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2025 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).

Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses has the highest graduation rate (100%) and University of Notre Dame 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
1	Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, IN	100%	-	-	$9,576	-	21.6%	4,344	8 to 1
19	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97%	-	97%	$62,693	1,500	12.4%	13,105	9 to 1
4	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	97%	-	98%	$59,076	1,550	3.5%	30,631	7 to 1
3	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	97%	-	97%	$59,710	1,540	4.5%	8,842	5 to 1
7	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97%	-	98%	$66,104	1,540	5.9%	28,201	8 to 1
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	96%	-	98%	$64,700	1,540	4.5%	14,776	6 to 1
11	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	96%	-	98%	$65,997	1,530	7.2%	23,161	6 to 1
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	96%	-	99%	$60,156	1,550	4.7%	11,858	3 to 1
13	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	96%	-	98%	$65,511	1,540	6.2%	6,744	7 to 1
10	Duke University Durham, NC	96%	1%	97%	$65,805	1,550	6.8%	18,023	6 to 1
12	Brown University Providence, RI	96%	-	99%	$68,230	1,540	5.2%	11,189	6 to 1
14	Rice University Houston, TX	96%	-	98%	$58,128	1,550	7.9%	8,672	6 to 1
5	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	95%	2%	99%	$65,619	1,550	4.8%	18,339	5 to 1
23	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	95%	3%	97%	$62,840	1,550	7.6%	31,275	6 to 1
6	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	95%	1%	98%	$68,171	1,540	4.2%	34,782	6 to 1
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	95%	-	97%	$66,014	1,520	8.2%	25,898	9 to 1
43	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95%	3%	97%	$59,633	1,490	16.9%	26,082	15 to 1
26	Georgetown University Washington, DC	94%	-	97%	$65,081	1,500	13.1%	20,984	11 to 1
21	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	94%	-	96%	$62,982	1,540	12.0%	17,012	7 to 1
59	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	93%	-	96%	$45,627	-	11.7%	45,307	19 to 1
56	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	93%	3%	97%	$44,524	-	8.7%	46,430	18 to 1
32	Tufts University Medford, MA	93%	5%	96%	$67,844	1,510	10.1%	13,431	10 to 1
57	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	93%	-	97%	$60,107	1,470	17.9%	51,225	12 to 1
24	Barnard College New York, NY	93%	3%	96%	$66,246	1,510	8.0%	3,442	10 to 1
18	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	93%	3%	97%	$63,274	1,540	11.4%	16,002	5 to 1
15	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	93%	-	96%	$63,946	1,540	6.3%	13,710	7 to 1
2	Stanford University Stanford, CA	93%	1%	98%	$62,484	1,550	3.9%	18,283	5 to 1
27	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	92%	-	97%	$68,237	1,510	10.0%	48,945	9 to 1
62	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	92%	5%	95%	$67,016	1,510	17.1%	3,253	7 to 1
46	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92%	5%	97%	$28,659	1,390	24.0%	55,211	16 to 1
33	Emory University Atlanta, GA	92%	-	95%	$60,774	1,520	11.1%	14,841	9 to 1
44	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	92%	4%	98%	$32,876	1,450	16.5%	45,296	19 to 1
54	United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	92%	-	97%	-	1,300	9.4%	4,450	8 to 1
2	Babson College Wellesley, MA	92%	-	95%	$56,032	1,440	19.7%	3,989	16 to 1
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	92%	5%	96%	$39,330	1,470	18.7%	31,705	17 to 1
66	Villanova University Villanova, PA	92%	6%	96%	$64,701	1,460	25.1%	10,383	10 to 1
53	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	91%	7%	95%	$67,680	1,490	15.7%	15,287	12 to 1
67	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	91%	7%	94%	$67,024	1,480	12.0%	3,141	9 to 1
84	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	91%	-	94%	$64,758	1,460	21.6%	8,963	10 to 1
80	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91%	6%	95%	$49,412	1,450	32.7%	9,654	12 to 1
42	Boston University Boston, MA	90%	-	94%	$65,168	1,470	10.9%	36,714	11 to 1
94	College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	90%	5%	95%	$60,850	1,340	21.1%	3,083	10 to 1
52	Northeastern University Boston, MA	90%	3%	97%	$63,141	1,500	5.7%	30,013	16 to 1
190	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	90%	2%	93%	$60,952	1,440	43.4%	9,314	11 to 1
36	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	89%	4%	93%	$65,538	1,450	14.6%	14,027	8 to 1
107	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	89%	-	95%	$40,306	1,460	44.8%	40,792	18 to 1
58	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	89%	-	91%	$62,180	1,430	29.3%	7,394	10 to 1
74	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	89%	-	94%	$40,603	1,450	43.4%	48,956	18 to 1
174	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	88%	-	93%	$46,042	-	24.5%	42,006	19 to 1
