Private Colleges where Students Complete in Time

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 Private 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 $64,406 and graduate tuition & fees is $52,605 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 9.20% and the average SAT score is 1,524 at the schools.

Table. Private Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
2
Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year 97.00%
0.08%
$64,70070.00%5.00%1,54014,7766 to 1
1
3
Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 97.00%
0.26%
$59,07684.02%3.00%1,55030,6317 to 1
1
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Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year 97.00%
0.57%
$59,71076.99%4.00%1,5408,8425 to 1
4
7
Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year 96.00%
0.77%
$65,99757.01%7.00%1,53023,1616 to 1
4
2
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year 96.00%
0.10%
$62,69358.99%12.00%1,50013,1059 to 1
4
4
Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 96.00%
0.13%
$65,80554.99%7.00%1,55018,0236 to 1
4
1
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 96.00%
0.22%
$66,10469.00%6.00%1,54028,2018 to 1
8
4
Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.20%
$65,08147.99%13.00%1,50020,98411 to 1
8
2
University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.90%
$65,61987.99%5.00%1,55018,3395 to 1
8
6
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
2.36%
$68,17162.99%4.00%1,54034,7826 to 1
8
6
Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.86%
$66,01466.01%8.00%1,52025,8989 to 1
8
2
Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.52%
$62,48481.01%4.00%1,55018,2835 to 1
13
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Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year 94.00%
0.62%
$62,84048.01%8.00%1,55031,2756 to 1
13
3
Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year 94.00%
0.40%
$65,51166.99%6.00%1,5406,7447 to 1
13
4
Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year 94.00%
1.84%
$68,23063.02%5.00%1,54011,1896 to 1
16
1
Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year 93.00%
0.81%
$67,84450.00%10.00%1,51013,43110 to 1
16
2
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year 93.00%
0.12%
$62,98246.99%12.00%1,54017,0127 to 1
16
4
Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 93.00%
0.66%
$58,12846.00%8.00%1,5508,6726 to 1
19
2
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year 92.00%
0.01%
$68,23744.99%10.00%1,51048,9459 to 1
19
2
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 92.00%
1.38%
$63,94657.01%6.00%1,54013,7107 to 1
21
4
Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year 91.00%
0.43%
$63,14150.00%6.00%1,50030,01316 to 1
21
2
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 91.00%
1.77%
$63,27444.01%11.00%1,54016,0025 to 1
21
10
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year 91.00%
3.66%
$62,18028.00%29.00%1,4307,39410 to 1
24
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Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year 90.00%
0.78%
$67,68041.00%16.00%1,49015,28712 to 1
24
2
Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year 90.00%
1.29%
$64,70130.01%25.00%1,46010,38310 to 1
Average93.92%$64,40657.32%9.20%1,52419,4038 to 1