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Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania has the highest graduation rate of 96% for academic year 2022-2023 in Pennsylvania. Swarthmore College is ranked second with 93% and Carnegie Mellon University follows them with 91%. 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.
Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Pennsylvania
NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time/part-time)
1University of Pennsylvania
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
96%-98%
2Swarthmore College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSwarthmore, PA
93%-96%
3Carnegie Mellon University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA
91%-97%
4Haverford College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHaverford, PA
91%4%96%
5Lehigh University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBethlehem, PA
91%-91%
6Villanova University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsVillanova, PA
90%7%96%
7Lafayette College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEaston, PA
89%8%90%
8Bucknell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewisburg, PA
86%9%91%
9Franklin and Marshall College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLancaster, PA
85%10%88%
10Dickinson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCarlisle, PA
83%-89%
11Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsUniversity Park, PA
83%1%91%
12University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Public, four-yearsPittsburgh, PA
83%11%93%
13Bryn Mawr College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBryn Mawr, PA
82%9%90%
14Muhlenberg College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAllentown, PA
82%12%91%
15Saint Joseph's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
82%7%86%
16Gettysburg College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGettysburg, PA
81%14%89%
17Grove City College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrove City, PA
80%9%88%
18University of Scranton
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsScranton, PA
79%-85%
19Drexel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
78%-87%
20Messiah University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMechanicsburg, PA
78%16%86%