 (495 / 719) |
1,349 (565 / 784) | |
| 37 | Wellesley College | 90.17% (0.00% / 90.17%) | 532 (0 / 532) |
590 (0 / 590) | |
| 38 | Boston University | 88.96% (86.93% / 90.29%) | 3,144 (1,210 / 1,934) |
3,534 (1,392 / 2,142) | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 90.00% (87.78% / 91.59%) | 6,064 (2,470 / 3,594) |
6,738 (2,814 / 3,924) | |
| 40 | Middlebury College | 93.54% (93.02% / 94.06%) | 565 (280 / 285) |
604 (301 / 303) | |
| 41 | Washington and Lee University | 94.83% (94.33% / 95.39%) | 440 (233 / 207) |
464 (247 / 217) | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Austin | 87.79% (85.82% / 89.46%) | 7,524 (3,365 / 4,159) |
8,570 (3,921 / 4,649) | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 91.32% (89.20% / 92.74%) | 3,853 (1,503 / 2,350) |
4,219 (1,685 / 2,534) | |
| 44 | Boston College | 90.92% (89.35% / 92.22%) | 2,102 (940 / 1,162) |
2,312 (1,052 / 1,260) | |
| 45 | New York University | 87.11% (84.60% / 88.93%) | 5,279 (2,154 / 3,125) |
6,060 (2,546 / 3,514) | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 91.24% (90.41% / 92.04%) | 2,436 (1,188 / 1,248) |
2,670 (1,314 / 1,356) | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 94.03% (92.57% / 95.41%) | 5,829 (2,792 / 3,037) |
6,199 (3,016 / 3,183) | |
| 48 | Wake Forest University | 89.64% (87.21% / 91.77%) | 1,168 (532 / 636) |
1,303 (610 / 693) | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 88.11% (85.69% / 89.71%) | 4,759 (1,839 / 2,920) |
5,401 (2,146 / 3,255) | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 84.69% (82.19% / 87.42%) | 6,413 (3,245 / 3,168) |
7,572 (3,948 / 3,624) | |
| 51 | Amherst College | 91.93% (88.61% / 95.30%) | 433 (210 / 223) |
471 (237 / 234) | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 84.11% (81.13% / 86.50%) | 1,715 (735 / 980) |
2,039 (906 / 1,133) | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 84.79% (82.09% / 86.63%) | 5,252 (2,058 / 3,194) |
6,194 (2,507 / 3,687) | |
| 54 | Hamilton College | 92.37% (94.12% / 90.84%) | 436 (208 / 228) |
472 (221 / 251) | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 86.59% (83.41% / 90.33%) | 5,077 (2,640 / 2,437) |
5,863 (3,165 / 2,698) | |
| 56 | Villanova University | 90.63% (89.49% / 91.60%) | 1,519 (690 / 829) |
1,676 (771 / 905) | |
| 57 | University of California-Irvine | 86.61% (84.42% / 88.53%) | 5,664 (2,584 / 3,080) |
6,540 (3,061 / 3,479) | |
| 58 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 87.44% (84.59% / 89.47%) | 1,622 (653 / 969) |
1,855 (772 / 1,083) | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 89.23% (87.34% / 90.93%) | 5,723 (2,655 / 3,068) |
6,414 (3,040 / 3,374) | |
| 60 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 84.37% (82.44% / 86.08%) | 5,409 (2,484 / 2,925) |
6,411 (3,013 / 3,398) | |
| 61 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 83.54% (80.05% / 87.15%) | 7,481 (3,648 / 3,833) |
8,955 (4,557 / 4,398) | |
| 62 | Macalester College | 87.92% (88.15% / 87.76%) | 444 (186 / 258) |
505 (211 / 294) | |
| 63 | Babson College | 92.67% (90.65% / 94.95%) | 544 (281 / 263) |
587 (310 / 277) | |
| 64 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 83.49% (83.33% / 83.78%) | 182 (120 / 62) |
218 (144 / 74) | |
| 65 | University of California-San Diego | 87.73% (85.26% / 89.90%) | 5,013 (2,279 / 2,734) |
5,714 (2,673 / 3,041) | |
| 66 | William & Mary | 90.95% (89.67% / 91.88%) | 1,367 (564 / 803) |
1,503 (629 / 874) | |
| 67 | University of South Florida | 74.12% (70.52% / 76.64%) | 3,499 (1,373 / 2,126) |
4,721 (1,947 / 2,774) | |
| 68 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 88.01% (85.95% / 89.95%) | 6,973 (3,296 / 3,677) |
7,923 (3,835 / 4,088) | |
