Pennsylvania Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate

University of Pennsylvania 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 96% last year.

Carnegie Mellon University with 91% and Lehigh University with 91% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Pennsylvania 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 $53,273 and graduate tuition & fees is $34,568 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 50.10% and the average SAT score is 1,386 at the schools.

Table. Pennsylvania Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
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
2 -	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year	91.00% 1.77%	$63,274	44.01%	11.00%	1,540	16,002	5 to 1
2 2	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year	91.00% 3.66%	$62,180	28.00%	29.00%	1,430	7,394	10 to 1
4 1	Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year	90.00% 1.29%	$64,701	30.01%	25.00%	1,460	10,383	10 to 1
5 6	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PAPublic, 4-year	83.00% 10.72%	$40,188 ($20,234)	19.00%	54.00%	1,310	50,028	15 to 1
5 -	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PAPublic, 4-year	83.00% 1.28%	$39,890 ($21,524)	16.00%	50.00%	1,360	33,767	13 to 1
7 1	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year	82.00% 1.19%	$51,340	16.00%	86.00%	1,250	7,861	10 to 1
8 -	Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year	78.00% 0.22%	$60,663	9.00%	78.00%	1,330	22,344	9 to 1
9 2	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year	77.00% 1.33%	$47,146	13.00%	79.00%	1,250	8,107	12 to 1
9 -	Temple University Philadelphia, PAPublic, 4-year	77.00% 1.69%	$37,248 ($21,991)	12.00%	83.00%	-	33,196	12 to 1
	Average	84.80%	$53,273 ($21,250)	25.60%	50.10%	1,386	21,728	10 to 1

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