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Graduation Rate Comparison

The average graduation rate of US Top 100 is 85.55% where 301,478 students out of 352,399 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 US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Princeton University has the most highest graduation rate of 97.61%, while University of Illinois Chicago has the lowest rate of 61.62%.
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Graduation Rate Comparison Between US Top 100
RankName Graduation Rate
(Men/Women)		Completers
(Men/Women)		Candidates
(Men/Women)
1Princeton University
97.61%
(96.93% / 98.32%)		1,306
(662 / 644)		 1,338
(683 / 655)
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
96.41%
(95.58% / 97.26%)		1,073
(541 / 532)		 1,113
(566 / 547)
3Harvard University
97.58%
(96.65% / 98.53%)		1,613
(808 / 805)		 1,653
(836 / 817)
4Stanford University
91.92%
(91.22% / 92.65%)		1,559
(790 / 769)		 1,696
(866 / 830)
4Yale University
95.74%
(94.87% / 96.59%)		1,505
(740 / 765)		 1,572
(780 / 792)
6University of Chicago
95.85%
(94.40% / 97.38%)		1,733
(877 / 856)		 1,808
(929 / 879)
7Duke University
96.78%
(94.96% / 98.46%)		1,684
(791 / 893)		 1,740
(833 / 907)
7Johns Hopkins University
93.78%
(92.35% / 95.01%)		1,327
(604 / 723)		 1,415
(654 / 761)
7Northwestern University
95.13%
(93.38% / 96.63%)		1,835
(832 / 1,003)		 1,929
(891 / 1,038)
7University of Pennsylvania
96.54%
(95.05% / 97.77%)		2,374
(1,057 / 1,317)		 2,459
(1,112 / 1,347)
11California Institute of Technology
94.37%
(92.74% / 96.26%)		218
(115 / 103)		 231
(124 / 107)
12Cornell University
95.38%
(94.30% / 96.29%)		3,135
(1,423 / 1,712)		 3,287
(1,509 / 1,778)
13Brown University
95.69%
(95.89% / 95.51%)		1,576
(746 / 830)		 1,647
(778 / 869)
13Dartmouth College
95.54%
(94.74% / 96.35%)		1,113
(558 / 555)		 1,165
(589 / 576)
15Columbia University in the City of New York
96.10%
(94.72% / 97.31%)		1,478
(682 / 796)		 1,538
(720 / 818)
15University of California-Berkeley
92.84%
(91.91% / 93.56%)		5,559
(2,420 / 3,139)		 5,988
(2,633 / 3,355)
17Rice University
94.64%
(92.83% / 96.67%)		901
(466 / 435)		 952
(502 / 450)
17University of California-Los Angeles
92.62%
(91.97% / 93.05%)		5,772
(2,292 / 3,480)		 6,232
(2,492 / 3,740)
17Vanderbilt University
93.54%
(91.25% / 95.72%)		1,491
(709 / 782)		 1,594
(777 / 817)
20Carnegie Mellon University
94.13%
(93.03% / 95.24%)		1,475
(734 / 741)		 1,567
(789 / 778)
20University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
93.20%
(91.93% / 94.43%)		6,207
(3,017 / 3,190)		 6,660
(3,282 / 3,378)
20University of Notre Dame
95.17%
(93.90% / 96.56%)		1,970
(1,016 / 954)		 2,070
(1,082 / 988)
20Washington University in St Louis
94.26%
(93.65% / 94.82%)		1,675
(796 / 879)		 1,777
(850 / 927)
24Emory University
91.09%
