United States Colleges Ranked by Highest Graduation Rate
Below is a list of 2809 colleges with the highest graduation rate in the United States. The Landing School leads the list with a graduation rate of 100%. Graduation rate is reported as the percent of students who graduate within 150% of the normal expected time to complete the degree.
Graduation rate is a measure of the college's effectiveness in engaging students through their courses and degree completion. Colleges with higher graduation rates are more likely to be successful in helping students complete their degrees whereas colleges with lower graduation rates are less likely to do so.
| College | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
|
The Landing School
Arundel, Maine |
100% |
|
Universal College of Healing Arts
Omaha, Nebraska |
98.1% |
|
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
97.6% |
|
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut |
96.5% |
|
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana |
96.1% |
|
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey |
96.8% |
|
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island |
96% |
|
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts |
95.5% |
|
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
95.5% |
|
Georgetown University
Washington, District Of Columbia |
94.4% |
|
Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts |
94.6% |
|
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire |
94.7% |
|
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York |
94.9% |
|
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina |
94.9% |
|
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
94% |
|
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont |
94.2% |
|
Stanford University
Stanford, California |
94.2% |
|
Pomona College
Claremont, California |
93.5% |
This list is updated annually based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Last updated: March 15, 2026
Data source: IPEDS 2025 survey for academic year 2024/2025 - National Center for Education Statistics.