Highest 4-Year Graduation Rates

Most students enter college with a four-year plan, but changing or adding majors, retaking classes, or taking time off for personal reasons can quickly extend that plan to five or even six years. While getting the most out of your college experience is important, taking additional semesters to earn your degree often means paying more in tuition and fees. The following schools had the highest proportion of students who graduated in four years, based on students who started in fall 2005.

Save	School	4-year graduation rate
	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	87
	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	87
	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	87
	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	87
	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	87
	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	87
	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	87
	Colby College Waterville, ME	86
	Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	86
	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	86
	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	86
	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	86
	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	86
	Babson College Babson Park, MA	85
	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	85
	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	85
	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	85
	Lafayette College Easton, PA	85
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	85
	Tufts University Medford, MA	85
	Barnard College New York, NY	84
	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	84
	Brown University Providence, RI	83
	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	83
	Emory University Atlanta, GA	83

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Cornell University

Ithaca, NY