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
	Haverford College Haverford, PA	91
	Pomona College Claremont, CA	91
	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	91
	Georgetown University Washington, DC	90
	Juilliard School New York, NY	90
	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	90
	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	89
	Columbia University New York, NY	89
	Duke University Durham, NC	89
	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	89
	Williams College Williamstown, MA	89
	Yale University New Haven, CT	89
	Bates College Lewiston, ME	88
	Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	88
	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	88
	Carleton College Northfield, MN	88
	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	88
	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	88
	Davidson College Davidson, NC	88
	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	88
	Villanova University Villanova, PA	88
	Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	88
	Amherst College Amherst, MA	87
	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	87
	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	87
	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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School

4-year graduation rate

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

Pomona College

Claremont, CA

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Juilliard School

New York, NY

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Columbia University

New York, NY

Duke University

Durham, NC

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Bates College

Lewiston, ME

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Carleton College

Northfield, MN

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH

Davidson College

Davidson, NC

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

Colby College

Waterville, ME

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, MO

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

Babson College

Babson Park, MA

Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Lafayette College

Easton, PA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Barnard College

New York, NY

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

Brown University

Providence, RI

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

Emory University

Atlanta, GA