(89.68% / 92.11%)		1,298
(539 / 759)		 1,425
(601 / 824)
24Georgetown University
94.81%
(93.52% / 95.77%)		1,533
(649 / 884)		 1,617
(694 / 923)
26University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
91.17%
(89.54% / 92.19%)		3,936
(1,481 / 2,455)		 4,317
(1,654 / 2,663)
26University of Virginia-Main Campus
95.60%
(93.23% / 97.43%)		3,631
(1,543 / 2,088)		 3,798
(1,655 / 2,143)
28University of Southern California
91.83%
(90.19% / 93.43%)		3,113
(1,507 / 1,606)		 3,390
(1,671 / 1,719)
29University of California-San Diego
86.05%
(83.97% / 87.97%)		5,766
(2,708 / 3,058)		 6,701
(3,225 / 3,476)
30University of Florida
91.09%
(89.25% / 92.31%)		6,100
(2,391 / 3,709)		 6,697
(2,679 / 4,018)
30The University of Texas at Austin
88.90%
(86.72% / 90.61%)		7,838
(3,369 / 4,469)		 8,817
(3,885 / 4,932)
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
94.02%
(93.86% / 94.25%)		2,923
(1,727 / 1,196)		 3,109
(1,840 / 1,269)
32New York University
87.78%
(86.82% / 88.51%)		5,353
(2,280 / 3,073)		 6,098
(2,626 / 3,472)
32University of California-Davis
85.67%
(83.84% / 86.69%)		5,394
(1,883 / 3,511)		 6,296
(2,246 / 4,050)
32University of California-Irvine
86.87%
(84.80% / 89.01%)		5,020
(2,494 / 2,526)		 5,779
(2,941 / 2,838)
36Boston College
90.83%
(89.86% / 91.71%)		2,110
(992 / 1,118)		 2,323
(1,104 / 1,219)
36Tufts University
93.63%
(93.87% / 93.44%)		1,441
(643 / 798)		 1,539
(685 / 854)
36University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
85.13%
(82.90% / 87.72%)		6,464
(3,385 / 3,079)		 7,593
(4,083 / 3,510)
36University of Wisconsin-Madison
89.55%
(88.15% / 90.80%)		6,135
(2,857 / 3,278)		 6,851
(3,241 / 3,610)
40University of California-Santa Barbara
83.03%
(79.94% / 85.41%)		4,221
(1,769 / 2,452)		 5,084
(2,213 / 2,871)
41Ohio State University-Main Campus
87.74%
(85.81% / 89.52%)		6,958
(3,260 / 3,698)		 7,930
(3,799 / 4,131)
42Boston University
88.66%
(86.28% / 90.49%)		3,191
(1,346 / 1,845)		 3,599
(1,560 / 2,039)
42Rutgers University-New Brunswick
83.91%
(81.48% / 86.33%)		5,691
(2,755 / 2,936)		 6,782
(3,381 / 3,401)
42University of Maryland-College Park
88.68%
(87.02% / 90.49%)		5,328
(2,721 / 2,607)		 6,008
(3,127 / 2,881)
42University of Washington-Seattle Campus
85.18%
(82.93% / 86.99%)		6,040
(2,623 / 3,417)		 7,091
(3,163 / 3,928)
46Lehigh University
87.91%
(85.22% / 90.83%)		1,120
(565 / 555)		 1,274
(663 / 611)
46Northeastern University
90.54%
(89.68% / 91.31%)		2,479
(1,165 / 1,314)		 2,738
(1,299 / 1,439)
46Purdue University-Main Campus
83.10%
(81.05% / 85.80%)		7,024
(3,887 / 3,137)		 8,452
(4,796 / 3,656)
46University of Georgia
89.57%
(87.08% / 91.09%)		5,049
(1,860 / 3,189)		 5,637
(2,136 / 3,501)
46University of Rochester
85.43%
(85.31% / 85.56%)		1,290
(668 / 622)		 1,510
(783 / 727)
51Case Western Reserve University
87.17%
