In search of schools that do a great job of keeping your interest and getting you graduated?
Look no further, here's a list of 50 public and private institutions that do just that. To make the list, each institution has to have freshman retention and six-year graduation rates of 90% or better.
Many of the schools listed will come as no surprise, but others—in particular the public institutions—will! We've also included admit rates and mid-50th percentile SAT and ACT ranges to help you narrow down your choices.
Colleges and Universities with 90%+ Graduation and Retention Rates
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Institution | Graduation Rate | Retention Rate | Admit Rate | SAT Mid 50% | ACT Mid 50% | Link |
Harvard University | 98% | 97% | 5% | 1410-1600 | 32-35 | |
Princeton University | 97% | 98% | 7% | 1400-1600 | 31-35 | |
Columbia University | 96% | 99% | 7% | 1390-1570 | 32-35 | |
Yale University | 96% | 98% | 6% | 1410-1600 | 31-35 | |
Brown University | 96% | 98% | 8% | 1330-1550 | 30-34 | |
University of Pennsylvania | 96% | 97% | 10% | 1360-1550 | 31-34 | |
Dartmouth College | 95% | 99% | 10% | 1360-1550 | 30-34 | |
Stanford University | 95% | 98% | 5% | 1380-1570 | 31-34 | |
Williams College | 95% | 98% | 17% | 1350-1510 | 31-33 | |
University of Notre Dame | 95% | 98% | 20% | 1380-1510 | 32-34 | |
Washington University at St. Louis | 95% | 97% | 17% | 1420-1570 | 32-34 | |
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | 95% | 96% | 12% | 1410-1550 | 32-34 | |
Harvey Mudd College | 94% | 100% | 13% | 1418-1570 | 33-35 | |
Amherst College | 94% | 98% | 12% | 1350-1550 | 30-34 | |
Duke University | 94% | 97% | 11% | 1360-1550 | 31-34 | |
Johns Hopkins University | 94% | 97% | 12% | 1360-1530 | Not Reported | |
Northwestern University | 94% | 97% | 13% | 1390-1560 | 31-34 | |
Haverford College | 94% | 97% | 25% | 1330-1490 | 31-34 | |
University of Virginia | 94% | 97% | 29% | 1250-1460 | 28-33 | |
Middlebury College | 94% | 96% | 17% | 1260-1470 | 30-33 | |
Swarthmore College | 94% | 95% | 17% | 1360-1540 | 29-34 | |
Cornell University | 93% | 97% | 14% | 1330-1510 | 30-34 | |
University of Chicago | 93% | 99% | 8% | 1430-1590 | 32-35 | |
Pomona College | 93% | 99% | 12% | 1380-1540 | 31-34 | |
Bowdoin College | 93% | 98% | 15% | 1370-1520 | 31-34 | |
Vanderbilt University | 93% | 97% | 13% | 1430-1580 | 32-34 | |
Carleton College | 93% | 97% | 23% | 1320-1510 | 30-33 | |
Wesleyan University | 93% | 96% | 22% | 1290-1480 | 29-33 | |
Davidson College | 93% | 95% | 22% | 1230-1440 | 28-32 | |
California Institute of Technology | 92% | 97% | 9% | 1500-1600 | 34-35 | |
Rice University | 92% | 96% | 15% | 1390-1550 | 31-34 | |
Tufts University | 92% | 96% | 17% | 1360-1520 | 30-33 | |
Colgate University | 92% | 95% | 27% | 1280-1470 | 29-32 | |
Vassar College | 92% | 94% | 24% | 1340-1460 | 30-33 | |
College of the Holy Cross | 92% | 94% | 43% | 1230-1380 | 28-31 | |
MIT | 91% | 99% | 8% | 1440-1590 | 33-35 | |
University of California - Berkeley | 91% | 97% | 16% | 1230-1490 | 28-33 | |
University of Southern California | 91% | 97% | 17% | 1280-1480 | 29-33 | |
University of California - Los Angeles | 91% | 97% | 19% | 1170-1460 | 25-32 | |
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 91% | 97% | 32% | 1280-1480 | 29-33 | |
Hamilton College | 91% | 96% | 26% | 1310-1470 | 30-33 | |
Emory University (Emory) | 91% | 95% | 27% | 1280-1460 | 29-32 | |
Babson College | 91% | 94% | 26% | 1180-1370 | 26-30 | |
Wellesley College | 91% | 94% | 30% | 1290-1480 | 30-33 | |
Brandeis University | 91% | 93% | 35% | 1280-1410 | 29-33 | |
Colby College | 91% | 92% | 28% | 1230-1430 | 28-32 | |
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | 90% | 97% | 28% | 1210-1400 | 27-32 | |
Claremont McKenna College | 90% | 96% | 11% | 1350-1520 | 30-33 | |
College of William and Mary | 90% | 95% | 33% | 1270-1470 | 29-33 | |
Macalester College | 90% | 94% | 36% | 1270-1465 | 28-32 | |
Lafayette College | 90% | 93% | 30% | 1200-1400 | 27-31 | |