Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate in the U.S.
Ranked by graduation rate (100 colleges with at least 200 undergraduates). Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
| # | College | Graduation rate | Net price | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amridge University Montgomery, AL · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $37,621 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Virginia Vienna, VA · Private for-profit | 100% | $33,199 | $92,405 |
| 3 | St. Joseph's College of Nursing Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $81,908 |
| 4 | Centra College Lynchburg, VA · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $60,122 |
| 5 | American College of Healthcare Sciences Portland, OR · Private for-profit | 100% | $23,782 | — |
| 6 | Laboure College of Healthcare Milton, MA · Private nonprofit | 100% | $36,863 | $62,200 |
| 7 | World Mission University Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | 100% | $15,785 | — |
| 8 | Culinary Institute Inc Houston, TX · Private for-profit | 100% | $30,428 | $32,195 |
| 9 | Contra Costa Medical Career College Antioch, CA · Private for-profit | 100% | — | — |
| 10 | Chamberlain University-Missouri St. Louis, MO · Private for-profit | 100% | $30,716 | $92,405 |
| 11 | Lincoln University Oakland, CA · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $53,695 |
| 12 | Austin Medical Assistant Training Forest Hills, NY · Private for-profit | 100% | $22,793 | — |
| 13 | Chamberlain University-Michigan Troy, MI · Private for-profit | 100% | $28,045 | $92,405 |
| 14 | International School of Skin Nailcare & Massage Therapy Sandy Springs, GA · Private for-profit | 100% | — | $25,452 |
| 15 | Riverside College of Health Sciences Newport News, VA · Private nonprofit | 100% | $20,744 | $66,072 |
| 16 | Cox College Springfield, MO · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $56,867 |
| 17 | Strayer University-Florida Tampa, FL · Private for-profit | 100% | $16,064 | $40,092 |
| 18 | Carolinas College of Health Sciences Charlotte, NC · Public | 100% | — | $64,624 |
| 19 | New Professions Technical Institute Miami, FL · Private for-profit | 100% | $50,756 | $25,962 |
| 20 | Gnomon North Hollywood, CA · Private for-profit | 100% | $51,949 | $114,785 |
| 21 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $96,980 |
| 22 | Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee Muskogee, OK · Public | 100% | $4,895 | $33,208 |
| 23 | Center for Allied Health Education Brooklyn, NY · Private for-profit | 100% | $48,150 | $107,249 |
| 24 | Ohel Margulia Seminary Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | $15,111 | — |
| 25 | Grace School of Theology The Woodlands, TX · Private nonprofit | 100% | $11,881 | — |
| 26 | University of Fort Lauderdale Lauderhill, FL · Private nonprofit | 100% | $19,965 | $38,062 |
| 27 | Derech Hachaim Seminary Monroe, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | $15,748 | — |
| 28 | Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park, NY · Private nonprofit | 99% | $12,699 | $25,916 |
| 29 | Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego San Diego, CA · Private for-profit | 99% | $35,975 | $26,897 |
| 30 | Ridge Technical College Winter Haven, FL · Public | 99% | $23,170 | $33,484 |
| 31 | Lorenzo Walker Technical College Naples, FL · Public | 99% | $7,283 | $36,853 |
| 32 | Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center Copiague, NY · Private for-profit | 99% | $24,289 | — |
| 33 | Total Image Beauty Academy Union City, NJ · Private for-profit | 99% | $12,830 | $18,720 |
| 34 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofit | 98% | $6,128 | $110,066 |
| 35 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | 98% | $19,066 | $101,817 |
| 36 | Northeast Technology Center Pryor, OK · Public | 97% | $10,478 | $34,457 |
| 37 | InterCoast Colleges-West Covina West Covina, CA · Private for-profit | 97% | $27,536 | $36,089 |
| 38 | Emily Griffith Technical College Denver, CO · Public | 97% | $7,197 | $35,487 |
| 39 | Duke University Durham, NC · Private nonprofit | 97% | $29,612 | $97,800 |
| 40 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit | 97% | $28,699 | $111,371 |
| 41 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | 96% | $20,111 | $143,372 |
| 42 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA · Private nonprofit | 96% | $25,171 | $129,455 |
| 43 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 96% | $21,590 | $102,491 |
| 44 | Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY · Public | 96% | $12,987 | $47,114 |
| 45 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit | 96% | $14,860 | $91,885 |
| 46 | EHOVE Career Center Milan, OH · Public | 96% | — | $40,117 |
| 47 | Diversified Vocational College Los Angeles, CA · Private for-profit | 96% | $21,711 | $25,328 |
| 48 | Yale University New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit | 96% | $23,777 | $100,533 |
