Academics & admissions
Best graduation rates
The share of first-time, full-time students who finish a bachelor’s degree within six years.
97%
#1 · Williams College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA
64%
Median
of 420 schools, Division III
1.5×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
93%
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, Division III
#1 · Williams Collegeevery school
The spread across 420 schools; the median is 64%.
How it is measured
Bachelor’s completion within 150% of normal time.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Graduate within six years | Retention | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA | 97% | 97% | 10% | |
| 2 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | 96% | 98% | 8% | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | 96% | 99% | 5% | |
| 4 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 95% | 96% | 11% | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | 95% | 98% | 8% | |
| 6 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | 95% | 99% | 5% | |
| 7 | Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lexington, VA | 95% | 95% | 17% | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | 94% | 97% | 7% | |
| 9 | Washington University in St. Louis Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO | 94% | 96% | 12% | |
| 10 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | 93% | 97% | 10% | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | 93% | 98% | 3% | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA | 93% | 97% | 11% | |
| 13 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 93% | 96% | 7% | |
| 14 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | 93% | 96% | 10% | |
| 15 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | 92% | 94% | 20% | |
| 16 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | 92% | 96% | 11% | |
| 17 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | 92% | 95% | 17% | |
| 18 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | 91% | 94% | 13% | |
| 19 | Carleton College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | 91% | 96% | 22% | |
| 20 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | 91% | 96% | 12% | |
| 21 | Wellesley College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA | 91% | 96% | 14% | |
| 22 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | 90% | 91% | 7% | |
| 23 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 90% | 95% | 28% | |
| 24 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | 90% | 93% | 20% | |
| 25 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | 90% | 94% | 43% | |
| 26 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | 89% | 94% | 13% | |
| 27 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | 89% | 96% | 9% | |
| 28 | Vassar College Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY | 89% | 94% | 18% | |
| 29 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · New London, CT | 88% | 99% | 24% | |
| 30 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | 88% | 94% | 58% | |
| 31 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | 87% | 92% | 29% | |
| 32 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | 87% | 93% | 13% | |
| 33 | Kenyon College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH | 87% | 91% | 31% | |
| 34 | Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Wheaton, IL | 87% | 94% | 90% | |
| 35 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | 86% | 90% | 35% | |
| 36 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | 86% | 90% | 31% | |
| 37 | Colorado College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO | 86% | 95% | 20% | |
| 38 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | 86% | 85% | 32% | |
| 39 | Centre College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Danville, KY | 85% | 88% | 54% | |
| 40 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | 85% | 90% | 38% | |
| 41 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | 85% | 87% | 40% | |
| 42 | The College of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Ewing, NJ | 85% | 90% | 62% | |
| 43 | Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY | 85% | 89% | 44% | |
| 44 | Yeshiva University Division III · Skyline Conference · New York, NY | 85% | 93% | 64% | |
| 45 | Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT | 84% | 87% | 38% | |
| 46 | St. Olaf College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | 84% | 91% | 52% | |
| 47 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | 84% | 93% | 36% | |
| 48 | College of Saint Benedict Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Joseph, MN | 83% | 88% | 91% | |
| 49 | Dickinson College Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA | 83% | 89% | 43% | |
| 50 | Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA | 83% | 90% | 48% | |
| 51 | Illinois Wesleyan University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Bloomington, IL | 83% | 85% | 45% | |
| 52 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY | 83% | 89% | 58% | |
| 53 | Saint John's University (Minnesota) Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Collegeville, MN | 83% | 88% | 91% | |
| 54 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | 83% | 91% | 34% | |
| 55 | Hope College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Holland, MI | 82% | 90% | 76% | |
| 56 | Kalamazoo College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Kalamazoo, MI | 82% | 84% | 76% | |
| 57 | Rhodes College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Memphis, TN | 82% | 91% | 50% | |
| 58 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Terre Haute, IN | 82% | 91% | 73% | |
| 59 | Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY | 82% | 89% | 23% | |
| 60 | Trinity University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association · San Antonio, TX | 82% | 92% | 28% | |
| 61 | University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN | 82% | 88% | 51% | |
| 62 | Catholic University Division III · Landmark Conference · Washington, DC | 81% | 83% | 84% | |
| 63 | University of Scranton Division III · Landmark Conference · Scranton, PA | 81% | 87% | 84% | |
| 64 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Division III · Skyline Conference · Kings Point, NY | 81% | 90% | 32% | |
| 65 | Whitman College Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA | 81% | 89% | 50% | |
| 66 | Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA | 80% | 90% | 56% | |
| 67 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | 80% | 89% | 17% | |
| 68 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | 80% | 89% | 54% | |
| 69 | Grove City College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Grove City, PA | 80% | 88% | 73% | |
| 70 | Muhlenberg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Allentown, PA | 80% | 89% | 64% | |
| 71 | St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY | 80% | 86% | 58% | |
| 72 | Augustana College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Rock Island, IL | 79% | 83% | 68% | |
| 73 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | 79% | 88% | 47% | |
| 74 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Buzzards Bay, MA | 79% | 79% | 95% | |
| 75 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | 79% | 89% | 33% | |
| 76 | Messiah University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Mechanicsburg, PA | 78% | 85% | 78% | |
| 77 | Calvin University Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Grand Rapids, MI | 77% | 88% | 71% | |
| 78 | Clark University (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | 77% | 88% | 42% | |
| 79 | Elizabethtown College Division III · Landmark Conference · Elizabethtown, PA | 77% | 84% | 77% | |
| 80 | Saint Mary's College (Indiana) Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Notre Dame, IN | 77% | 84% | 81% | |
| 81 | Ursinus College Division III · Centennial Conference · Collegeville, PA | 77% | 84% | 87% | |
| 82 | Wabash College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Crawfordsville, IN | 77% | 86% | 63% | |
| 83 | Gustavus Adolphus College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Saint Peter, MN | 76% | 84% | 62% | |
| 84 | John Carroll University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · University Heights, OH | 76% | 85% | 81% | |
| 85 | Lawrence University Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI | 76% | 87% | 63% | |
| 86 | Principia College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL | 76% | 75% | 44% | |
| 87 | State University of New York Maritime College Division III · Skyline Conference · Throggs Neck, NY | 76% | 80% | 79% | |
| 88 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA | 76% | 86% | 71% | |
| 89 | Bethel University (Minnesota) Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 75% | 87% | 91% | |
| 90 | Christopher Newport University Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Newport News, VA | 75% | 83% | 88% | |
| 91 | Endicott College Division III · Conference of New England · Beverly, MA | 75% | 88% | 72% | |
| 92 | Franciscan University of Steubenville Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Steubenville, OH | 75% | 88% | 72% | |
| 93 | Luther College Division III · Midwest Conference · Decorah, IA | 75% | 79% | 73% | |
| 94 | Randolph-Macon College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Ashland, VA | 75% | 81% | 83% | |
| 95 | Salve Regina University Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Newport, RI | 75% | 85% | 70% | |
| 96 | Berry College Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Mount Berry, GA | 74% | 83% | 62% | |
| 97 | California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA | 74% | 81% | 89% | |
| 98 | Clarkson University Division III · Liberty League · Potsdam, NY | 74% | 85% | 77% | |
| 99 | Ithaca College Division III · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY | 74% | 83% | 70% | |
| 100 | St. John Fisher University Division III · Empire 8 · Rochester, NY | 74% | 84% | 68% |
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