Highest Graduation Rates (2026)

Colleges with the highest graduation rates in the country. A high graduation rate signals strong student support, academic quality, and positive outcomes.

Showing top 50 of 479 qualifying colleges

479

Qualifying Colleges

$24,374

Avg Net Price

19%

Avg Acceptance Rate

$89,067

Avg Graduate Earnings

Top 6 — Highest Graduation Rates (2026)

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

4.7

Privatemedium

3% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$59,076

Net Price

$16,816

Graduation Rate

98%

Median Earnings

$101,817

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.8

Privatemedium

5% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$59,710

Net Price

$10,555

Graduation Rate

97%

Median Earnings

$110,066

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Yale University

New Haven, CT

4.7

Privatemedium

5% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$64,700

Net Price

$27,818

Graduation Rate

97%

Median Earnings

$100,533

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University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

4.7

Privatemedium

12%

12% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$62,693

Net Price

$27,823

Graduation Rate

97%

Median Earnings

$99,980

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

4.8

Privatemedium

6% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$66,104

Net Price

$31,229

Graduation Rate

96%

Median Earnings

$111,371

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Duke University

Durham, NC

4.6

Privatemedium

7% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$65,805

Net Price

$34,454

Graduation Rate

96%

Median Earnings

$97,800

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Full Rankings — Top 50

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

98%

Graduation Rate

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private

97%

Graduation Rate

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

97%

Graduation Rate

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

97%

Graduation Rate

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

96%

Graduation Rate

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

96%

Graduation Rate

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

96%

Graduation Rate

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

95%

Graduation Rate

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

95%

Graduation Rate

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

95%

Graduation Rate

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

95%

Graduation Rate

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

95%

Graduation Rate

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

95%

Graduation Rate

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

94%

Graduation Rate

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO · Private

94%

Graduation Rate

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

94%

Graduation Rate

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

94%

Graduation Rate

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

93%

Graduation Rate

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

93%

Graduation Rate

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

93%

Graduation Rate

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

93%

Graduation Rate

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

92%

Graduation Rate

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

92%

Graduation Rate

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

92%

Graduation Rate

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

92%

Graduation Rate

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · Private

92%

Graduation Rate

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA · Public

91%

Graduation Rate

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private

91%

Graduation Rate

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

91%

Graduation Rate

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

91%

Graduation Rate

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · Public

91%

Graduation Rate

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC · Private

90%

Graduation Rate

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private

90%

Graduation Rate

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private

89%

Graduation Rate

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

89%

Graduation Rate

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · Public

89%

Graduation Rate

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private

88%

Graduation Rate

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA · Private

88%

Graduation Rate

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · Public

88%

Graduation Rate

New York University

New York, NY · Private

88%

Graduation Rate

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public

88%

Graduation Rate

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

88%

Graduation Rate

University of Georgia

Athens, GA · Public

88%

Graduation Rate

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Private

87%

Graduation Rate

Clemson University

Clemson, SC · Public

87%

Graduation Rate

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · Private

86%

Graduation Rate

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · Public

86%

Graduation Rate

University of California-Irvine

Irvine, CA · Public

86%

Graduation Rate

University of California-Davis

Davis, CA · Public

86%

Graduation Rate

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

86%

Graduation Rate

Rankings are based on data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Rankings do not reflect editorial opinion and are generated algorithmically based on publicly available outcomes data.

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