2024 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).
United States Air Force Academy has the highest graduation rate (99%) and Yale University has the second lowest rate (97%) based on academic year 2022-2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | 99% | - | 94% | - | 1,350 | 14.0% | 4,085 | 7 to 1 |
| 8 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 97% | - | 98% | $64,700 | 1,540 | 5.0% | 14,776 | 6 to 1 |
| 4 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 97% | - | 98% | $59,076 | 1,550 | 3.0% | 30,631 | 7 to 1 |
| 3 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 97% | - | 97% | $59,710 | 1,540 | 4.0% | 8,842 | 5 to 1 |
| 11 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 96% | - | 98% | $65,997 | 1,530 | 7.0% | 23,161 | 6 to 1 |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 96% | - | 97% | $62,693 | 1,500 | 12.0% | 13,105 | 9 to 1 |
| 10 | Duke University Durham, NC | 96% | - | 97% | $65,805 | 1,550 | 7.0% | 18,023 | 6 to 1 |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 96% | - | 98% | $66,104 | 1,540 | 6.0% | 28,201 | 8 to 1 |
| 26 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | 95% | - | 97% | $65,081 | 1,500 | 13.0% | 20,984 | 11 to 1 |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 95% | - | 99% | $65,619 | 1,550 | 5.0% | 18,339 | 5 to 1 |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 95% | - | 98% | $68,171 | 1,540 | 4.0% | 34,782 | 6 to 1 |
| 17 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 95% | - | 97% | $66,014 | 1,520 | 8.0% | 25,898 | 9 to 1 |
| 43 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | 95% | 2% | 97% | $59,633 | 1,490 | 17.0% | 26,082 | 15 to 1 |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 95% | - | 98% | $62,484 | 1,550 | 4.0% | 18,283 | 5 to 1 |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 94% | - | 96% | $45,627 | - | 12.0% | 45,307 | 19 to 1 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 94% | 2% | 97% | $62,840 | 1,550 | 8.0% | 31,275 | 6 to 1 |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 94% | - | 99% | $60,156 | 1,550 | 5.0% | 11,858 | 3 to 1 |
| 13 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 94% | - | 98% | $65,511 | 1,540 | 6.0% | 6,744 | 7 to 1 |
| 12 | Brown University Providence, RI | 94% | - | 99% | $68,230 | 1,540 | 5.0% | 11,189 | 6 to 1 |
| 62 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | 93% | 4% | 95% | $67,016 | 1,510 | 17.0% | 3,253 | 7 to 1 |
| 32 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 93% | 4% | 96% | $67,844 | 1,510 | 10.0% | 13,431 | 10 to 1 |
| 57 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 93% | - | 97% | $60,107 | 1,470 | 18.0% | 51,225 | 12 to 1 |
| 21 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 93% | - | 96% | $62,982 | 1,540 | 12.0% | 17,012 | 7 to 1 |
| 14 | Rice University Houston, TX | 93% | - | 98% | $58,128 | 1,550 | 8.0% | 8,672 | 6 to 1 |
| 56 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 92% | 3% | 97% | $44,524 | - | 9.0% | 46,430 | 18 to 1 |
| 27 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 92% | - | 97% | $68,237 | 1,510 | 10.0% | 48,945 | 9 to 1 |
| 44 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 92% | 4% | 98% | $32,876 | 1,450 | 16.0% | 45,296 | 19 to 1 |
| 1 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | 92% | - | 95% | $56,032 | 1,440 | 20.0% | 3,989 | 16 to 1 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 92% | - | 96% | $63,946 | 1,540 | 6.0% | 13,710 | 7 to 1 |
| 94 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | 91% | 2% | 95% | $60,850 | 1,340 | 21.0% | 3,083 | 10 to 1 |
| 52 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 91% | 3% | 97% | $63,141 | 1,500 | 6.0% | 30,013 | 16 to 1 |
| 24 | Barnard College New York, NY | 91% | - | 96% | $66,246 | 1,510 | 8.0% | 3,442 | 10 to 1 |
| 67 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | 91% | 6% | 94% | $67,024 | 1,480 | 12.0% | 3,141 | 9 to 1 |
