I don’t know about you, but I measure the success of a university with student outcomes, and in my opinion, the most critical student outcome is a university’s 4-year graduation rate. Simply put, with all of the resources that you have, what percentage of your students graduate in 4-years? For high students and those transferring from community colleges who are reading this article, if that number is below 60%, stay far, far away. I stand by this line of demarcation. I mean, if a school has not proven that it can help students matriculate through college in 4-years, why do you think you will be the exception? Knowledge is power, so we decided to post a list of the colleges and universities with the best 4-year graduation rates in America.

1. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA- The graduation rate is 98%
2. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ- The graduation rate is 97%
3. The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN – The graduation rate is 96%
4. Yale University, New Haven, CT- The graduation rate is 96%
5. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA- The graduation rate is 96%
6. Georgetown University, Washington, DC- The graduation rate is 95%
7. Williams College, Williamstown, MA- The graduation rate is 95%
8. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH- The graduation rate is 95%
9. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO- The graduation rate is 95%
10. Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA- The graduation rate is 95%
11. Columbia University, New York, NY- The graduation rate is 95%
12. Duke University, Durham, NC- The graduation rate is 95%
13. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA- The graduation rate is 94%
14. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT- The graduation rate is 94%
15. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA- The graduation rate is 94%
16. Amherst College, Amherst, MA- The graduation rate is 94%
17. Haverford College, Haverford, PA- The graduation rate is 94%
18. Pomona College, Claremont, CA- The graduation rate is 93%
19. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD- The graduation rate is 93%
20. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL- The graduation rate is 93%
21. Davidson College, Davidson, NC – The graduation rate is 93%
22. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY- The graduation rate is 93%
23. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN- The graduation rate is 93%
24. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT- The graduation rate is 93%
25. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME- The graduation rate is 93%
26. Carleton College, Northfield, MN- The graduation rate is 93%
27. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA- The graduation rate is 92%
28. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY- The graduation rate is 92%
29. Tufts University, Medford, MA- The graduation rate is 92%
30. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY- The graduation rate is 92%
31. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA- The graduation rate is 91%
32. Emory University, Atlanta, GA- The graduation rate is 91%
33. Hamilton College, Clinton, NY- The graduation rate is 91%
34. United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD- The graduation rate is 91%
35. Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA- The graduation rate is 90%
36. Babson College, Babson Park, MA- The graduation rate is 90%
37. Villanova University, Villanova, PA- The graduation rate is 90%
38. Lafayette College, Easton, PA- The graduation rate is 90%
39. Kenyon College, Gambier, OH- The graduation rate is 89%
40. Olaf College, Northfield, MN- The graduation rate is 89%
41. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA- The graduation rate is 88%
42. Smith College, Northampton, MA- The graduation rate is 87%
43. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY- The graduation rate is 87%
44. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA- The graduation rate is 83%
45. Centre College, Danville, KY- The graduation rate is 82%

Click here to learn more about the ranking methodology that we used to compile this list.

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