Highest graduation rates: 85% or higher

Core colleges where at least 85 percent of first-time, full-time students finish a bachelor's degree within six years, highest rate first. Colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates.

Source: College Scorecard six-year completion rate (IPEDS graduation rates)

101 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 3, 2026

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College	State	Graduate within 6 years
Princeton University	NJ	97.6%
Harvard University	MA	97.6%
Duke University	NC	96.8%
University of Pennsylvania	PA	96.5%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	96.4%
Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	96.1%
University of Chicago	IL	95.9%
Yale University	CT	95.7%
Brown University	RI	95.7%
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	95.6%
Dartmouth College	NH	95.5%
Cornell University	NY	95.4%
Bowdoin College	ME	95.3%
University of Notre Dame	IN	95.2%
Northwestern University	IL	95.1%
Georgetown University	DC	94.8%
Rice University	TX	94.6%
California Institute of Technology	CA	94.4%
Washington University in St Louis	MO	94.3%
Carnegie Mellon University	PA	94.1%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	94.0%
Amherst College	MA	93.9%
Washington and Lee University	VA	93.9%
Johns Hopkins University	MD	93.8%
Williams College	MA	93.6%
Vanderbilt University	TN	93.5%
Tufts University	MA	93.5%
Pomona College	CA	93.2%
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	93.2%
Barnard College	NY	93.0%
United States Naval Academy	MD	92.9%
University of California-Berkeley	CA	92.8%
United States Coast Guard Academy	CT	92.7%
Wesleyan University	CT	92.6%
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	92.6%
Swarthmore College	PA	92.3%
Stanford University	CA	91.9%
Villanova University	PA	91.9%
University of Southern California	CA	91.8%
Wellesley College	MA	91.5%
Middlebury College	VT	91.4%
Claremont McKenna College	CA	91.4%
Colgate University	NY	91.2%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	91.2%
University of Florida	FL	91.1%
Emory University	GA	91.1%
Vassar College	NY	91.1%
Davidson College	NC	91.1%
Boston College	MA	90.8%
Hamilton College	NY	90.6%
Northeastern University	MA	90.5%
Hillsdale College	MI	89.7%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	89.7%
Bates College	ME	89.7%
University of Georgia	GA	89.7%
Haverford College	PA	89.6%
Carleton College	MN	89.6%
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	89.6%
William & Mary	VA	89.4%
Wake Forest University	NC	89.2%
Smith College	MA	89.1%
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	88.9%
Colby College	ME	88.8%
Rhode Island School of Design	RI	88.8%
Boston University	MA	88.7%
University of Maryland-College Park	MD	88.6%
Grinnell College	IA	88.1%
Santa Clara University	CA	87.9%
Lehigh University	PA	87.9%
Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	87.7%
Colorado College	CO	87.7%
Lafayette College	PA	87.6%
New York University	NY	87.6%
United States Air Force Academy	CO	87.5%
College of the Holy Cross	MA	87.3%
Case Western Reserve University	OH	87.2%
Macalester College	MN	87.1%
United States Military Academy	NY	87.1%
Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	86.9%
University of California-Irvine	CA	86.9%
Bentley University	MA	86.8%
Clemson University	SC	86.6%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	86.4%
Bucknell University	PA	86.3%
Gonzaga University	WA	86.3%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	86.2%
Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	86.1%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	86.1%
University of California-San Diego	CA	86.1%
Brandeis University	MA	86.0%
The College of New Jersey	NJ	85.9%
Providence College	RI	85.8%
University of California-Davis	CA	85.7%
Florida State University	FL	85.6%
Texas Christian University	TX	85.5%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	85.5%
University of Rochester	NY	85.4%
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	85.3%
University of Richmond	VA	85.2%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	85.2%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	85.1%

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