Highest graduation rates

Share of full-time students who finish within six years (four-year colleges with 1,000+ undergraduates). Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

#	College	State	Net price / yr	Acceptance	Grad rate	Earnings after 10 yrs	Undergrads
1	Walden University	MN	$29,899	—	100%	$54,715	9,136
2	Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas	NV	$32,127	100%	100%	$41,223	1,222
3	Princeton University	NJ	$7,815	4.6%	97%	$133,523	5,709
4	Harvard University	MA	$19,148	3.6%	97%	$121,957	7,601
5	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$29,577	5.4%	97%	$121,687	10,650
6	Yale University	CT	$11,340	3.9%	96%	$118,356	6,758
7	Duke University	NC	$23,706	5.7%	96%	$113,937	6,442
8	Northwestern University	IL	$34,420	7.7%	96%	$104,255	9,201
9	Washington and Lee University	VA	$25,279	14%	96%	$102,966	1,881
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$14,815	4.5%	96%	$152,553	4,535
11	Brown University	RI	$26,976	5.4%	96%	$99,974	7,226
12	University of Notre Dame	IN	$25,339	11%	95%	$113,124	8,818
13	Rice University	TX	$11,164	8.0%	95%	$90,773	4,776
14	Dartmouth College	NH	$26,707	5.4%	95%	$111,162	4,541
15	Williams College	MA	$15,157	8.3%	95%	$95,954	2,076
16	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$15,370	4.0%	95%	$109,430	8,973
17	University of Chicago	IL	$16,776	4.5%	95%	$103,872	7,569
18	United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	—	22%	95%	—	1,108
19	Cornell University	NY	$33,934	8.8%	95%	$113,531	15,995
20	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$18,056	17%	94%	$96,468	17,597
21	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$35,780	12%	94%	$125,257	7,304
22	Georgetown University	DC	$33,661	13%	94%	$110,516	7,569
23	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$14,538	11%	94%	$100,212	33,068
24	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$12,028	14%	94%	$114,210	18,785
25	Tufts University	MA	$38,797	11%	94%	$89,187	7,061
26	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$18,431	6.4%	93%	$104,590	5,693
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$14,362	16%	93%	$92,832	34,177
28	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$14,659	9.0%	93%	$88,581	33,475
29	Villanova University	PA	$41,536	27%	93%	$115,382	6,938
30	Bowdoin College	ME	$15,595	7.1%	93%	$90,153	1,873
31	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$13,360	12%	93%	$91,497	7,857
32	Vanderbilt University	TN	$15,497	5.9%	93%	$99,080	7,208
33	Amherst College	MA	$19,536	9.0%	93%	$95,161	1,911
34	Middlebury College	VT	$32,102	11%	93%	$85,077	2,738
35	University of Florida	FL	$5,969	24%	92%	$78,456	35,629
36	Pomona College	CA	$18,978	7.1%	92%	$84,281	1,666
37	Rhode Island School of Design	RI	$50,513	19%	92%	$69,341	2,084
38	Barnard College	NY	$28,930	8.8%	92%	$98,280	3,264
39	Stanford University	CA	$12,307	3.6%	92%	$125,340	7,554
40	Swarthmore College	PA	$17,392	7.5%	92%	$86,311	1,613
41	Babson College	MA	$34,096	17%	92%	$138,950	2,728
42	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$11,305	15%	91%	$81,094	20,752
43	Emory University	GA	$16,754	11%	91%	$93,897	7,298
44	Wellesley College	MA	$23,995	14%	91%	$90,458	2,300
45	Macalester College	MN	$27,851	29%	91%	$69,951	2,131
46	Northeastern University	MA	$17,850	5.2%	91%	$99,371	17,326
47	Wake Forest University	NC	$28,165	22%	90%	$104,443	5,485
48	University of Southern California	CA	$33,056	9.8%	90%	$103,420	20,443
49	Davidson College	NC	$15,060	13%	90%	$89,297	1,867
50	Wesleyan University	CT	$23,014	16%	90%	$86,811	3,067
51	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$43,885	60%	90%	$113,513	5,447
52	Claremont McKenna College	CA	$26,039	9.6%	90%	$127,532	1,388
53	Hamilton College	NY	$25,793	14%	90%	$84,956	2,030
54	Boston College	MA	$38,930	16%	90%	$112,178	10,085
55	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$16,600	45%	90%	$80,330	36,902
56	Boston University	MA	$36,503	11%	90%	$89,087	18,248
57	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$18,554	27%	89%	$81,694	42,855
58	University of Georgia	GA	$13,636	38%	89%	$77,246	32,137
59	Hillsdale College	MI	—	21%	89%	—	1,573
60	Haverford College	PA	$31,075	12%	89%	$76,397	1,430
61	Colgate University	NY	$29,409	14%	89%	$96,328	3,180
62	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$37,396	48%	89%	$118,358	4,222
63	Vassar College	NY	$36,924	19%	89%	$75,532	2,444
64	Carleton College	MN	$25,295	20%	89%	$82,742	2,086
65	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$14,296	45%	88%	$89,228	30,760
66	William & Mary	VA	$18,880	34%	88%	$83,488	7,055
67	United States Naval Academy	MD	—	9.3%	88%	—	4,474
68	Bates College	ME	$27,390	13%	88%	$98,373	1,760
69	Bentley University	MA	$38,969	45%	88%	$126,427	4,474
70	New York University	NY	$35,737	9.2%	88%	$90,957	28,663
71	Clemson University	SC	$22,032	38%	88%	$79,064	23,300
72	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$44,622	37%	87%	$89,865	6,437
73	Santa Clara University	CA	$36,116	48%	87%	$117,193	6,552
74	Colby College	ME	$19,835	7.1%	87%	$88,776	2,407
75	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$40,693	14%	87%	$68,226	7,767
76	Yeshiva University	NY	$49,210	56%	87%	$77,098	2,852
77	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$17,269	61%	87%	$67,080	45,638
78	University of California-Irvine	CA	$13,866	29%	87%	$83,432	30,197
79	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$18,832	31%	87%	$96,304	21,996
80	University of Richmond	VA	$34,256	22%	87%	$92,362	2,980
81	Grinnell College	IA	$15,203	15%	86%	$72,106	1,729
82	Providence College	RI	$49,594	51%	86%	$90,260	4,229
83	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$38,829	18%	86%	$100,485	3,106
84	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$13,042	42%	86%	$87,599	36,258
85	United States Military Academy	NY	—	12%	86%	—	4,408
86	Colorado College	CO	$27,951	18%	86%	$70,914	2,014
87	University of California-San Diego	CA	$14,794	27%	86%	$96,197	34,948
88	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$25,808	55%	86%	$88,716	30,923
89	Florida State University	FL	$8,605	24%	86%	$68,225	32,212
90	Smith College	MA	$25,519	21%	86%	$69,936	2,544
91	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$29,362	58%	86%	$73,113	20,370
92	University of California-Davis	CA	$14,318	42%	86%	$86,999	32,253
93	Kenyon College	OH	$33,279	31%	86%	$65,780	1,732
94	Texas Christian University	TX	$35,045	44%	86%	$77,334	11,026
95	Gonzaga University	WA	$32,750	82%	85%	$89,110	5,198
96	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$33,675	61%	85%	$71,762	42,284
97	Lafayette College	PA	$35,879	31%	85%	$102,336	2,757
98	Fairfield University	CT	$49,906	33%	85%	$101,587	5,373
99	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$26,752	62%	85%	$79,651	7,105
100	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$13,663	39%	85%	$83,105	31,942