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
Furman University

Greenville, SC

83
Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

83
Kenyon College

Gambier, OH

83
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

83
Bentley University

Waltham, MA

82
Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

82
Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

82
Macalester College

St. Paul, MN

82
Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

82
Trinity College

Hartford, CT

82
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

82
Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

82
Centre College

Danville, KY

81
Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

81
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

81
Providence College

Providence, RI

81
St. Olaf College

Northfield, MN

81
Boston University

Boston, MA

80
Connecticut College

New London, CT

80
DePauw University

Greencastle, IN

80
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

80
Gustavus Adolphus College

St. Peter, MN

80
Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

80
New York University

New York, NY

80
Sewanee–​University of the South

Sewanee, TN

80
Smith College

Northampton, MA

80
United States Military Academy

West Point, NY

80
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

80
Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

80
Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

79
Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI

79
Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

79
Muhlenberg College

Allentown, PA

79
Rice University

Houston, TX

79
Stanford University

Stanford, CA

79
Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

79
Elon University

Elon, NC

78
Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

78
Stonehill College

Easton, MA

78
Union College

Schenectady, NY

78
Emerson College

Boston, MA

77
Grove City College

Grove City, PA

77
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

77
Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

77
St. Michael's College

Colchester, VT

77
University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

77
University of Richmond

Univ. of Richmond, VA

77
Wofford College

Spartanburg, SC

77
Allegheny College

Meadville, PA

76
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

76

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