Overall Graduation Rates

List of Institutions (sorted by graduation rates)
Institution Sector State 150% normal time to completion 100% normal time to completion Pell awarded student (%)
Scripps College
nfp4yr
CA 82.31% 76.53% 11%
Southern Methodist University
nfp4yr
TX 82.41% 74.89% 11%
Dickinson College
nfp4yr
PA 82.42% 78.57% 16%
Syracuse University
nfp4yr
NY 82.45% 71.74% 17%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
fp2yr
PA 82.50% 80.00% 75%
DePauw University
nfp4yr
IN 82.55% 78.52% 18%
The New England Conservatory of Music
nfp4yr
MA 82.56% 72.09% 8%
Purdue University-Main Campus
pub4yr
IN 82.66% 60.23% 15%
Franklin and Marshall College
nfp4yr
PA 82.77% 77.70% 21%
Texas Christian University
nfp4yr
TX 82.84% 70.59% 14%
Occidental College
nfp4yr
CA 82.91% 79.42% 18%
Pepperdine University
nfp4yr
CA 82.95% 72.48% 19%
Wabash College
nfp4yr
IN 82.98% 78.72% 26%
Miami University-Oxford
pub4yr
OH 83.00% 72.70% 12%
University of Connecticut
pub4yr
CT 83.08% 72.39% 23%
  • 150% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 3 years for an Associate Degree, and within 6 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • 100% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 2 years for an Associate Degree, and within 4 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • Graduation Rates by Sector aggregates starting and graduating cohorts to calculate sector-wide rates
List of Institutions (sorted by graduation rates)
Institution Sector State 150% normal time to completion 100% normal time to completion Pell awarded student (%)
Scripps College
nfp4yr
CA 82.31% 76.53% 11%
Southern Methodist University
nfp4yr
TX 82.41% 74.89% 11%
Dickinson College
nfp4yr
PA 82.42% 78.57% 16%
Syracuse University
nfp4yr
NY 82.45% 71.74% 17%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
fp2yr
PA 82.50% 80.00% 75%
DePauw University
nfp4yr
IN 82.55% 78.52% 18%
The New England Conservatory of Music
nfp4yr
MA 82.56% 72.09% 8%
Purdue University-Main Campus
pub4yr
IN 82.66% 60.23% 15%
Franklin and Marshall College
nfp4yr
PA 82.77% 77.70% 21%
Texas Christian University
nfp4yr
TX 82.84% 70.59% 14%
Occidental College
nfp4yr
CA 82.91% 79.42% 18%
Pepperdine University
nfp4yr
CA 82.95% 72.48% 19%
Wabash College
nfp4yr
IN 82.98% 78.72% 26%
Miami University-Oxford
pub4yr
OH 83.00% 72.70% 12%
University of Connecticut
pub4yr
CT 83.08% 72.39% 23%
  • 150% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 3 years for an Associate Degree, and within 6 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • 100% Graduation Rate reflects completion within 2 years for an Associate Degree, and within 4 years for a Bachelor's degree
  • Graduation Rates by Sector aggregates starting and graduating cohorts to calculate sector-wide rates

Graduation Rates by Sector

On-time Graduation Rates Are Too Low

  • Across all two-year institutions, only 21.7% students complete their two-year degree program in two years.
  • Only 40.25% of students complete a four-year degree program in four years. This figure only includes first-time, full-time students; it excludes all part-time and transfer students.

Sector Graduation Insight

  • Four-year for-profit institutions have lower 150% of normal time graduation rates (28%) than either private not-for-profits (67%) or public institutions (67%) or public institutions (63%) but serve a higher percentage of low-income students.
  • Public two-year institutions have lower 150% graduation rates (29%) than either private not-for-profits (54.6%) or for-profit institutions (48%) but have open-enrollment policies mandated by the state and are not able to include students who transfer out and graduate from another institution in their reporting.

 

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