| 69 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 85.67% (83.90% / 86.98%) | 4,268 (1,777 / 2,491) |
4,982 (2,118 / 2,864) | |
| 70 | Haverford College | 91.40% (91.33% / 91.48%) | 319 (158 / 161) |
349 (173 / 176) | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 91.19% (89.28% / 93.55%) | 1,138 (616 / 522) |
1,248 (690 / 558) | |
| 72 | Wesleyan University | 93.15% (91.53% / 94.52%) | 721 (324 / 397) |
774 (354 / 420) | |
| 73 | Vassar College | 91.96% (88.13% / 94.75%) | 606 (245 / 361) |
659 (278 / 381) | |
| 74 | Case Western Reserve University | 85.83% (82.23% / 90.03%) | 1,084 (560 / 524) |
1,263 (681 / 582) | |
| 75 | University of California-Davis | 86.34% (83.92% / 87.73%) | 4,919 (1,743 / 3,176) |
5,697 (2,077 / 3,620) | |
| 76 | University of Central Florida | 75.58% (70.47% / 79.95%) | 4,637 (1,993 / 2,644) |
6,135 (2,828 / 3,307) | |
| 77 | Colgate University | 91.25% (90.96% / 91.47%) | 699 (302 / 397) |
766 (332 / 434) | |
| 78 | Trinity University | 75.76% (70.63% / 80.11%) | 500 (214 / 286) |
660 (303 / 357) | |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 83.06% (81.80% / 84.76%) | 6,124 (3,465 / 2,659) |
7,373 (4,236 / 3,137) | |
| 80 | Colby College | 88.04% (83.83% / 91.64%) | 449 (197 / 252) |
510 (235 / 275) | |
| 81 | Carleton College | 90.65% (89.73% / 91.64%) | 514 (262 / 252) |
567 (292 / 275) | |
| 82 | Bates College | 92.56% (93.19% / 91.98%) | 460 (219 / 241) |
497 (235 / 262) | |
| 83 | Grinnell College | 88.38% (85.71% / 90.78%) | 365 (168 / 197) |
413 (196 / 217) | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 83.71% (80.18% / 86.59%) | 3,305 (1,420 / 1,885) |
3,948 (1,771 / 2,177) | |
| 85 | Brigham Young University | 78.65% (75.83% / 80.76%) | 3,300 (1,365 / 1,935) |
4,196 (1,800 / 2,396) | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 81.91% (79.54% / 84.04%) | 6,430 (2,954 / 3,476) |
7,850 (3,714 / 4,136) | |
| 87 | Florida International University | 69.18% (63.11% / 74.01%) | 2,853 (1,153 / 1,700) |
4,124 (1,827 / 2,297) | |
| 88 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 85.81% (83.85% / 88.11%) | 3,616 (1,905 / 1,711) |
4,214 (2,272 / 1,942) | |
| 89 | Smith College | 88.53% (100.00% / 88.51%) | 579 (1 / 578) |
654 (1 / 653) | |
| 90 | National University | 22.22% (50.00% / 0.00%) | 2 (2 / 0) |
9 (4 / 5) | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 85.32% (81.51% / 88.76%) | 3,138 (1,424 / 1,714) |
3,678 (1,747 / 1,931) | |
| 92 | University of Richmond | 87.98% (84.68% / 90.93%) | 717 (326 / 391) |
815 (385 / 430) | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 89.35% (87.44% / 91.42%) | 4,051 (2,068 / 1,983) |
4,534 (2,365 / 2,169) | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 84.36% (82.70% / 85.77%) | 4,939 (2,233 / 2,706) |
5,855 (2,700 / 3,155) | |
| 95 | Southern Methodist University | 82.31% (77.92% / 86.82%) | 1,252 (600 / 652) |
1,521 (770 / 751) | |
| 96 | George Washington University | 84.80% (82.20% / 86.52%) | 2,125 (822 / 1,303) |
2,506 (1,000 / 1,506) | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 64.90% (62.12% / 67.41%) | 2,544 (1,156 / 1,388) |
3,920 (1,861 / 2,059) | |
| 98 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 84.43% (81.68% / 87.28%) | 5,264 (2,595 / 2,669) |
6,235 (3,177 / 3,058) | |
| 99 | Colorado College | 86.09% (85.23% / 86.78%) | 458 (202 / 256) |
532 (237 / 295) | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 81.81% (79.85% / 86.46%) | 796 (547 / 249) |
973 (685 / 288) | |
| Average | 87.35% (85.24% / 89.19%) |
239,639 (109,129 / 130,510) |
274,350 (128,027 / 146,323) | ||
Transfer-out Rate Comparison