69	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	88%	-	92%	$59,241	1,420	43.8%	9,178	12 to 1
72	United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	88%	-	94%	-	1,350	13.9%	4,085	7 to 1
106	Bentley University Waltham, MA	88%	8%	91%	$58,150	1,330	48.4%	5,165	12 to 1
199	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	88%	-	91%	$58,870	-	58.5%	7,308	13 to 1
25	New York University New York, NY	88%	-	95%	$60,438	1,530	9.4%	59,144	8 to 1
119	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	88%	7%	93%	$38,365	1,400	50.8%	60,540	17 to 1
282	Providence College Providence, RI	88%	10%	90%	$60,848	1,330	48.7%	4,473	11 to 1
314	Clemson University Clemson, SC	88%	7%	92%	$39,498	1,320	38.1%	28,466	16 to 1
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	88%	-	95%	$42,778	1,370	29.1%	52,384	18 to 1
210	University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	88%	9%	92%	$62,600	1,470	23.3%	3,876	8 to 1
85	University of Georgia Athens, GA	87%	8%	94%	$30,220	1,270	37.2%	40,607	17 to 1
78	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	87%	-	93%	$64,678	1,490	28.7%	12,201	9 to 1
193	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	87%	9%	93%	$53,500	1,315	76.0%	7,253	12 to 1
228	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	86%	8%	91%	$45,014	-	25.6%	35,937	18 to 1
81	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	86%	7%	92%	$64,946	1,470	35.3%	5,581	10 to 1
115	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	86%	5%	91%	$64,772	1,370	32.0%	3,787	9 to 1
3	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	86%	-	91%	$40,188	1,310	54.2%	50,028	15 to 1
254	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	86%	11%	92%	$57,220	1,270	42.6%	12,273	14 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	-	29.8%	22,000	20 to 1
197	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	85%	-	92%	$46,024	-	41.6%	39,679	21 to 1
164	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	85%	-	92%	$45,742	-	27.8%	26,420	17 to 1
93	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	85%	-	88%	$66,742	1,360	49.9%	10,030	13 to 1
89	George Washington University Washington, DC	85%	-	90%	$64,798	1,430	43.5%	25,939	12 to 1
77	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	85%	-	93%	$39,192	1,410	43.7%	56,916	21 to 1
129	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	85%	9%	90%	$36,402	1,400	77.0%	54,955	16 to 1
68	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	85%	-	92%	$36,001	1,380	65.4%	50,637	15 to 1
165	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	85%	10%	90%	$24,568	1,240	62.1%	7,629	13 to 1
70	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	85%	-	94%	-	1,330	14.0%	4,393	7 to 1
71	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	85%	-	94%	$31,767	1,380	39.9%	36,700	16 to 1
96	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	84%	-	91%	$43,034	1,330	54.0%	27,003	16 to 1
224	Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	84%	13%	91%	$56,360	1,310	45.0%	6,019	12 to 1
55	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	84%	-	92%	$59,926	1,400	18.5%	19,402	13 to 1
273	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	84%	12%	90%	$56,970	1,350	52.2%	3,046	12 to 1
64	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	84%	2%	92%	$64,348	1,480	35.9%	12,197	9 to 1
298	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	84%	16%	91%	$29,453	1,410	37.7%	18,312	19 to 1
247	Yeshiva University New York, NY	84%	-	92%	$49,900	1,410	63.8%	6,056	7 to 1
212	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	84%	11%	93%	$39,890	1,360	49.7%	33,767	13 to 1
75	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	84%	10%	95%	$40,328	1,260	63.3%	74,014	18 to 1
159	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	84%	-	94%	$41,997	-	42.5%	52,319	21 to 1
108	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	83%	6%	94%	$21,683	1,310	25.4%	44,161	17 to 1
98	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	83%	-	90%	$39,293	1,390	57.8%	32,229	18 to 1
320	Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY	83%	8%	88%	$22,572	-	57.6%	8,125	17 to 1
143	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	83%	3%	89%	$61,884	1,410	58.5%	6,968	12 to 1
384	Elon University Elon, NC	83%	-	90%	$44,536	1,210	67.3%	7,123	11 to 1
154	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	83%	12%	90%	$64,460	1,410	61.2%	12,053	11 to 1
79	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	83%	-	90%	$28,794	1,320	50.3%	51,528	14 to 1
329	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	82%	-	90%	$56,444	-	46.8%	8,815	13 to 1
195	Hope College Holland, MI	82%	12%	89%	$37,670	1,200	75.9%	3,251	11 to 1
100	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	82%	-	89%	$44,040	1,250	83.9%	50,023	17 to 1
135	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	82%	15%	88%	$47,600	1,290	61.7%	11,674	15 to 1