| 49 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 91% | 5% | 96% | $39,330 | 1,470 | 19.0% | 31,705 | 17 to 1 |
| 18 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 91% | - | 97% | $63,274 | 1,540 | 11.0% | 16,002 | 5 to 1 |
| 58 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 91% | - | 91% | $62,180 | 1,430 | 29.0% | 7,394 | 10 to 1 |
| 46 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 90% | 6% | 97% | $28,659 | 1,390 | 24.0% | 55,211 | 16 to 1 |
| 53 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | 90% | 6% | 95% | $67,680 | 1,490 | 16.0% | 15,287 | 12 to 1 |
| 66 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | 90% | 7% | 96% | $64,701 | 1,460 | 25.0% | 10,383 | 10 to 1 |
| 80 | William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | 90% | 5% | 95% | $49,412 | 1,450 | 33.0% | 9,654 | 12 to 1 |
| 33 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | 89% | - | 95% | $60,774 | 1,520 | 11.0% | 14,841 | 9 to 1 |
| 107 | University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | 89% | 6% | 95% | $40,306 | 1,460 | 45.0% | 40,792 | 18 to 1 |
| 54 | United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD | 89% | - | 97% | - | 1,300 | 9.0% | 4,450 | 8 to 1 |
| 64 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 89% | 3% | 92% | $64,348 | 1,480 | 36.0% | 12,197 | 9 to 1 |
| 84 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 89% | - | 94% | $64,758 | 1,460 | 22.0% | 8,963 | 10 to 1 |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | 89% | - | 94% | $40,603 | 1,450 | 43.0% | 48,956 | 18 to 1 |
| 69 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | 88% | - | 92% | $59,241 | 1,420 | 44.0% | 9,178 | 12 to 1 |
| 85 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 88% | 7% | 94% | $30,220 | 1,270 | 37.0% | 40,607 | 17 to 1 |
| 42 | Boston University Boston, MA | 88% | - | 94% | $65,168 | 1,470 | 11.0% | 36,714 | 11 to 1 |
| 199 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | 88% | - | 91% | $58,870 | - | 58.0% | 7,308 | 13 to 1 |
| 119 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | 88% | 7% | 93% | $38,365 | 1,400 | 51.0% | 60,540 | 17 to 1 |
| 193 | Gonzaga University Spokane, WA | 88% | 8% | 93% | $53,500 | 1,315 | 76.0% | 7,253 | 12 to 1 |
| 174 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | 87% | - | 93% | $46,042 | - | 25.0% | 42,006 | 19 to 1 |
| 36 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | 87% | 10% | 93% | $65,538 | 1,450 | 15.0% | 14,027 | 8 to 1 |
| 106 | Bentley University Waltham, MA | 87% | - | 91% | $58,150 | 1,330 | 48.0% | 5,165 | 12 to 1 |
| 81 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | 87% | 6% | 92% | $64,946 | 1,470 | 35.0% | 5,581 | 10 to 1 |
| 190 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | 87% | 1% | 93% | $60,952 | 1,440 | 43.0% | 9,314 | 11 to 1 |
| 25 | New York University New York, NY | 87% | 5% | 95% | $60,438 | 1,530 | 9.0% | 59,144 | 8 to 1 |
| 70 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY | 87% | 3% | 94% | - | 1,330 | 14.0% | 4,393 | 7 to 1 |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 87% | - | 95% | $42,778 | 1,370 | 29.0% | 52,384 | 18 to 1 |
| 210 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA | 87% | 8% | 92% | $62,600 | 1,470 | 23.0% | 3,876 | 8 to 1 |
| 197 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA | 86% | - | 92% | $46,024 | - | 42.0% | 39,679 | 21 to 1 |
| 228 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | 86% | 6% | 91% | $45,014 | - | 26.0% | 35,937 | 18 to 1 |
| 115 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | 86% | 9% | 91% | $64,772 | 1,370 | 32.0% | 3,787 | 9 to 1 |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 86% | - | 91% | $36,694 | 1,330 | 57.0% | 38,170 | 17 to 1 |
| 205 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | 85% | 1% | 94% | $30,995 | - | 30.0% | 22,000 | 20 to 1 |
