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

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