Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania has the highest graduation rate of 96% for academic year 2021-2022 in Pennsylvania. Swarthmore College is ranked second with 94% and Carnegie Mellon University follows them with 93%. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have high graduation rates with transfer-out rates and retention rates. You may want to check colleges having the lowest graduation rates in Pennsylvania.
Name | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Retention Rate (full-time/part-time) | |
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1 | University of PennsylvaniaPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA | 96% | - | 98% |
2 | Swarthmore CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsSwarthmore, PA | 94% | - | 95% |
3 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA | 93% | 3% | 97% |
4 | Villanova UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsVillanova, PA | 91% | 7% | 96% |
5 | Haverford CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsHaverford, PA | 90% | 6% | 94% |
6 | Bucknell UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewisburg, PA | 88% | 11% | 91% |
7 | Grove City CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrove City, PA | 88% | 6% | 89% |
8 | Lafayette CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsEaston, PA | 88% | 10% | 91% |
9 | Bryn Mawr CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBryn Mawr, PA | 87% | 6% | 89% |
10 | Lehigh UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBethlehem, PA | 87% | - | 94% |
11 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPublic, four-yearsPittsburgh, PA | 84% | 12% | 93% |
12 | Franklin and Marshall CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsLancaster, PA | 83% | 14% | 91% |
13 | Saint Joseph's UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA | 83% | 10% | 89% |
14 | Dickinson CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsCarlisle, PA | 82% | - | 92% |
15 | Gettysburg CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsGettysburg, PA | 82% | 15% | 91% |
16 | Muhlenberg CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsAllentown, PA | 82% | - | 92% |
17 | University of ScrantonPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsScranton, PA | 79% | - | 87% |
18 | Drexel UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA | 78% | - | 90% |
19 | Duquesne UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA | 78% | - | 84% |
20 | Messiah UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMechanicsburg, PA | 77% | 18% | 85% |
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