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Highest Graduation Rates 2026

Universities where students are most likely to graduate

50 universities ranked • Source: US Dept of Education
#1
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA · Public
C+
#2
St. John Vianney College Seminary
Miami, FL · Private
C
#3
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
Cincinnati, OH · Private
C
#4
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private
B+
#5
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private
B
#6
St. John's College-Department of Nursing
Springfield, IL · Private Non-profit
C+
#7
St. John's College-Department of Nursing
Springfield, IL · Private
C
#8
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · Public
C+
#9
Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, CA · Private
B-
#10
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private
B
#11
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private
B
#12
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private
B
#13
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private
B
#14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · Private
B+
#15
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston, MA · Private
C+
#16
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Private
B+
#17
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · Private
B+
#18
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private
B
#19
Careers Unlimited
Orem, UT · Private
C
#20
Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV · Private
B-
#21
Rice University
Houston, TX · Private
B+
#22
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · Private
B+
#23
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR · Public
B-
#24
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, MO · Private
B+
#25
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private
B+
#26
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA · Private
B+
#27
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
B+
#28
Allen College
Waterloo, IA · Private
C+
#29
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
B+
#30
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK · Public
C+
#31
Middlebury College
Middlebury CDP, VT · Private
B
#32
Vanderbilt University
Nashville-Davidson, TN · Private
B+
#33
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE · Public
C+
#34
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX · Public
C+
#35
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · Public
A-
#36
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA · Public
B+
#37
Barnard College
New York, NY · Private
B
#38
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · Private
B
#39
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · Private
B
#40
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · Public
B-
#41
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · Public
B-
#42
Bates College
Lewiston, ME · Private
B-
#43
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
, NC · Public
B-
#44
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · Private
B
#45
Northeastern University
Boston, MA · Private
B
#46
Denver College of Nursing-Houston
Houston, TX · Private
C+
#47
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · Public
B+
#48
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA · Private
B-
#49
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing
Peoria, IL · Private
C+
#50
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private
B-

Methodology: Rankings are generated from verified data provided by the US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. We use real outcome data — not surveys. Each university is scored based on the specific criteria for this ranking category. Last updated: March 2026.

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