The table below lists and compares the top 100 colleges having Highest Graduation Rate with tuition and key admission statistics. You can search schools by using input box in top right corner of table. In addition, you can sort the table a column that you want by clicking/touching the column name of the table.
*The statistics below is only based on data of four-years colleges granting bachelor's degree. Specialized schools such as law schools and medical schools were excluded from the analysis.
| School Name | Type | Tuition | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Scores | Enrollment | Students to Faculty | Graduation Rate | Earning after Graduate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private | $56,010 | 4.38% | 78.32% | 1,515 | 7,853 | 4 to 1 | 98% | $116,300 |
| 2 | Yale University New Haven, CT | Private | $59,950 | 5.31% | 71.18% | 1,530 | 12,060 | 4 to 1 | 97% | $124,400 |
| 3 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private | $55,587 | 4.01% | 84.17% | 1,530 | 30,391 | 5 to 1 | 97% | $139,100 |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private | $63,530 | 4.13% | 65.02% | 1,520 | 30,135 | 6 to 1 | 97% | $115,600 |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private | $62,241 | 6.48% | 83.46% | 1,545 | 17,834 | 5 to 1 | 96% | $103,000 |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private | $58,843 | 15.07% | 57.80% | 1,480 | 12,809 | 9 to 1 | 96% | $98,400 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Private | $55,878 | 4.11% | 86.23% | - | 11,254 | 3 to 1 | 96% | $153,600 |
| 8 | Duke University Durham, NC | Private | $60,244 | 5.89% | 59.58% | 1,513 | 16,172 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $114,500 |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private | $61,710 | 5.87% | 73.18% | 1,525 | 26,552 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $131,600 |
| 10 | Brown University Providence, RI | Private | $62,304 | 5.51% | 66.39% | 1,515 | 9,948 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $89,100 |
| 11 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private | $56,169 | 3.95% | 80.23% | 1,520 | 15,953 | 4 to 1 | 96% | $141,300 |
| 12 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | Private | $59,957 | 11.98% | 47.87% | 1,480 | 19,371 | 11 to 1 | 95% | $125,200 |
| 13 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private | $60,768 | 6.97% | 62.81% | 1,520 | 22,603 | 6 to 1 | 95% | $93,400 |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private | $58,720 | 7.52% | 47.78% | - | 28,890 | 6 to 1 | 95% | $89,300 |
| 15 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | Private | $60,703 | 9.99% | 47.57% | 1,520 | 854 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $104,200 |
| 16 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | Private | $58,322 | 8.82% | 62.90% | - | 1,777 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $83,300 |
| 17 | Tufts University Medford, MA | Private | $63,000 | 11.43% | 50.48% | 1,495 | 12,219 | 10 to 1 | 94% | $103,300 |
| 18 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | Private | $59,660 | 8.83% | 52.23% | - | 1,987 | 6 to 1 | 94% | $89,800 |
| 19 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $53,232 ($16,178) | 20.15% | 45.36% | - | 47,907 | 11 to 1 | 94% | $79,000 |
| 20 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | Private | $60,870 | 6.17% | 69.77% | 1,500 | 6,292 | 7 to 1 | 94% | $110,200 |
| 21 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private | $61,015 | 8.69% | 63.53% | 1,505 | 23,620 | 9 to 1 | 94% | $101,200 |
| 22 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private | $56,056 | 7.79% | 44.82% | 1,495 | 1,437 | 7 to 1 | 94% | $70,000 |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | Public | $53,626 ($19,244) | 20.74% | 39.08% | 1,440 | 25,628 | 15 to 1 | 94% | $79,400 |
| 24 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA | Private | $59,380 | 18.85% | 38.78% | 1,470 | 2,183 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $93,300 |
| 25 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | Private | $58,680 | 3.92% | 52.94% | - | 2,240 | 3 to 1 | 93% | $106,300 |
| 26 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $43,980 ($14,226) | 14.44% | 42.53% | - | 42,327 | 19 to 1 | 93% | $79,000 |
| 27 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | Private | $58,111 | 11.24% | 56.56% | 1,475 | 1,264 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $93,200 |
| 28 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | Private | $56,686 | 6.64% | 58.50% | 1,520 | 1,475 | 6 to 1 | 93% | $77,300 |
| 29 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | Private | $56,540 | 42.87% | 29.47% | 1,330 | 2,970 | 10 to 1 | 93% | $88,600 |
| 30 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | Private | $58,866 | 13.00% | 45.28% | 1,530 | 15,449 | 7 to 1 | 93% | $87,900 |