(83.24% / 91.58%)		1,209
(611 / 598)		 1,387
(734 / 653)
51Florida State University
85.61%
(81.23% / 88.36%)		5,324
(1,947 / 3,377)		 6,219
(2,397 / 3,822)
51Texas A & M University-College Station
83.91%
(80.67% / 87.36%)		8,435
(4,177 / 4,258)		 10,052
(5,178 / 4,874)
51Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
86.35%
(83.35% / 90.00%)		5,339
(2,828 / 2,511)		 6,183
(3,393 / 2,790)
51Wake Forest University
89.15%
(86.77% / 91.49%)		1,266
(610 / 656)		 1,420
(703 / 717)
51William & Mary
89.42%
(88.24% / 90.28%)		1,378
(570 / 808)		 1,541
(646 / 895)
57University of California-Merced
68.72%
(65.06% / 71.74%)		1,514
(646 / 868)		 2,203
(993 / 1,210)
57Villanova University
91.86%
(91.22% / 92.45%)		1,547
(727 / 820)		 1,684
(797 / 887)
59George Washington University
83.98%
(81.85% / 85.19%)		2,380
(839 / 1,541)		 2,834
(1,025 / 1,809)
59Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86.09%
(83.19% / 89.02%)		6,929
(3,370 / 3,559)		 8,049
(4,051 / 3,998)
59Santa Clara University
87.92%
(85.19% / 90.94%)		1,223
(621 / 602)		 1,391
(729 / 662)
59Stony Brook University
75.56%
(72.49% / 78.74%)		2,548
(1,244 / 1,304)		 3,372
(1,716 / 1,656)
59University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
85.29%
(83.43% / 86.75%)		5,083
(2,195 / 2,888)		 5,960
(2,631 / 3,329)
64Michigan State University
81.17%
(77.77% / 84.24%)		6,753
(3,075 / 3,678)		 8,320
(3,954 / 4,366)
64North Carolina State University at Raleigh
85.34%
(82.99% / 87.75%)		4,121
(2,030 / 2,091)		 4,829
(2,446 / 2,383)
64Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
83.62%
(82.56% / 85.89%)		1,486
(999 / 487)		 1,777
(1,210 / 567)
64University of Massachusetts-Amherst
83.44%
(81.70% / 85.21%)		4,157
(2,049 / 2,108)		 4,982
(2,508 / 2,474)
64University of Miami
83.68%
(79.47% / 87.58%)		1,959
(894 / 1,065)		 2,341
(1,125 / 1,216)
69Brandeis University
86.03%
(84.93% / 86.73%)		770
(293 / 477)		 895
(345 / 550)
69Tulane University of Louisiana
86.14%
(81.70% / 88.81%)		1,641
(585 / 1,056)		 1,905
(716 / 1,189)
69University of Connecticut
83.40%
(78.90% / 87.66%)		3,079
(1,417 / 1,662)		 3,692
(1,796 / 1,896)
79University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
85.50%
(82.93% / 87.55%)		3,525
(1,521 / 2,004)		 4,123
(1,834 / 2,289)
73Binghamton University
81.62%
(80.14% / 83.05%)		2,372
(1,142 / 1,230)		 2,906
(1,425 / 1,481)
73Indiana University-Bloomington
80.21%
(77.68% / 82.76%)		6,458
(3,140 / 3,318)		 8,051
(4,042 / 4,009)
75Clemson University
86.56%
(82.82% / 89.86%)		3,273
(1,465 / 1,808)		 3,781
(1,769 / 2,012)
75Rutgers University-Newark
63.75%
(58.82% / 68.04%)		839
(360 / 479)		 1,316
(612 / 704)
75Syracuse University
83.61%
(80.59% / 86.04%)		3,000
(1,287 / 1,713)		 3,588
(1,597 / 1,991)
75University at Buffalo
75.18%
(72.26% / 78.92%)		3,098
