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Colleges with the Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates

These colleges really know how to get you in, out, and on your way. The numbers are the average percentage of students who graduate within four years.

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• Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA): 91.26%
• Haverford College (Haverford, PA): 91.14%
• Pomona College (Claremont, CA): 90.84%
• University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN): 90.45%
• Georgetown University (Washington, DC): 90.07%
• Juilliard School (New York, NY): 89.58%
• Columbia University (New York, NY): 89.42%
• College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA): 89.21%
• Williams College (Williamstown, MA): 88.99%
• Yale University (New Haven, CT): 88.79%
• Duke University (Durham, NC): 88.50%
• Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY): 88.41%
• Carleton College (Northfield, MN): 88.19%
• Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME): 88.05%
• Davidson College (Davidson, NC): 88.02%
• United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD): 88.01%
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH): 87.98%
• Colgate University (Hamilton, NY): 87.79%
• Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA): 87.72%
• Bates College (Lewiston, ME): 87.55%
• Brandeis University (Waltham, MA): 87.55%
• Villanova University (Villanova, PA): 87.51%
• Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA): 87.2%
• Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA): 87.11%
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA): 87.10%
• Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT): 87.09%
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ): 87.09%
• Amherst College (Amherst, MA): 86.98%
• Lafayette College (Easton, PA): 86.86%
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): 86.75%
• Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): 86.75%
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA): 86.66%
• Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN): 86.54%
• Colby College (Waterville, ME): 86.50%
• Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA): 86.43%
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL): 86.36%
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA): 86.28%
• Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): 86.12%
• Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD): 85.52%
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA): 85.13%
• Tufts University (Medford, MA): 84.97%
• Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA): 84.87%
• Babson College (Babson Park, MA): 84.65%
• Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT): 84.45%
• Hamilton College (Clinton, NY): 84.07%
• Barnard College (New York, NY): 83.72%
• Brown University (Providence, RI): 83.24%
• Scripps College (Claremont, CA): 83.19%
• Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA): 83.12%
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY): 83.04%
• Kenyon College (Gambier, OH): 82.92%
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO): 82.91%
• Emory University (Atlanta, GA): 82.76%
• Furman University (Greenville, SC): 82.56%
• Macalester College (St. Paul, MN): 82.48%
• College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA): 82.17%
• Wake Forest University (Winston Salem, NC): 82.13%
• Trinity College (Hartford, CT): 82.02%
• United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT): 81.92%
• Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA): 81.92%
• Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY): 81.70%
• Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA): 81.64%
• Bentley University (Waltham, MA): 81.51%
• Providence College (Providence, RI): 81.48%
• Centre College (Danville, KY): 81.33%
• St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN): 80.76%
• Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN): 80.57%
• Smith College (Northampton, MA): 80.49%
• Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee, TN): 80.48%
• Connecticut College (New London, CT): 80.45%
• DePauw University (Greencastle, IN): 80.20%
• Boston University (Boston, MA): 80.19%
• Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA): 80.17%
• Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA): 80.00%
• Webb Institute (Glen Cove, NY): 80.00%
• United States Military Academy (West Point, NY): 79.87%
• Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA): 79.84%
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA): 79.78%
• Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL): 79.41%
• Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI): 79.29%
• Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, MD): 79.18%
• Rice University (Houston, TX): 79.09%
• New York University (New York, NY): 79.03%
• Stanford University (Stanford, CA): 78.92%
• Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA): 78.82%
• Union College (Schenectady, NY): 78.49%
• Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA): 78.17%
• Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT): 78.06%
• Stonehill College (Easton, MA): 77.60%
• Elon University (Elon, NC): 77.53%
• Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA): 77.49%
• Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL): 77.17%
• Emerson College (Boston, MA): 76.92%
• Grove City College (Grove City, PA): 76.72%
• Saint Michael's College (Colchester, VT): 76.69%
• University of Richmond (University of Richmond, VA): 76.61%
• Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA): 76.61%
• California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA): 76.39%
• United States Air Force Academy (USAF Academy, CO): 76.22%
• St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY): 76.22%

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