The average transfer-out rate of Top 100 Colleges by Niche is 7.39% where 11,378 students have transferred out from schools out of 153,885 graduation candidates. The transfer-out rate is calculated as the number of transfer-out students divided by total number of graduation candidates. The following table compares the transfer-out rates between Top 100 Colleges by Niche.
Among the Top 100 Colleges by Niche, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has the lowest transfer-out rate of 0.32%, while National University has the highest rate of 22.22% (more students transferred out from the school).
Compare Selected Schools
| Rank | Name | Transfer-out Rate (Men/Women) | Transfer-out (Men/Women) | Total Students (Men/Women) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,367 (675 / 692) | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 0.46% (0.82% / 0.11%) | 8 (7 / 1) | 1,738 (854 / 884) | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,107 (596 / 511) | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,659 (866 / 793) | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,305 (670 / 635) | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 0.99% (0.80% / 1.18%) | 15 (6 / 9) | 1,515 (754 / 761) | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2,430 (1,168 / 1,262) | |
| 8 | Dartmouth College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,116 (542 / 574) | |
| 9 | Rice University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 974 (484 / 490) | |
| 10 | Brown University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,678 (778 / 900) | |
| 11 | Harvey Mudd College | 5.63% (2.61% / 9.18%) | 12 (3 / 9) | 213 (115 / 98) | |
| 12 | Georgetown University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,573 (670 / 903) | |
| 13 | Duke University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,722 (830 / 892) | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,591 (750 / 841) | |
| 15 | Northwestern University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,982 (968 / 1,014) | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,758 (827 / 931) | |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology | 3.40% (3.13% / 3.74%) | 8 (4 / 4) | 235 (128 / 107) | |
| 18 | Pomona College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 410 (201 / 209) | |
| 19 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3.46% (3.63% / 3.35%) | 226 (94 / 132) | 6,527 (2,586 / 3,941) | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,542 (768 / 774) | |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6,672 (3,254 / 3,418) | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3,315 (1,542 / 1,773) | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,585 (786 / 799) | |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | 2.65% (2.74% / 2.56%) | 36 (18 / 18) | 1,361 (657 / 704) | |
| 25 | Claremont McKenna College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 321 (167 / 154) | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3,053 (1,378 / 1,675) | |
| 27 | University of Notre Dame | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2,044 (1,095 / 949) | |
| 28 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 4.30% (4.47% / 4.05%) | 123 (75 / 48) | 2,863 (1,678 / 1,185) | |
| 29 | Bowdoin College | 4.37% (4.98% / 3.82%) | 22 (12 / 10) | 503 (241 / 262) | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 2.66% (3.07% / 2.32%) | 98 (52 / 46) | 3,680 (1,696 / 1,984) | |
| 31 | Davidson College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 514 (258 / 256) | |
| 32 | Williams College | 0.91% (1.04% / 0.76%) | 5 (3 / 2) | 552 (288 / 264) | |
| 33 | Swarthmore College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 414 (194 / 220) | |