| 31 | Barnard College New York, NY | Private | $59,687 | 11.47% | 64.51% | 1,488 | 2,744 | 9 to 1 | 93% | $69,700 |
| 32 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | Private | $62,870 | 20.15% | 30.96% | 1,480 | 2,435 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $61,500 |
| 33 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $58,924 | 13.54% | 42.58% | 1,520 | 13,519 | 5 to 1 | 93% | $103,000 |
| 34 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private | $56,966 | 7.14% | 48.28% | 1,525 | 13,537 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $86,200 |
| 35 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $43,012 ($13,258) | 10.77% | 43.81% | - | 44,589 | 18 to 1 | 92% | $73,200 |
| 36 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private | $61,503 | 12.51% | 41.29% | 1,475 | 46,287 | 9 to 1 | 92% | $88,800 |
| 37 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | Public | $33,964 ($12,852) | 15.96% | 49.12% | 1,405 | 39,771 | 19 to 1 | 92% | $85,900 |
| 38 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | Private | $59,062 | 17.31% | 43.65% | - | 1,876 | 10 to 1 | 92% | $74,300 |
| 39 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | Private | $61,150 | 8.74% | 42.08% | 1,460 | 1,745 | 7 to 1 | 92% | $83,300 |
| 40 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | Private | $60,752 | 16.18% | 48.87% | 1,470 | 2,280 | 7 to 1 | 92% | $71,800 |
| 41 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY | Private | $59,970 | 14.07% | 40.38% | 1,475 | 1,902 | 9 to 1 | 92% | $74,300 |
| 42 | Rice University Houston, TX | Private | $52,895 | 9.48% | 43.75% | 1,530 | 7,643 | 6 to 1 | 92% | $91,600 |
| 43 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | Private | $55,860 | 53.98% | 17.03% | 1,410 | 8,616 | 11 to 1 | 91% | $85,300 |
| 44 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Private | $62,049 | 19.44% | 35.83% | 1,405 | 3,053 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $63,400 |
| 45 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $28,659 ($6,381) | 30.13% | 43.98% | 1,385 | 53,372 | 17 to 1 | 91% | $65,700 |
| 46 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Private | $61,706 | 19.04% | 33.16% | 1,475 | 14,934 | 14 to 1 | 91% | $92,500 |
| 47 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private | $57,592 | 18.38% | 32.57% | 1,490 | 22,905 | 14 to 1 | 91% | $74,200 |
| 48 | Smith College Northampton, MA | Private | $56,114 | 29.91% | 37.27% | 1,450 | 2,504 | 7 to 1 | 91% | $51,100 |
| 49 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | Private | $60,225 | 17.55% | 39.96% | 1,479 | 1,940 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $67,900 |
| 50 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private | $59,020 | 25.24% | 28.76% | 1,420 | 11,032 | 11 to 1 | 91% | $87,600 |
| 51 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | Private | $59,770 | 13.45% | 42.47% | 1,455 | 2,669 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $71,900 |
| 52 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | Public | $47,038 ($23,812) | 36.54% | 26.37% | 1,440 | 8,939 | 11 to 1 | 91% | $74,500 |
| 53 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private | $55,468 | 13.05% | 34.23% | 1,480 | 13,997 | 9 to 1 | 90% | $84,400 |
| 54 | Macalester College Saint Paul, MN | Private | $60,518 | 31.26% | 21.25% | 1,428 | 2,049 | 10 to 1 | 90% | $55,800 |
| 55 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | Private | $61,966 | 17.19% | 29.42% | 1,425 | 3,054 | 9 to 1 | 90% | $81,100 |
| 56 | Davidson College Davidson, NC | Private | $55,200 | 17.80% | 47.77% | - | 1,983 | 9 to 1 | 90% | $71,100 |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $36,891 ($9,028) | 20.40% | 45.32% | 1,260 | 30,092 | 13 to 1 | 90% | $68,800 |
| 58 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | Private | $59,770 | 25.18% | 37.00% | - | 8,789 | 11 to 1 | 90% | $79,600 |
| 59 | Haverford College Haverford, PA | Private | $61,210 | 17.84% | 43.22% | 1,480 | 1,307 | 8 to 1 | 90% | $75,100 |
| 60 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | $44,454 ($14,700) | 34.20% | 18.63% | - | 39,576 | 19 to 1 | 89% | $69,600 |
| 61 | Boston University Boston, MA | Private | $59,816 | 18.65% | 28.39% | 1,440 | 32,718 | 10 to 1 | 89% | $75,900 |
| 62 | Providence College Providence, RI | Private | $55,988 | 57.98% | 16.12% | 1,225 | 4,821 | 11 to 1 | 89% | $73,400 |
| 63 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA | Private | $58,570 | 28.77% | 21.82% | - | 4,056 | 8 to 1 | 89% | $78,900 |
| 64 | Whitman College Walla Walla, WA | Private | $55,982 | 58.95% | 15.70% | 1,375 | 1,360 | 8 to 1 | 89% | $59,400 |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $38,608 ($10,720) | 60.35% | 26.08% | 1,410 | 44,640 | 16 to 1 | 89% | $68,000 |