| 49 | Brown University Providence, RI · Private nonprofit | 96% | $25,184 | $93,487 |
| 50 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA · Public | 96% | $21,565 | $86,863 |
| 51 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit | 96% | $29,519 | $97,434 |
| 52 | College of Business and Technology Hialeah, FL · Private for-profit | 96% | $11,208 | $29,534 |
| 53 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit | 95% | $28,690 | $104,043 |
| 54 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME · Private nonprofit | 95% | $14,398 | $82,735 |
| 55 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit | 95% | $26,780 | $99,980 |
| 56 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit | 95% | $29,167 | $89,363 |
| 57 | Great Plains Technology Center Lawton, OK · Public | 95% | $7,128 | $42,376 |
| 58 | Southwest Technical College Cedar City, UT · Public | 95% | — | $35,507 |
| 59 | Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | 95% | $40,815 | $103,494 |
| 60 | TCAT Athens Athens, TN · Public | 95% | $12,758 | $40,540 |
| 61 | Rice University Houston, TX · Private nonprofit | 95% | $13,370 | $89,718 |
| 62 | Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics Skin Care & Makeup New York, NY · Private for-profit | 94% | $14,570 | — |
| 63 | Rizzieri Aveda School for Beauty and Wellness Voorhees, NJ · Private for-profit | 94% | $17,818 | $29,601 |
| 64 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $16,075 | $128,566 |
| 65 | Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO · Private nonprofit | 94% | $21,786 | $86,182 |
| 66 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $31,944 | $114,862 |
| 67 | Emory University-Oxford College Oxford, GA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $37,920 | $80,137 |
| 68 | Innovate Salon Academy South Plainfield, NJ · Private for-profit | 94% | $42,607 | — |
| 69 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | 94% | $12,116 | $102,772 |
| 70 | Amherst College Amherst, MA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $23,367 | $77,644 |
| 71 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $23,781 | $94,810 |
| 72 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Private nonprofit | 94% | $18,809 | $87,555 |
| 73 | Williams College Williamstown, MA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $17,716 | $88,665 |
| 74 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit | 94% | $15,846 | $91,565 |
| 75 | Tufts University Medford, MA · Private nonprofit | 94% | $39,998 | $83,214 |
| 76 | College of Business and Technology Miami, FL · Private for-profit | 93% | $17,842 | $29,534 |
| 77 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | 93% | $13,138 | $83,648 |
| 78 | Pomona College Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit | 93% | $19,285 | $77,779 |
| 79 | Medspa Academies-National Institute of Modern Aesthetics Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit | 93% | $22,990 | — |
| 80 | Babson College Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit | 93% | $40,514 | $123,938 |
| 81 | Paul Mitchell the School-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit | 93% | $25,042 | — |
| 82 | Houston Barber School Houston, TX · Private for-profit | 93% | $13,456 | — |
| 83 | Barnard College New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 93% | $28,800 | $80,516 |
| 84 | United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD · Public | 93% | — | — |
| 85 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | 93% | $13,481 | $92,446 |
| 86 | United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT · Public | 93% | — | — |
| 87 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT · Private nonprofit | 93% | $30,177 | $73,897 |
| 88 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public | 93% | $12,548 | $82,511 |
| 89 | The Juilliard School New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 93% | $43,571 | $37,827 |
| 90 | Angeles College Los Angeles, CA · Private for-profit | 93% | $28,639 | $49,108 |
| 91 | New York Medical Career Training Center Flushing, NY · Private for-profit | 92% | $28,089 | $40,540 |
| 92 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $23,149 | $80,257 |
| 93 | Medspa Academies South Jordan, UT · Private for-profit | 92% | $19,466 | — |
| 94 | Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $13,807 | $124,080 |
| 95 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $35,924 | $138,687 |
| 96 | Villanova University Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $43,756 | $100,423 |
| 97 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $32,740 | $92,498 |
| 98 | Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA · Private nonprofit | 92% | $18,260 | $55,017 |
| 99 | Career Academy of Beauty Garden Grove, CA · Private for-profit | 92% | $17,769 | $24,410 |
| 100 | M-DCPS The English Center Miami, FL · Public | 92% | — | $30,739 |