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2026 Completion In Time Rankings

The graduation rate, percentage of students who complete their program within given time, can be a simple and standard measure to rank colleges.

For the graduation rate, 150 percent of the published (normal) time for the program is used to compute. For example, 150 students out of 200 total students have completed their BS degree program, (i.e. 4-years program) in 4 years, additional 30 students have completed in 6 years , then the graduation rate is 90% ( (150 + 30) / 200 * 100).

Harvard University has the highest graduation rate (98%) and Princeton University has the second lowest rate (98%) based on academic year 2023-2024 graduation data.

Below table ranks and compares the Completion In Time having highest graduation rate. For the graduation rate rankings, we only include 4-year colleges that more than 3,000 students have applied to.

Completion In Time

Rank	College Name	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Retention Rate	Tuition & Fees	SAT Score	Acceptance Rate	Population	Student to Faculty Ratio
2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	98%	-	98%	$61,676	1,550	3.7%	30,259	7 to 1
5	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	98%	-	98%	$62,688	1,550	4.6%	9,137	5 to 1
11	Duke University Durham, NC	97%	1%	98%	$68,758	1,540	5.7%	17,499	5 to 1
8	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97%	-	99%	$68,686	1,550	5.4%	29,109	8 to 1
6	Yale University New Haven, CT	96%	-	99%	$67,250	1,540	3.9%	15,564	5 to 1
9	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	96%	-	99%	$69,324	1,550	4.5%	18,566	5 to 1
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	96%	-	99%	$62,396	1,560	4.6%	11,886	3 to 1
10	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	96%	-	98%	$68,019	1,540	5.4%	6,938	7 to 1
7	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	96%	-	98%	$70,517	1,550	4.0%	35,173	6 to 1
12	Brown University Providence, RI	96%	-	99%	$71,312	1,540	5.4%	11,956	6 to 1
48	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	96%	2%	98%	$61,591	1,480	16.8%	26,409	15 to 1
16	Georgetown University Washington, DC	95%	-	97%	$68,089	1,490	12.9%	20,031	11 to 1
13	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	95%	-	98%	$68,322	1,540	7.7%	23,856	6 to 1
21	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	95%	-	99%	$65,025	1,520	11.3%	13,042	8 to 1
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	95%	-	98%	$69,314	1,540	8.8%	26,793	9 to 1
15	Rice University Houston, TX	95%	-	97%	$61,247	1,550	8.0%	8,961	6 to 1
47	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	94%	4%	98%	$34,484	1,480	14.1%	53,363	17 to 1
18	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	94%	3%	98%	$64,730	1,550	6.4%	30,210	6 to 1
26	Tufts University Medford, MA	94%	-	95%	$70,704	1,510	11.5%	13,599	10 to 1
22	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	94%	-	95%	$65,790	1,540	12.1%	16,357	7 to 1
20	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	94%	2%	98%	$65,636	1,540	11.7%	15,888	5 to 1
14	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	94%	-	96%	$67,498	1,540	5.9%	13,575	8 to 1
41	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	93%	-	97%	$47,265	-	11.0%	45,882	18 to 1
42	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	93%	3%	97%	$46,121	-	9.0%	47,335	20 to 1
73	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	93%	5%	95%	$70,042	1,490	16.5%	4,011	8 to 1
492	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	93%	-	97%	-	1,300	9.3%	4,474	8 to 1
1	Babson College Wellesley, MA	93%	-	95%	$57,152	1,460	17.1%	3,932	15 to 1
44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	93%	-	97%	$63,081	1,460	15.6%	52,855	11 to 1
31	Barnard College New York, NY	93%	4%	97%	$69,888	1,520	8.8%	3,487	10 to 1
28	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	92%	-	96%	$71,647	1,500	9.8%	46,566	9 to 1
59	Villanova University Villanova, PA	92%	7%	95%	$67,776	1,450	27.0%	10,041	10 to 1
3	Stanford University Stanford, CA	92%	1%	98%	$65,910	1,550	3.6%	18,625	6 to 1
75	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	91%	5%	98%	$28,659	1,400	24.2%	56,311	16 to 1
34	Emory University Atlanta, GA	91%	-	96%	$64,280	1,520	10.7%	15,175	10 to 1
38	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	91%	7%	96%	$70,702	1,500	16.4%	15,432	10 to 1
27	Northeastern University Boston, MA	91%	4%	97%	$66,162	1,490	5.2%	32,553	16 to 1
53	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	91%	7%	93%	$70,306	1,500	13.9%	3,211	9 to 1
70	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	91%	5%	97%	$41,203	1,480	15.3%	32,438	15 to 1
137	University of Georgia Athens, GA	90%	7%	94%	$31,688	1,370	37.7%	43,146	17 to 1
95	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	90%	-	94%	$60,765	-	60.2%	7,584	13 to 1
79	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	90%	-	96%	$42,103	1,460	45.2%	51,044	18 to 1
84	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	89%	-	96%	$41,186	1,465	44.8%	41,725	17 to 1
37	Boston University Boston, MA	89%	-	95%	$68,102	1,480	11.1%	37,737	10 to 1
50	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	89%	-	93%	$67,642	1,470	21.7%	9,322	10 to 1
57	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	89%	-	97%	$44,908	1,390	26.6%	53,864	18 to 1
