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Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate

Arkansas Baptist College has the lowest graduation rate of 7% for academic year 2023-2024 in United States. Notre Dame de Namur University is ranked second with 7% and Ashford University follows them with 11%. 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 low graduation rates with transfer-out rates and retention rates. You may want to check colleges having the highest graduation rates.
Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate
NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateRetention Rate (full-time/part-time)
1Arkansas Baptist College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLittle Rock, AR
7%1%23%
2Notre Dame de Namur University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBelmont, CA
7%70%-
3Ashford University
Private (for-profit), four-yearsSan Diego, CA
11%2%35%
4Wilberforce University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilberforce, OH
12%-74%
5Rust College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS
12%-84%
6Allen University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsColumbia, SC
13%4%45%
7Southern University at New Orleans
Public, four-yearsNew Orleans, LA
13%40%52%
8Texas College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTyler, TX
14%-34%
9Paine College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAugusta, GA
14%36%54%
10Jarvis Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHawkins, TX
15%-48%
11Chicago State University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
15%37%57%
12Miles College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFairfield, AL
16%-56%
13East-West University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
16%-37%
14University of the Southwest
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHobbs, NM
17%-55%
15Morris College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSumter, SC
17%36%41%
16Langston University
Public, four-yearsLangston, OK
17%9%54%
17City University of Seattle
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
17%--
18Bluefield University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBluefield, VA
18%31%61%
19Lane College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN
18%26%44%
20Strayer University-District of Columbia
Private (for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
18%36%100%