Highest four-year graduation rate (100% normal time)
Bachelor’s-predominant schools with the highest completion rate at 100% of normal time (Scorecard completion_rate_4yr_100nt). This is a stricter bar than the six-year window below.
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.
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| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | Primary metric | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamberlain University-Missouri | MO | Private for-profit | 284 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Michigan | MI | Private for-profit | 629 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 3 | Lincoln University | CA | Private nonprofit | 204 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 4 | Charter Oak State College | CT | Public | 1,821 | 100.0% | 150% time 66.7% |
| 5 | Chamberlain University-Virginia | VA | Private for-profit | 557 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 6 | Strayer University-Florida | FL | Private for-profit | 1,107 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 7 | Grace School of Theology | TX | Private nonprofit | 229 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 8 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | NY | Private nonprofit | 311 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 9 | Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North | NY | Private nonprofit | 458 | 100.0% | 150% time 31.6% |
| 10 | Gnomon | CA | Private for-profit | 294 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 11 | Amridge University | AL | Private nonprofit | 241 | 100.0% | 150% time 100.0% |
| 12 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | Public | 17,597 | 92.3% | 150% time 95.6% |
| 13 | United States Naval Academy | MD | Public | 4,474 | 91.5% | 150% time 92.9% |
| 14 | United States Coast Guard Academy | CT | Public | 1,108 | 89.8% | 150% time 92.7% |
| 15 | Washington and Lee University | VA | Private nonprofit | 1,881 | 89.5% | 150% time 93.9% |
| 16 | Villanova University | PA | Private nonprofit | 6,938 | 89.4% | 150% time 91.9% |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | IN | Private nonprofit | 8,818 | 89.2% | 150% time 95.2% |
| 18 | Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe | AZ | Private for-profit | 1,202 | 88.9% | 150% time 88.9% |
| 19 | University of Chicago | IL | Private nonprofit | 7,569 | 87.2% | 150% time 95.9% |
| 20 | Vanderbilt University | TN | Private nonprofit | 7,208 | 87.2% | 150% time 93.5% |
| 21 | Georgetown University | DC | Private nonprofit | 7,569 | 87.2% | 150% time 94.8% |
| 22 | Johns Hopkins University | MD | Private nonprofit | 5,693 | 87.1% | 150% time 93.8% |
| 23 | Rice University | TX | Private nonprofit | 4,776 | 87.0% | 150% time 94.6% |
| 24 | Duke University | NC | Private nonprofit | 6,442 | 87.0% | 150% time 96.8% |
| 25 | Cornell University | NY | Private nonprofit | 15,995 | 86.9% | 150% time 95.4% |
| 26 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Private nonprofit | 10,650 | 86.5% | 150% time 96.5% |
| 27 | Boston College | MA | Private nonprofit | 10,085 | 86.4% | 150% time 90.8% |
| 28 | Davidson College | NC | Private nonprofit | 1,867 | 85.6% | 150% time 91.1% |
| 29 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Public | 33,475 | 85.3% | 150% time 92.6% |
| 30 | College of the Holy Cross | MA | Private nonprofit | 3,106 | 85.2% | 150% time 87.3% |
| 31 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Private nonprofit | 7,857 | 85.1% | 150% time 94.3% |
| 32 | The Juilliard School | NY | Private nonprofit | 468 | 85.1% | 150% time 92.6% |
| 33 | Colgate University | NY | Private nonprofit | 3,180 | 84.9% | 150% time 91.2% |
| 34 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | MA | Private nonprofit | 5,447 | 84.5% | 150% time 89.7% |
| 35 | William & Mary | VA | Public | 7,055 | 84.4% | 150% time 89.4% |
| 36 | United States Military Academy | NY | Public | 4,408 | 84.3% | 150% time 87.1% |
| 37 | Wake Forest University | NC | Private nonprofit | 5,485 | 84.2% | 150% time 89.1% |
| 38 | Vassar College | NY | Private nonprofit | 2,444 | 84.1% | 150% time 91.1% |
| 39 | Babson College | MA | Private nonprofit | 2,728 | 83.8% | 150% time 93.1% |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Public | 20,752 | 83.6% | 150% time 91.2% |
| 41 | United States Air Force Academy | CO | Public | 4,114 | 83.5% | 150% time 87.5% |
| 42 | Northwestern University | IL | Private nonprofit | 9,201 | 83.4% | 150% time 95.1% |
| 43 | Providence College | RI | Private nonprofit | 4,229 | 83.3% | 150% time 85.8% |
| 44 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | Private nonprofit | 4,535 | 82.8% | 150% time 96.4% |
| 45 | Thomas Aquinas College | CA | Private nonprofit | 566 | 82.6% | 150% time 84.3% |
| 46 | Tufts University | MA | Private nonprofit | 7,061 | 82.6% | 150% time 93.5% |