| 164 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 85% | - | 92% | $45,742 | - | 28.0% | 26,420 | 17 to 1 |
| 165 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ | 85% | 9% | 90% | $24,568 | 1,240 | 62.0% | 7,629 | 13 to 1 |
| 78 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 85% | - | 93% | $64,678 | 1,490 | 29.0% | 12,201 | 9 to 1 |
| 282 | Providence College Providence, RI | 85% | 12% | 90% | $60,848 | 1,330 | 49.0% | 4,473 | 11 to 1 |
| 314 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 85% | 9% | 92% | $39,498 | 1,320 | 38.0% | 28,466 | 16 to 1 |
| 224 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT | 84% | 12% | 91% | $56,360 | 1,310 | 45.0% | 6,019 | 12 to 1 |
| 89 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 84% | - | 90% | $64,798 | 1,430 | 44.0% | 25,939 | 12 to 1 |
| 108 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | 84% | 5% | 94% | $21,683 | 1,310 | 25.0% | 44,161 | 17 to 1 |
| 55 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 84% | - | 92% | $59,926 | 1,400 | 19.0% | 19,402 | 13 to 1 |
| 77 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 84% | - | 93% | $39,192 | 1,410 | 44.0% | 56,916 | 21 to 1 |
| 129 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 84% | 9% | 90% | $36,402 | 1,400 | 77.0% | 54,955 | 16 to 1 |
| 273 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | 84% | 11% | 90% | $56,970 | 1,350 | 52.0% | 3,046 | 12 to 1 |
| 68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | 84% | 7% | 92% | $36,001 | 1,380 | 65.0% | 50,637 | 15 to 1 |
| 247 | Yeshiva University New York, NY | 84% | 11% | 92% | $49,900 | 1,410 | 64.0% | 6,056 | 7 to 1 |
| 71 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 84% | 9% | 94% | $31,767 | 1,380 | 40.0% | 36,700 | 16 to 1 |
| 159 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | 84% | - | 94% | $41,997 | - | 43.0% | 52,319 | 21 to 1 |
| 127 | Chapman University Orange, CA | 83% | - | 91% | $62,784 | 1,340 | 56.0% | 10,014 | 12 to 1 |
| 93 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | 83% | - | 88% | $66,742 | 1,360 | 50.0% | 10,030 | 13 to 1 |
| 96 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 83% | 8% | 91% | $43,034 | 1,330 | 54.0% | 27,003 | 16 to 1 |
| 98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | 83% | 11% | 90% | $39,293 | 1,390 | 58.0% | 32,229 | 18 to 1 |
| 320 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY | 83% | 8% | 88% | $22,572 | - | 58.0% | 8,125 | 17 to 1 |
| 213 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | 83% | 9% | 88% | $61,567 | 1,400 | 56.0% | 16,556 | 14 to 1 |
| 143 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 83% | - | 89% | $61,884 | 1,410 | 58.0% | 6,968 | 12 to 1 |
| 87 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 83% | - | 91% | $63,061 | 1,340 | 42.0% | 22,698 | 15 to 1 |
| 384 | Elon University Elon, NC | 83% | - | 90% | $44,536 | 1,210 | 67.0% | 7,123 | 11 to 1 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | 83% | 1% | 91% | $40,188 | 1,310 | 54.0% | 50,028 | 15 to 1 |
| 212 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | 83% | 11% | 93% | $39,890 | 1,360 | 50.0% | 33,767 | 13 to 1 |
| 75 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | 83% | 9% | 95% | $40,328 | 1,260 | 63.0% | 74,014 | 18 to 1 |
| 254 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | 83% | 12% | 92% | $57,220 | 1,270 | 43.0% | 12,273 | 14 to 1 |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | 83% | - | 90% | $28,794 | 1,320 | 50.0% | 51,528 | 14 to 1 |
| 329 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA | 82% | - | 90% | $56,444 | - | 47.0% | 8,815 | 13 to 1 |
| 298 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY | 82% | 13% | 91% | $29,453 | 1,410 | 38.0% | 18,312 | 19 to 1 |
| 306 | Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA | 82% | 7% | 86% | $51,340 | 1,250 | 86.0% | 7,861 | 10 to 1 |
| 508 | Bryant University Smithfield, RI | 82% | 13% | 86% | $51,169 | 1,250 | 66.0% | 3,536 | 13 to 1 |