(1,672 / 1,426)		 4,121
(2,314 / 1,807)
75University of California-Riverside
75.96%
(73.44% / 77.91%)		3,441
(1,452 / 1,989)		 4,530
(1,977 / 2,553)
80Colorado School of Mines
81.71%
(81.19% / 82.81%)		974
(656 / 318)		 1,192
(808 / 384)
80Drexel University
78.16%
(75.96% / 80.65%)		2,620
(1,349 / 1,271)		 3,352
(1,776 / 1,576)
80New Jersey Institute of Technology
72.76%
(70.42% / 80.20%)		892
(657 / 235)		 1,226
(933 / 293)
80Stevens Institute of Technology
86.88%
(85.20% / 91.17%)		874
(616 / 258)		 1,006
(723 / 283)
84Pepperdine University
83.35%
(81.32% / 84.92%)		666
(283 / 383)		 799
(348 / 451)
84University of Illinois Chicago
61.62%
(59.10% / 63.69%)		2,529
(1,094 / 1,435)		 4,104
(1,851 / 2,253)
84Worcester Polytechnic Institute
89.71%
(87.43% / 92.87%)		1,142
(647 / 495)		 1,273
(740 / 533)
84Yeshiva University
85.05%
(82.28% / 87.82%)		404
(195 / 209)		 475
(237 / 238)
88American University
75.49%
(73.43% / 76.62%)		1,321
(456 / 865)		 1,750
(621 / 1,129)
88Baylor University
79.99%
(77.33% / 81.61%)		2,690
(986 / 1,704)		 3,363
(1,275 / 2,088)
88Howard University
69.96%
(58.74% / 74.46%)		1,048
(252 / 796)		 1,498
(429 / 1,069)
88Marquette University
83.21%
(77.85% / 87.62%)		1,799
(759 / 1,040)		 2,162
(975 / 1,187)
88Rochester Institute of Technology
71.64%
(68.88% / 77.70%)		1,930
(1,275 / 655)		 2,694
(1,851 / 843)
88Southern Methodist University
84.27%
(81.22% / 87.67%)		1,286
(653 / 633)		 1,526
(804 / 722)
88University of California-Santa Cruz
75.09%
(73.96% / 76.35%)		2,764
(1,434 / 1,330)		 3,681
(1,939 / 1,742)
88University of Delaware
82.54%
(78.24% / 85.51%)		3,494
(1,352 / 2,142)		 4,233
(1,728 / 2,505)
88University of South Florida
76.76%
(72.48% / 79.57%)		3,781
(1,417 / 2,364)		 4,926
(1,955 / 2,971)
97Florida International University
74.43%
(69.57% / 78.23%)		2,916
(1,198 / 1,718)		 3,918
(1,722 / 2,196)
97Fordham University
81.91%
(79.94% / 83.48%)		1,870
(809 / 1,061)		 2,283
(1,012 / 1,271)
97Rutgers University-Camden
66.67%
(56.71% / 72.39%)		544
(169 / 375)		 816
(298 / 518)
97Texas Christian University
85.41%
(84.00% / 86.36%)		1,867
(740 / 1,127)		 2,186
(881 / 1,305)
97University of Colorado Boulder
74.19%
(71.46% / 77.23%)		4,895
(2,484 / 2,411)		 6,598
(3,476 / 3,122)
Average85.55%
(83.19% / 87.68%)		 301,478
(138,990 / 162,488)		 352,399
(167,072 / 185,327)
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Transfer-out Rate Comparison

The average transfer-out rate of US Top 100 is 7.84% where 17,318 students have transferred out from schools out of 220,784 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 US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Harvard University has the lowest transfer-out rate of 0.06%, while Howard University has the highest rate of 19.49% (more students transferred out from the school).