| 66 | Pitzer College Claremont, CA | Private | $57,978 | 18.31% | 53.05% | - | 922 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $51,500 |
| 67 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | $31,108 ($12,068) | 39.98% | 37.10% | 1,360 | 39,147 | 17 to 1 | 88% | $59,100 |
| 68 | Wheaton College Wheaton, IL | Private | $40,820 | 86.25% | 31.76% | 1,340 | 2,908 | 10 to 1 | 88% | $60,500 |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $38,636 ($10,955) | 52.03% | 23.26% | 1,420 | 40,709 | 17 to 1 | 88% | $70,800 |
| 70 | Bentley University Waltham, MA | Private | $54,910 | 60.94% | 17.96% | 1,327 | 5,177 | 11 to 1 | 88% | $95,400 |
| 71 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private | $60,006 | 39.14% | 24.60% | 1,450 | 5,440 | 10 to 1 | 88% | $69,000 |
| 72 | Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI | Private | $30,042 | 23.68% | 55.99% | 1,425 | 1,543 | 9 to 1 | 88% | - |
| 73 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $35,019 ($11,936) | 57.18% | 25.32% | 1,345 | 61,369 | 19 to 1 | 88% | $53,600 |
| 74 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | Private | $59,802 | 34.50% | 26.43% | 1,373 | 3,726 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $82,400 |
| 75 | Grove City College Grove City, PA | Private | $19,310 | 72.57% | 40.90% | 1,256 | 2,277 | 13 to 1 | 88% | - |
| 76 | Lafayette College Easton, PA | Private | $57,114 | 40.74% | 23.23% | 1,380 | 2,514 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $80,500 |
| 77 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $40,996 ($11,752) | 28.75% | 47.70% | 1,365 | 50,476 | 17 to 1 | 88% | $73,900 |
| 78 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | Public | $44,399 ($14,645) | 48.75% | 17.62% | - | 39,074 | 20 to 1 | 87% | $68,100 |
| 79 | Grinnell College Grinnell, IA | Private | $58,648 | 10.54% | 42.51% | 1,450 | 1,493 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $61,000 |
| 80 | Colby College Waterville, ME | Private | $61,220 | 8.87% | 47.41% | 1,465 | 2,155 | 10 to 1 | 87% | $71,000 |
| 81 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | Private | $55,731 | 60.21% | 21.11% | - | 6,920 | 13 to 1 | 87% | $84,600 |
| 82 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | Private | $56,920 | 52.69% | 18.29% | 1,440 | 7,257 | 12 to 1 | 87% | $91,900 |
| 83 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ | Public | $29,594 ($17,287) | 61.98% | 22.91% | 1,260 | 7,783 | 13 to 1 | 87% | $64,900 |
| 84 | New York University New York, NY | Private | $56,500 | 12.96% | 49.25% | 1,510 | 52,775 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $78,600 |
| 85 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | Private | $63,310 | 36.55% | 18.29% | 1,420 | 1,615 | 9 to 1 | 87% | $54,500 |
| 86 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | Private | $56,320 | 39.34% | 31.63% | - | 1,634 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $61,000 |
| 87 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private | $57,470 | 45.97% | 23.42% | 1,408 | 7,067 | 9 to 1 | 87% | $94,100 |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $33,857 ($14,174) | 56.47% | 28.46% | 1,310 | 37,024 | 14 to 1 | 87% | $67,100 |
| 89 | Thomas Aquinas College Santa Paula, CA | Private | $26,000 | 83.14% | 60.37% | 1,275 | 462 | 11 to 1 | 86% | $45,900 |
| 90 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | Private | $62,070 | 14.25% | 39.64% | - | 2,050 | 9 to 1 | 86% | $49,900 |
| 91 | Principia College Elsah, IL | Private | $30,820 | 84.06% | 68.10% | 1,111 | 340 | 5 to 1 | 86% | - |
| 92 | Centre College Danville, KY | Private | $46,000 | 67.98% | 21.60% | 1,350 | 1,333 | 10 to 1 | 86% | $53,800 |
| 93 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | Private | $60,814 | 9.63% | 46.23% | 1,435 | 13,927 | 8 to 1 | 86% | $86,300 |
| 94 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private | $59,378 | 40.55% | 20.48% | 1,445 | 11,741 | 10 to 1 | 86% | $74,300 |
| 95 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | Public | $28,105 ($10,195) | 33.00% | 27.12% | - | 22,440 | 21 to 1 | 85% | $74,300 |
| 96 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | Public | $44,171 ($14,417) | 29.18% | 15.90% | - | 26,179 | 18 to 1 | 85% | $62,400 |
| 97 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private | $61,370 | 37.75% | 24.73% | 1,407 | 2,241 | 9 to 1 | 85% | $74,300 |
| 98 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | Public | $32,892 ($15,442) | 59.66% | 29.22% | 1,415 | 52,679 | 20 to 1 | 85% | $70,900 |
| 99 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | Private | $56,518 | 52.30% | 29.27% | 1,405 | 2,040 | 9 to 1 | 85% | $53,900 |
| 100 | Stonehill College Easton, MA | Private | $47,808 | 72.00% | 12.31% | - | 2,504 | 11 to 1 | 85% | $66,800 |
