Yale University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 97% last year.
Harvard University with 97% and Princeton University with 97% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of 4-Years Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $61,278 and graduate tuition & fees is $53,342 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 8.60% and the average SAT score is 1,526 at the schools.
School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 2 | Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year | 97.00% 0.08% | $64,700 | 70.00% | 5.00% | 1,540 | 14,776 | 6 to 1 |
1 3 | Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year | 97.00% 0.26% | $59,076 | 84.02% | 3.00% | 1,550 | 30,631 | 7 to 1 |
1 - | Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year | 97.00% 0.57% | $59,710 | 76.99% | 4.00% | 1,540 | 8,842 | 5 to 1 |
4 7 | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.77% | $65,997 | 57.01% | 7.00% | 1,530 | 23,161 | 6 to 1 |
4 2 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.10% | $62,693 | 58.99% | 12.00% | 1,500 | 13,105 | 9 to 1 |
4 4 | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.13% | $65,805 | 54.99% | 7.00% | 1,550 | 18,023 | 6 to 1 |
4 1 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.22% | $66,104 | 69.00% | 6.00% | 1,540 | 28,201 | 8 to 1 |
8 4 | Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 0.20% | $65,081 | 47.99% | 13.00% | 1,500 | 20,984 | 11 to 1 |
8 2 | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 0.90% | $65,619 | 87.99% | 5.00% | 1,550 | 18,339 | 5 to 1 |
8 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 2.36% | $68,171 | 62.99% | 4.00% | 1,540 | 34,782 | 6 to 1 |
8 6 | Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 0.86% | $66,014 | 66.01% | 8.00% | 1,520 | 25,898 | 9 to 1 |
8 8 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, 4-year | 95.00% 1.29% | $59,633 ($22,323) | 42.00% | 17.00% | 1,490 | 26,082 | 15 to 1 |
8 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year | 95.00% 0.52% | $62,484 | 81.01% | 4.00% | 1,550 | 18,283 | 5 to 1 |
14 7 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year | 94.00% 1.19% | $45,627 ($14,850) | 45.00% | 12.00% | - | 45,307 | 19 to 1 |
14 1 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year | 94.00% 0.62% | $62,840 | 48.01% | 8.00% | 1,550 | 31,275 | 6 to 1 |
14 4 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year | 94.00% 0.40% | $65,511 | 66.99% | 6.00% | 1,540 | 6,744 | 7 to 1 |
14 5 | Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year | 94.00% 1.84% | $68,230 | 63.02% | 5.00% | 1,540 | 11,189 | 6 to 1 |
18 3 | Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year | 93.00% 0.81% | $67,844 | 50.00% | 10.00% | 1,510 | 13,431 | 10 to 1 |
18 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year | 93.00% 0.65% | $60,107 ($18,309) | 47.00% | 18.00% | 1,470 | 51,225 | 12 to 1 |
18 2 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year | 93.00% 0.12% | $62,982 | 46.99% | 12.00% | 1,540 | 17,012 | 7 to 1 |
18 5 | Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year | 93.00% 0.66% | $58,128 | 46.00% | 8.00% | 1,550 | 8,672 | 6 to 1 |
22 2 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year | 92.00% 0.13% | $44,524 ($13,747) | 52.00% | 9.00% | - | 46,430 | 18 to 1 |
22 3 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year | 92.00% 0.01% | $68,237 | 44.99% | 10.00% | 1,510 | 48,945 | 9 to 1 |
22 4 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, 4-year | 92.00% 0.08% | $32,876 ($11,764) | 44.00% | 16.00% | 1,450 | 45,296 | 19 to 1 |
22 3 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year | 92.00% 1.38% | $63,946 | 57.01% | 6.00% | 1,540 | 13,710 | 7 to 1 |
Average | 94.44% | $61,278 ($16,199) | 58.80% | 8.60% | 1,526 | 24,814 | 9 to 1 |