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Transfer-out Rate Comparison Between US Top 100
RankNameTransfer-out Rate
(Men/Women)		Transfer-out
(Men/Women)		Total Students
(Men/Women)
1Princeton University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
3Harvard University
0.06%
(0.12% / 0.00%)		1
(1 / 0)		1,653
(836 / 817)
4Stanford University
0.71%
(0.92% / 0.48%)		12
(8 / 4)		1,696
(866 / 830)
4Yale University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
6University of Chicago
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
7Duke University
1.03%
(1.56% / 0.55%)		18
(13 / 5)		1,740
(833 / 907)
7Johns Hopkins University
3.11%
(3.36% / 2.89%)		44
(22 / 22)		1,415
(654 / 761)
7Northwestern University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
7University of Pennsylvania
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
11California Institute of Technology
3.46%
(4.84% / 1.87%)		8
(6 / 2)		231
(124 / 107)
12Cornell University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
13Brown University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
13Dartmouth College
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
15Columbia University in the City of New York
0.46%
(0.42% / 0.49%)		7
(3 / 4)		1,538
(720 / 818)
15University of California-Berkeley
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
17Rice University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
17University of California-Los Angeles
3.35%
(3.49% / 3.26%)		209
(87 / 122)		6,232
(2,492 / 3,740)
17Vanderbilt University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
20Carnegie Mellon University
1.91%
(2.15% / 1.67%)		30
(17 / 13)		1,567
(789 / 778)
20University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
20University of Notre Dame
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
20Washington University in St Louis
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
24Emory University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
24Georgetown University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
26University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5.12%
(5.38% / 4.96%)		221
(89 / 132)		4,317
(1,654 / 2,663)
26University of Virginia-Main Campus
2.26%
(3.26% / 1.49%)		86
(54 / 32)		3,798
(1,655 / 2,143)
28University of Southern California
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
29University of California-San Diego
3.66%
(3.78% / 3.54%)		245
(122 / 123)		6,701
(3,225 / 3,476)
30University of Florida
5.12%
(5.41% / 4.93%)		343
(145 / 198)		6,697
(2,679 / 4,018)
30The University of Texas at Austin
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
32Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
3.57%
(3.48% / 3.70%)		111
(64 / 47)		3,109
(1,840 / 1,269)
32New York University
5.07%
(4.11% / 5.79%)		309
(108 / 201)		6,098
(2,626 / 3,472)
32University of California-Davis
4.94%
(3.87% / 5.53%)		311
(87 / 224)		6,296
(2,246 / 4,050)
32University of California-Irvine
4.59%
(4.35% / 4.83%)		265
(128 / 137)		5,779
(2,941 / 2,838)
36Boston College
7.15%
(7.34% / 6.97%)		166
(81 / 85)		2,323
(1,104 / 1,219)
36Tufts University
4.48%
(4.53% / 4.45%)		69
(31 / 38)		1,539
(685 / 854)
36University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
36University of Wisconsin-Madison
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
40University of California-Santa Barbara
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
41Ohio State University-Main Campus
7.06%
(7.19% / 6.95%)		560
(273 / 287)		7,930
(3,799 / 4,131)
42Boston University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
42Rutgers University-New Brunswick
8.49%
(9.41% / 7.59%)		576
(318 / 258)		6,782
(3,381 / 3,401)
42University of Maryland-College Park
7.66%
(7.74% / 7.57%)		460
(242 / 218)		6,008
(3,127 / 2,881)
42University of Washington-Seattle Campus
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
46Lehigh University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
46Northeastern University
3.62%
(3.54% / 3.68%)		99
(46 / 53)		2,738
(1,299 / 1,439)
46Purdue University-Main Campus
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
46University of Georgia
6.83%
(7.49% / 6.43%)		385
(160 / 225)		5,637
(2,136 / 3,501)
46University of Rochester
3.97%
(4.21% / 3.71%)		60
(33 / 27)		1,510
(783 / 727)
51Case Western Reserve University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
51Florida State University
4.74%
(5.30% / 4.40%)		295
(127 / 168)		6,219
(2,397 / 3,822)
51Texas A & M University-College Station
9.67%
(12.28% / 6.89%)		972