81	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	89%	7%	95%	$51,038	1,470	34.1%	9,818	12 to 1
61	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	88%	-	94%	$61,293	1,420	48.0%	9,728	11 to 1
2	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	88%	-	97%	-	1,330	14.1%	4,114	7 to 1
25	New York University New York, NY	88%	-	96%	$62,796	1,520	9.2%	56,832	8 to 1
175	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	88%	-	94%	$40,022	1,400	60.6%	61,443	16 to 1
45	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	88%	-	94%	$64,980	1,440	25.9%	7,692	10 to 1
129	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	87%	5%	94%	$46,640	-	28.6%	37,297	19 to 1
68	Bentley University Waltham, MA	87%	10%	93%	$61,000	1,350	45.1%	5,333	12 to 1
51	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	87%	6%	95%	$64,500	1,340	17.6%	3,126	9 to 1
55	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	87%	3%	94%	$63,462	1,440	47.6%	8,469	11 to 1
725	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	87%	-	95%	-	1,330	12.5%	4,473	6 to 1
58	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	87%	-	92%	$66,608	1,510	36.5%	12,475	9 to 1
194	Clemson University Clemson, SC	87%	9%	93%	$40,866	1,320	38.3%	29,077	16 to 1
115	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	86%	1%	96%	$33,230	-	31.3%	23,069	19 to 1
119	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	86%	5%	93%	$47,692	-	41.8%	40,065	22 to 1
90	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	86%	4%	94%	$47,676	-	26.7%	44,256	19 to 1
143	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	86%	5%	96%	$21,683	1,350	24.2%	43,889	17 to 1
39	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	86%	10%	93%	$68,678	1,465	14.0%	13,310	7 to 1
97	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	86%	8%	87%	$68,080	1,470	40.5%	5,205	10 to 1
210	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	86%	10%	91%	$25,752	1,240	62.3%	8,141	14 to 1
72	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	86%	7%	94%	$67,812	1,400	28.9%	3,969	9 to 1
169	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	86%	2%	93%	$41,790	1,330	60.6%	50,737	16 to 1
127	Providence College Providence, RI	86%	12%	94%	$63,550	1,330	50.9%	4,666	11 to 1
149	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	86%	12%	93%	$61,740	1,250	44.5%	12,938	14 to 1
104	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	86%	-	93%	$37,764	1,360	54.8%	38,857	17 to 1
213	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	86%	8%	93%	$55,480	1,290	81.7%	7,470	12 to 1
78	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	85%	-	95%	$40,096	1,440	42.4%	59,238	20 to 1
176	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	85%	-	91%	$38,362	1,410	79.8%	56,666	17 to 1
74	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	85%	4%	91%	$67,080	1,490	40.1%	11,946	9 to 1
110	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	85%	-	94%	$32,847	1,370	41.7%	38,464	15 to 1
230	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	85%	11%	92%	$41,430	1,360	58.1%	35,724	13 to 1
67	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	85%	14%	91%	$65,230	1,480	22.2%	3,722	7 to 1
102	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	85%	-	95%	$43,209	-	39.2%	56,997	20 to 1
3	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	85%	9%	95%	$16,579	1,330	61.3%	5,655	61 to 1
131	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	84%	-	91%	$59,486	-	52.4%	9,714	13 to 1
99	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	84%	12%	91%	$58,400	1,320	33.3%	6,864	12 to 1
63	George Washington University Washington, DC	84%	-	92%	$67,710	1,430	47.1%	25,374	13 to 1
54	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	84%	-	94%	$62,616	1,400	18.9%	19,852	11 to 1
368	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	84%	11%	92%	$59,760	1,380	48.3%	3,124	11 to 1
83	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	84%	-	93%	$37,441	1,410	58.2%	52,269	16 to 1
77	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	84%	-	91%	$64,078	1,450	63.5%	7,040	14 to 1
86	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	84%	10%	90%	$65,528	1,360	45.9%	22,589	15 to 1
203	Elon University Elon, NC	84%	-	90%	$46,958	1,200	66.4%	7,239	11 to 1
98	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	84%	10%	91%	$67,040	1,420	63.4%	12,116	11 to 1
106	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	84%	10%	94%	$40,124	1,270	57.4%	78,321	20 to 1
100	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	83%	-	93%	$47,332	-	33.0%	26,133	17 to 1
80	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	83%	-	88%	$69,918	1,370	62.9%	8,976	12 to 1
113	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	83%	-	92%	$43,712	1,340	52.4%	28,306	17 to 1
128	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	83%	-	92%	$40,449	1,420	59.7%	31,726	17 to 1
190	Creighton University Omaha, NE	83%	13%	94%	$48,856	1,325	79.8%	8,581	11 to 1
49	Yeshiva University New York, NY	83%	-	92%	$51,800	1,440	55.6%	6,965	7 to 1
112	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	83%	-	91%	$51,170	1,290	81.3%	11,746	14 to 1
94	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	83%	-	93%	$28,794	1,350	49.9%	58,658	14 to 1
386	Auburn University Auburn, AL	82%	12%	95%	$34,922	1,320	45.9%	34,145	21 to 1
148	Chapman University Orange, CA	82%	-	92%	$64,984	1,350	65.4%	9,760	12 to 1