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Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate

Princeton University has the highest graduation rate of 98% for academic year 2023-2024 in United States. Harvard University is ranked second with 98% and Duke University follows them with 97%. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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.
Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate
NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time/part-time)
1Princeton University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ
98%-98%
2Harvard University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA
98%-98%
3Duke University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC
97%1%98%
4University of Pennsylvania
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
97%-99%
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA
96%-99%
6Brown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvidence, RI
96%-99%
7University of Virginia-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsCharlottesville, VA
96%2%98%
8Dartmouth College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHanover, NH
96%-98%
9University of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
96%-99%
10Columbia University in the City of New York
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
96%-98%
11Yale University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Haven, CT
96%-99%
12University of Notre Dame
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNotre Dame, IN
95%-99%
13Northwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEvanston, IL
95%-98%
14Georgetown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
95%-97%
15Rice University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX
95%-97%
16Cornell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY
95%-98%
17Bowdoin College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrunswick, ME
95%3%97%
18Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
94%-96%
19California Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPasadena, CA
94%3%97%
20Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
94%3%98%