(636 / 336)		10,052
(5,178 / 4,874)
51Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
51Wake Forest University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
51William & Mary
7.27%
(8.20% / 6.59%)		112
(53 / 59)		1,541
(646 / 895)
57University of California-Merced
10.94%
(10.88% / 10.99%)		241
(108 / 133)		2,203
(993 / 1,210)
57Villanova University
7.42%
(8.41% / 6.54%)		125
(67 / 58)		1,684
(797 / 887)
59George Washington University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
59Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
1.70%
(1.88% / 1.53%)		137
(76 / 61)		8,049
(4,051 / 3,998)
59Santa Clara University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
59Stony Brook University
13.79%
(13.40% / 14.19%)		465
(230 / 235)		3,372
(1,716 / 1,656)
59University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
8.83%
(9.08% / 8.62%)		526
(239 / 287)		5,960
(2,631 / 3,329)
64Michigan State University
10.48%
(11.51% / 9.55%)		872
(455 / 417)		8,320
(3,954 / 4,366)
64North Carolina State University at Raleigh
9.26%
(9.93% / 8.56%)		447
(243 / 204)		4,829
(2,446 / 2,383)
64Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
64University of Massachusetts-Amherst
9.80%
(9.81% / 9.78%)		488
(246 / 242)		4,982
(2,508 / 2,474)
64University of Miami
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
69Brandeis University
7.71%
(7.83% / 7.64%)		69
(27 / 42)		895
(345 / 550)
69Tulane University of Louisiana
10.29%
(13.55% / 8.33%)		196
(97 / 99)		1,905
(716 / 1,189)
69University of Connecticut
7.37%
(8.41% / 6.38%)		272
(151 / 121)		3,692
(1,796 / 1,896)
79University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
10.96%
(12.21% / 9.96%)		452
(224 / 228)		4,123
(1,834 / 2,289)
73Binghamton University
13.63%
(13.82% / 13.44%)		396
(197 / 199)		2,906
(1,425 / 1,481)
73Indiana University-Bloomington
9.94%
(10.56% / 9.30%)		800
(427 / 373)		8,051
(4,042 / 4,009)
75Clemson University
9.15%
(10.34% / 8.10%)		346
(183 / 163)		3,781
(1,769 / 2,012)
75Rutgers University-Newark
18.24%
(20.10% / 16.62%)		240
(123 / 117)		1,316
(612 / 704)
75Syracuse University
9.78%
(10.83% / 8.94%)		351
(173 / 178)		3,588
(1,597 / 1,991)
75University at Buffalo
14.37%
(15.30% / 13.17%)		592
(354 / 238)		4,121
(2,314 / 1,807)
75University of California-Riverside
9.38%
(8.95% / 9.71%)		425
(177 / 248)		4,530
(1,977 / 2,553)
80Colorado School of Mines
13.34%
(13.61% / 12.76%)		159
(110 / 49)		1,192
(808 / 384)
80Drexel University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
80New Jersey Institute of Technology
15.99%
(17.04% / 12.63%)		196
(159 / 37)		1,226
(933 / 293)
80Stevens Institute of Technology
3.28%
(3.60% / 2.47%)		33
(26 / 7)		1,006
(723 / 283)
84Pepperdine University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
84University of Illinois Chicago
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
84Worcester Polytechnic Institute
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
84Yeshiva University
9.26%
(12.24% / 6.30%)		44
(29 / 15)		475
(237 / 238)
88American University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
88Baylor University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
88Howard University
19.49%
(22.84% / 18.15%)		292
(98 / 194)		1,498
(429 / 1,069)
88Marquette University
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
88Rochester Institute of Technology
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
88Southern Methodist University
10.09%
(11.69% / 8.31%)		154
(94 / 60)		1,526
(804 / 722)
88University of California-Santa Cruz
9.67%
(9.44% / 9.93%)		356
(183 / 173)		3,681
(1,939 / 1,742)
88University of Delaware
No transfer-out information available at the school or no students transferred out.
88University of South Florida
9.68%
(9.57% / 9.76%)		477
(187 / 290)		4,926
(1,955 / 2,971)
97Florida International University
13.60%
(13.88% / 13.39%)		533
(239 / 294)		3,918
(1,722 / 2,196)
97Fordham University
10.07%
(10.67% / 9.60%)		230
(108 / 122)		2,283
(1,012 / 1,271)
97Rutgers University-Camden
15.20%
(19.80% / 12.55%)		124
(59 / 65)		816
(298 / 518)
97Texas Christian University
11.89%
(11.92% / 11.88%)		260
(105 / 155)		2,186
(881 / 1,305)
97University of Colorado Boulder
15.85%
(16.05% / 15.63%)		1,046
(558 / 488)		6,598
(3,476 / 3,122)
Average7.84%
(8.42% / 7.34%)		17,318
(8,706 / 8,612)		 220,784
(103,455 / 117,329)
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Retention Rate Comparison

The average retention rate of US Top 100 is 93.50% for full-time students and 68.03% 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 US Top 100.