| 34 | Tufts University | 4.57% (4.83% / 4.31%) | 61 (32 / 29) | 1,336 (663 / 673) | |
| 35 | Barnard College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 592 (0 / 592) | |
| 36 | Emory University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,349 (565 / 784) | |
| 37 | Wellesley College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 590 (0 / 590) | |
| 38 | Boston University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 3,534 (1,392 / 2,142) | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 6.17% (6.47% / 5.96%) | 416 (182 / 234) | 6,738 (2,814 / 3,924) | |
| 40 | Middlebury College | 4.80% (4.98% / 4.62%) | 29 (15 / 14) | 604 (301 / 303) | |
| 41 | Washington and Lee University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 464 (247 / 217) | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Austin | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 8,570 (3,921 / 4,649) | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 5.36% (6.17% / 4.81%) | 226 (104 / 122) | 4,219 (1,685 / 2,534) | |
| 44 | Boston College | 6.44% (7.32% / 5.71%) | 149 (77 / 72) | 2,312 (1,052 / 1,260) | |
| 45 | New York University | 5.79% (5.85% / 5.75%) | 351 (149 / 202) | 6,060 (2,546 / 3,514) | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 3.11% (2.66% / 3.54%) | 83 (35 / 48) | 2,670 (1,314 / 1,356) | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6,199 (3,016 / 3,183) | |
| 48 | Wake Forest University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,303 (610 / 693) | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 7.74% (7.88% / 7.65%) | 418 (169 / 249) | 5,401 (2,146 / 3,255) | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 7,572 (3,948 / 3,624) | |
| 51 | Amherst College | 4.67% (5.49% / 3.85%) | 22 (13 / 9) | 471 (237 / 234) | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2,039 (906 / 1,133) | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 5.07% (5.46% / 4.80%) | 314 (137 / 177) | 6,194 (2,507 / 3,687) | |
| 54 | Hamilton College | 6.36% (4.52% / 7.97%) | 30 (10 / 20) | 472 (221 / 251) | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 0.32% (0.41% / 0.22%) | 19 (13 / 6) | 5,863 (3,165 / 2,698) | |
| 56 | Villanova University | 7.58% (8.04% / 7.18%) | 127 (62 / 65) | 1,676 (771 / 905) | |
| 57 | University of California-Irvine | 6.87% (7.22% / 6.55%) | 449 (221 / 228) | 6,540 (3,061 / 3,479) | |
| 58 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 10.08% (12.05% / 8.68%) | 187 (93 / 94) | 1,855 (772 / 1,083) | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6,414 (3,040 / 3,374) | |
| 60 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 6,411 (3,013 / 3,398) | |
| 61 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 9.49% (12.55% / 6.32%) | 850 (572 / 278) | 8,955 (4,557 / 4,398) | |
| 62 | Macalester College | 4.95% (2.84% / 6.46%) | 25 (6 / 19) | 505 (211 / 294) | |
| 63 | Babson College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 587 (310 / 277) | |
| 64 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 218 (144 / 74) | |
| 65 | University of California-San Diego | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 5,714 (2,673 / 3,041) | |
| 66 | William & Mary | 5.92% (6.20% / 5.72%) | 89 (39 / 50) | 1,503 (629 / 874) | |
| 67 | University of South Florida | 10.78% (10.22% / 11.18%) | 509 (199 / 310) | 4,721 (1,947 / 2,774) | |
| 68 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 7.06% (7.93% / 6.24%) | 559 (304 / 255) | 7,923 (3,835 / 4,088) | |
| 69 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 4,982 (2,118 / 2,864) | |
| 70 | Haverford College | 4.58% (2.89% / 6.25%) | 16 (5 / 11) | 349 (173 / 176) | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,248 (690 / 558) | |
