Public Colleges where Students Complete in Time

University of Virginia-Main Campus 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 95% last year.

University of California-Berkeley with 94% and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor with 93% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Public 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 $40,012 and graduate tuition & fees is $31,092 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 34.88% and the average SAT score is 1,392 at the schools.

Table. Public Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VAPublic, 4-year 95.00%
1.29%
$59,633
($22,323)
42.00%17.00%1,49026,08215 to 1
2
1
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CAPublic, 4-year 94.00%
1.19%
$45,627
($14,850)
45.00%12.00%-45,30719 to 1
3
1
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year 93.00%
0.65%
$60,107
($18,309)
47.00%18.00%1,47051,22512 to 1
4
-
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CAPublic, 4-year 92.00%
0.13%
$44,524
($13,747)
52.00%9.00%-46,43018 to 1
4
1
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GAPublic, 4-year 92.00%
0.08%
$32,876
($11,764)
44.00%16.00%1,45045,29619 to 1
6
2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year 91.00%
0.53%
$39,330
($8,989)
43.00%19.00%1,47031,70517 to 1
7
-
University of Florida Gainesville, FLPublic, 4-year 90.00%
0.89%
$28,659
($6,381)
43.00%24.00%1,39055,21116 to 1
7
1
William & Mary Williamsburg, VAPublic, 4-year 90.00%
1.03%
$49,412
($25,041)
27.99%33.00%1,4509,65412 to 1
9
5
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MDPublic, 4-year 89.00%
1.35%
$40,306
($11,505)
23.00%45.00%1,46040,79218 to 1
9
1
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WIPublic, 4-year 89.00%
0.20%
$40,603
($11,205)
29.00%43.00%1,45048,95618 to 1
11
1
University of Georgia Athens, GAPublic, 4-year 88.00%
0.16%
$30,220
($11,180)
38.00%37.00%1,27040,60717 to 1
11
-
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OHPublic, 4-year 88.00%
0.01%
$38,365
($12,859)
23.00%51.00%1,40060,54017 to 1
13
4
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CAPublic, 4-year 87.00%
2.35%
$46,042
($15,265)
22.00%25.00%-42,00619 to 1
13
-
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year 87.00%
0.75%
$42,778
($11,678)
49.00%29.00%1,37052,38418 to 1
15
-
University of California-Davis Davis, CAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
0.94%
$46,024
($15,247)
17.00%42.00%-39,67921 to 1
15
14
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
2.33%
$45,014
($14,237)
22.00%26.00%-35,93718 to 1
15
2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VAPublic, 4-year 86.00%
0.61%
$36,694
($15,478)
27.00%57.00%1,33038,17017 to 1
18
1
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.39%
$30,995
($11,075)
28.00%30.00%-22,00020 to 1
18
2
University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.38%
$45,742
($14,965)
16.00%28.00%-26,42017 to 1
18
2
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJPublic, 4-year 85.00%
1.91%
$24,568
($18,685)
21.00%62.00%1,2407,62913 to 1
18
-
Clemson University Clemson, SCPublic, 4-year 85.00%
0.47%
$39,498
($15,554)
20.00%38.00%1,32028,46616 to 1
22
10
Florida State University Tallahassee, FLPublic, 4-year 84.00%
0.78%
$21,683
($6,517)
31.00%25.00%1,31044,16117 to 1
22
1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, ILPublic, 4-year 84.00%
0.88%
$39,192
($18,060)
28.00%44.00%1,41056,91621 to 1
22
2
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MNPublic, 4-year 84.00%
0.21%
$36,402
($16,488)
22.00%77.00%1,40054,95516 to 1
22
5
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJPublic, 4-year 84.00%
0.27%
$36,001
($17,239)
27.00%65.00%1,38050,63715 to 1
Average87.96%$40,012
($14,346)
31.48%34.88%1,39240,04717 to 1