Among the US Top 100, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the most highest retention rate of 99%, while University of Illinois Chicago has the lowest rate of 80%.
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Retention Rate Comparison Between US Top 100
RankNameFull-timePart-time
1 Princeton University
98%-
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
99%-
3 Harvard University
98%-
4 Stanford University
98%-
4 Yale University
99%-
6 University of Chicago
99%-
7 Duke University
98%-
7 Johns Hopkins University
98%-
7 Northwestern University
98%-
7 University of Pennsylvania
99%-
11 California Institute of Technology
97%-
12 Cornell University
98%-
13 Brown University
99%-
13 Dartmouth College
98%-
15 Columbia University in the City of New York
98%95%
15 University of California-Berkeley
97%81%
17 Rice University
97%-
17 University of California-Los Angeles
97%83%
17 Vanderbilt University
96%100%
20 Carnegie Mellon University
98%-
20 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
97%80%
20 University of Notre Dame
99%-
20 Washington University in St Louis
95%60%
24 Emory University
96%100%
24 Georgetown University
97%100%
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
97%100%
26 University of Virginia-Main Campus
98%-
28 University of Southern California
96%67%
29 University of California-San Diego
94%84%
30 University of Florida
98%72%
30 The University of Texas at Austin
97%90%
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
98%100%
32 New York University
96%64%
32 University of California-Davis
93%83%
32 University of California-Irvine
94%68%
36 Boston College
96%-
36 Tufts University
95%-
36 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
95%44%
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison
96%81%
40 University of California-Santa Barbara
93%41%
41 Ohio State University-Main Campus
94%31%
42 Boston University
95%-
42 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
93%82%
42 University of Maryland-College Park
96%90%
42 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
95%87%
46 Lehigh University
94%-
46 Northeastern University
97%-
46 Purdue University-Main Campus
93%58%
46 University of Georgia
94%96%
46 University of Rochester
91%-
51 Case Western Reserve University
92%67%
51 Florida State University
96%92%
51 Texas A & M University-College Station
94%92%
51 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
93%56%
51 Wake Forest University
93%-
51 William & Mary
95%-
57 University of California-Merced
82%42%
57 Villanova University
95%77%
59 George Washington University
92%73%
59 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
93%85%
59 Santa Clara University
94%50%
59 Stony Brook University
90%50%
59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
91%67%
64 Michigan State University
90%65%
64 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
94%95%
64 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
91%-
64 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
92%45%
64 University of Miami
94%-
69 Brandeis University
87%100%
69 Tulane University of Louisiana
93%-
69 University of Connecticut
92%73%
79 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
92%-
73 Binghamton University
89%86%
73 Indiana University-Bloomington
91%63%
75 Clemson University
93%80%
75 Rutgers University-Newark
84%20%
75 Syracuse University
90%56%
75 University at Buffalo
85%42%
75 University of California-Riverside
88%54%
80 Colorado School of Mines
93%50%
80 Drexel University
90%84%
80 New Jersey Institute of Technology
90%54%
80 Stevens Institute of Technology
94%-
84 Pepperdine University
88%-
84 University of Illinois Chicago
80%48%
84 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
94%67%
84 Yeshiva University
92%100%
88 American University
88%63%
88 Baylor University
91%50%
88 Howard University
91%29%
88 Marquette University
91%75%
88 Rochester Institute of Technology
89%33%
88 Southern Methodist University
91%-
88 University of California-Santa Cruz
88%31%
88 University of Delaware
92%20%
88 University of South Florida
91%70%
97 Florida International University
92%87%
97 Fordham University
89%58%
97 Rutgers University-Camden
80%20%
97 Texas Christian University
93%60%
97 University of Colorado Boulder
90%60%
Average93.50% 68.03%
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