| 47 | Bates College | ME | Private nonprofit | 1,760 | 82.3% | 150% time 89.7% |
| 48 | Bucknell University | PA | Private nonprofit | 3,876 | 82.0% | 150% time 86.3% |
| 49 | Carleton College | MN | Private nonprofit | 2,086 | 81.8% | 150% time 89.6% |
| 50 | Fairfield University | CT | Private nonprofit | 5,373 | 81.8% | 150% time 84.3% |
| 51 | Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas | NV | Private for-profit | 1,222 | 81.8% | 150% time 81.8% |
| 52 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Public | 34,177 | 81.7% | 150% time 93.2% |
| 53 | Carnegie Mellon University | PA | Private nonprofit | 7,304 | 81.4% | 150% time 94.1% |
| 54 | Santa Clara University | CA | Private nonprofit | 6,552 | 81.2% | 150% time 87.9% |
| 55 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | Private nonprofit | 8,973 | 81.0% | 150% time 96.1% |
| 56 | Wesleyan University | CT | Private nonprofit | 3,067 | 80.9% | 150% time 92.6% |
| 57 | Emory University | GA | Private nonprofit | 7,298 | 80.9% | 150% time 91.1% |
| 58 | Barnard College | NY | Private nonprofit | 3,264 | 80.9% | 150% time 93.0% |
| 59 | Yeshiva University | NY | Private nonprofit | 2,852 | 80.8% | 150% time 83.2% |
| 60 | Harvey Mudd College | CA | Private nonprofit | 921 | 80.8% | 150% time 91.9% |
| 61 | Bentley University | MA | Private nonprofit | 4,474 | 80.6% | 150% time 86.8% |
| 62 | Lafayette College | PA | Private nonprofit | 2,757 | 80.2% | 150% time 87.6% |
| 63 | Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer | NY | Private nonprofit | 499 | 80.0% | 150% time 80.0% |
| 64 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Public | 33,068 | 79.9% | 150% time 92.8% |
| 65 | Elon University | NC | Private nonprofit | 6,452 | 79.9% | 150% time 84.0% |
| 66 | Lehigh University | PA | Private nonprofit | 5,898 | 79.7% | 150% time 87.9% |
| 67 | Hamilton College | NY | Private nonprofit | 2,030 | 79.6% | 150% time 90.6% |
| 68 | Soka University of America | CA | Private nonprofit | 484 | 79.1% | 150% time 91.8% |
| 69 | Rhodes College | TN | Private nonprofit | 1,836 | 78.8% | 150% time 84.5% |
| 70 | Wofford College | SC | Private nonprofit | 1,816 | 78.8% | 150% time 84.2% |
| 71 | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | Private nonprofit | 7,767 | 78.7% | 150% time 86.1% |
| 72 | Trinity College | CT | Private nonprofit | 2,146 | 77.9% | 150% time 83.8% |
| 73 | University of Richmond | VA | Private nonprofit | 2,980 | 77.9% | 150% time 85.2% |
| 74 | Wellesley College | MA | Private nonprofit | 2,300 | 77.7% | 150% time 91.5% |
| 75 | St Olaf College | MN | Private nonprofit | 3,093 | 77.4% | 150% time 84.0% |
| 76 | Grove City College | PA | Private nonprofit | 2,216 | 77.2% | 150% time 83.2% |
| 77 | Brown University | RI | Private nonprofit | 7,226 | 77.1% | 150% time 95.7% |
| 78 | Brandeis University | MA | Private nonprofit | 3,618 | 77.1% | 150% time 86.0% |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | Public | 30,760 | 77.1% | 150% time 88.6% |
| 80 | California Institute of Technology | CA | Private nonprofit | 987 | 77.1% | 150% time 94.4% |
| 81 | Bryant University | RI | Private nonprofit | 3,194 | 76.8% | 150% time 79.8% |
| 82 | University of Scranton | PA | Private nonprofit | 3,554 | 76.7% | 150% time 79.8% |
| 83 | Hope College | MI | Private nonprofit | 3,288 | 76.6% | 150% time 80.0% |
| 84 | Franklin and Marshall College | PA | Private nonprofit | 1,799 | 76.4% | 150% time 83.8% |
| 85 | Southern Methodist University | TX | Private nonprofit | 7,277 | 76.2% | 150% time 84.3% |
| 86 | Haverford College | PA | Private nonprofit | 1,430 | 76.2% | 150% time 89.6% |
| 87 | Hillsdale College | MI | Private nonprofit | 1,573 | 76.2% | 150% time 89.7% |
| 88 | Fordham University | NY | Private nonprofit | 10,512 | 76.0% | 150% time 81.9% |
| 89 | Connecticut College | CT | Private nonprofit | 1,937 | 75.9% | 150% time 82.0% |
| 90 | Swarthmore College | PA | Private nonprofit | 1,613 | 75.8% | 150% time 92.3% |
| 91 | The College of New Jersey | NJ | Public | 7,105 | 75.8% | 150% time 85.9% |
| 92 | George Washington University | DC | Private nonprofit | 11,182 | 75.8% | 150% time 84.0% |
| 93 | Wheaton College | IL | Private nonprofit | 2,121 | 75.7% | 150% time 84.8% |
| 94 | University of Florida | FL | Public | 35,629 | 75.7% | 150% time 91.1% |
| 95 | University of Georgia | GA | Public | 32,137 | 75.5% | 150% time 89.7% |
| 96 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA | Public | 23,671 | 75.4% | 150% time 83.3% |
| 97 | Colby College | ME | Private nonprofit | 2,407 | 75.3% | 150% time 88.8% |
| 98 | Claremont McKenna College | CA | Private nonprofit | 1,388 | 75.3% | 150% time 91.4% |
| 99 | Princeton University | NJ | Private nonprofit | 5,709 | 75.3% | 150% time 97.6% |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Public | 36,902 | 75.2% | 150% time 89.5% |