Check this out Bros… Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics’ Database, the dudes at ecollegefinder.org made a map breaking down the colleges with the highest graduation rates in each state. In other words, these are the colleges that should be the pride and joy of each state for getting all you college kids in and out in four years. Way to kick Cornell’s ass, Columbia.
CLICK THE MAP TO EXPAND. Full list below:
Alabama – Samford University
- Location – Birmingham, Alabama
- Graduation Rate – 71%
- Total Students – 4,758
Alaska – Alaska Pacific University
- Location – Anchorage, Alaska
- Graduation Rate – 52%
- Total Students – 657
Arizona – University of Arizona
- Location – Tucson, Arizona
- Graduation Rate – 61%
- Total Students – 40,223
Arkansas – Hendrix College
- Location – Conway, Arkansas
- Graduation Rate – 72%
- Total Students – 1,388
California – Pomona College
- Location – Claremont, California
- Graduation Rate – 96%
- Total Students – 1,607
Colorado – Colorado College
- Location – Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Graduation Rate – 90%
- Total Students – 2,022
Connecticut – Yale University
- Location – New Haven, Connecticut
- Graduation Rate – 96%
- Total Students – 11,906
Delaware – University of Delaware
- Location – Newark, Delaware
- Graduation Rate – 82%
- Total Students – 21,856
Florida – University of Florida
- Location – Gainesville, Florida
- Graduation Rate – 85%
- Total Students – 49,913
Georgia – Emory University
- Location – Atlanta, Georgia
- Graduation Rate – 89%
- Total Students – 14,236
Hawaii – University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Location – Honolulu, Hawaii
- Graduation Rate – 56%
- Total Students – 20,426
Idaho – The College of Idaho
- Location – Caldwell, Idaho
- Graduation Rate – 64%
- Total Students – 1,059
Illinois – Northwestern University
- Location – Evanston, Illinois
- Graduation Rate – 93%
- Total Students – 21,215
Indiana – University of Notre Dame
- Location – Notre Dame, Indiana
- Graduation Rate – 95%
- Total Students – 12,126
Iowa – Grinnell College
- Location – Grinnell, Iowa
- Graduation Rate – 90%
- Total Students – 1,674
Kansas – University of Kansas
- Location – Lawrence, Kansas
- Graduation Rate – 64%
- Total Students – 27,135
Kentucky – Centre College
- Location – Danville, Kentucky
- Graduation Rate – 87%
- Total Students – 1,344
Louisiana – Tulane University
- Location – New Orleans, LA
- Graduation Rate – 75%
- Total Students – 12,958
Maine – Bowdoin College
- Location – Brunswick, Maine
- Graduation Rate – 95%
- Total Students – 1,839
Maryland – Johns Hopkins University
- Location – Baltimore, Maryland
- Graduation Rate – 92%
- Total Students – 20,871
Massachusetts – Harvard University
- Location – Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Graduation Rate – 97%
- Total Students – 28,147
Michigan – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- Location – Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Graduation Rate – 91%
- Total Students – 43,426
Minnesota – Carleton College
- Location – Northfield, Minnesota
- Graduation Rate – 94%
- Total Students – 2,055
Mississippi – Millsaps College
- Location – Jackson, Mississippi
- Graduation Rate – 72%
- Total Students – 909
Missouri – Washington University in St. Louis
- Location – St. Louis, Missouri
- Graduation Rate – 94%
- Total Students – 13,952
Montana– Carroll College
- Location – Helena, Montana
- Graduation Rate – 62%
- Total Students – 1,463
Nebraska – Creighton University
- Location – Omaha, Nebraska
- Graduation Rate – 75%
- Total Students – 7,736
Nevada – Sierra Nevada College
- Location – Incline Village, Nevada
- Graduation Rate – 49%
- Total Students – 987
New Hampshire – Dartmouth College
- Location – Hanover, New Hampshire
- Graduation Rate – 96%
- Total Students – 6,277
New Jersey – Princeton University
- Location – Princeton, New Jersey
- Graduation Rate – 96%
- Total Students – 7,975
New Mexico – University of New Mexico
- Location – Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Graduation Rate – 46%
- Total Students – 29,033
New York – Columbia University in the City of New York
- Location – New York, New York
- Graduation Rate – 95%
- Total Students – 26,471
North Carolina – Duke University
- Location – Durham, North Carolina
- Graduation Rate – 95%
- Total Students – 15,386
North Dakota – University of North Dakota
- Location – Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Graduation Rate – 54%
- Total Students – 15,250
Ohio – Kenyon College
- Location – Gambier, Ohio
- Graduation Rate – 90%
- Total Students – 1,667
Oklahoma – University of Oklahoma – Norman
- Location – Norman, Oklahoma
- Graduation Rate – 66%
- Total Students – 27,507
Oregon – Willamette University
- Location – Salem, Oregon
- Graduation Rate – 77%
- Total Students – 2,931
Pennsylvania – University of Pennsylvania
- Location – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Graduation Rate – 96%
- Total Students – 24,725
Rhode Island – Brown University
- Location – Providence, Rhode Island
- Graduation Rate – 95%
- Total Students – 8,885
South Carolina – Wofford College
- Location – Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Graduation Rate – 84%
- Total Students – 1,619
South Dakota – Augustana College
- Location – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Graduation Rate – 66%
- Total Students – 1,839
Tennessee – Vanderbilt University
- Location – Nashville, Tennessee
- Graduation Rate – 92%
- Total Students – 12,710
Texas – Rice University
- Location – Houston, Texas
- Graduation Rate – 92%
- Total Students – 6,484
Utah – Brigham Young University
- Location – Provo, Utah
- Graduation Rate – 77%
- Total Students – 34,409
Vermont – Middlebury College
- Location – Middlebury, Vermont
- Graduation Rate – 94%
- Total Students – 2,516
Virginia – University of Virginia
- Location – Charlottesville, Virginia
- Graduation Rate – 93%
- Total Students – 23,907
Washington – Whitman College
- Location – Walla Walla, Washington
- Graduation Rate – 87%
- Total Students – 1,539
West Virginia – Wheeling Jesuit University
- Location – Wheeling, West Virginia
- Graduation Rate – 61%
- Total Students – 1,549
Wisconsin – University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Location – Madison, Wisconsin
- Graduation Rate – 82%
- Total Students – 42,269
Wyoming – University of Wyoming
- Location – Laramie, Wyoming
- Graduation Rate – 54%
- Total Students – 12,903