| 72 | Wesleyan University | 4.52% (6.50% / 2.86%) | 35 (23 / 12) | 774 (354 / 420) | |
| 73 | Vassar College | 5.31% (6.83% / 4.20%) | 35 (19 / 16) | 659 (278 / 381) | |
| 74 | Case Western Reserve University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 1,263 (681 / 582) | |
| 75 | University of California-Davis | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 5,697 (2,077 / 3,620) | |
| 76 | University of Central Florida | 10.55% (11.46% / 9.77%) | 647 (324 / 323) | 6,135 (2,828 / 3,307) | |
| 77 | Colgate University | 6.79% (6.02% / 7.37%) | 52 (20 / 32) | 766 (332 / 434) | |
| 78 | Trinity University | 18.64% (22.11% / 15.69%) | 123 (67 / 56) | 660 (303 / 357) | |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 7,373 (4,236 / 3,137) | |
| 80 | Colby College | 7.84% (9.79% / 6.18%) | 40 (23 / 17) | 510 (235 / 275) | |
| 81 | Carleton College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 567 (292 / 275) | |
| 82 | Bates College | 5.23% (4.26% / 6.11%) | 26 (10 / 16) | 497 (235 / 262) | |
| 83 | Grinnell College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 413 (196 / 217) | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 11.93% (13.27% / 10.84%) | 471 (235 / 236) | 3,948 (1,771 / 2,177) | |
| 85 | Brigham Young University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 4,196 (1,800 / 2,396) | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 10.27% (10.02% / 10.49%) | 806 (372 / 434) | 7,850 (3,714 / 4,136) | |
| 87 | Florida International University | 17.10% (17.30% / 16.94%) | 705 (316 / 389) | 4,124 (1,827 / 2,297) | |
| 88 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 9.30% (9.82% / 8.70%) | 392 (223 / 169) | 4,214 (2,272 / 1,942) | |
| 89 | Smith College | 8.72% (0.00% / 8.73%) | 57 (0 / 57) | 654 (1 / 653) | |
| 90 | National University | 22.22% (25.00% / 20.00%) | 2 (1 / 1) | 9 (4 / 5) | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 9.57% (11.10% / 8.18%) | 352 (194 / 158) | 3,678 (1,747 / 1,931) | |
| 92 | University of Richmond | 8.47% (11.43% / 5.81%) | 69 (44 / 25) | 815 (385 / 430) | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 6.59% (6.72% / 6.45%) | 299 (159 / 140) | 4,534 (2,365 / 2,169) | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 9.39% (9.74% / 9.10%) | 550 (263 / 287) | 5,855 (2,700 / 3,155) | |
| 95 | Southern Methodist University | 12.62% (15.06% / 10.12%) | 192 (116 / 76) | 1,521 (770 / 751) | |
| 96 | George Washington University | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 2,506 (1,000 / 1,506) | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 13.21% (11.28% / 14.96%) | 518 (210 / 308) | 3,920 (1,861 / 2,059) | |
| 98 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 7.70% (8.56% / 6.80%) | 480 (272 / 208) | 6,235 (3,177 / 3,058) | |
| 99 | Colorado College | 0.00% (0.00% / 0.00%) | 0 (0 / 0) | 532 (237 / 295) | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 4.62% (4.53% / 4.86%) | 45 (31 / 14) | 973 (685 / 288) | |
| Average | 7.39% (7.88% / 6.97%) | 11,378 (5,633 / 5,745) |
153,885 (71,448 / 82,437) |
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Retention Rate Comparison
The average retention rate of Top 100 Colleges by Niche is 94.25% for full-time students and 75.43% for part-time students. Retention rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year (Sophomore year). The following table compares the retention rates between Top 100 Colleges by Niche.
Among the Top 100 Colleges by Niche, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the most highest retention rate of 99%, while National University has the lowest rate of 64%.
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