Highest completion (all students) — U.S. universities

These 50 U.S. universities rank highest by the 8-year completion rate for all entering undergraduates, drawn from 1902 institutions with reported data in the most recent U.S. Department of Education release (2024-25). California Northstate University (Elk Grove, CA) leads at 100%.

#	Institution	Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)
1	California Northstate UniversityCA · Private for-profit	100%
2	Pacific States UniversityCA · Private	100%
3	Pathways CollegeAZ · Private	100%
4	St. John Vianney College SeminaryFL · Private	100%
5	Talmudical Institute of Upstate New YorkNY · Private	100%
6	MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsMA · Private	99%
7	Harvard UniversityMA · Private	98.6%
8	Yale UniversityCT · Private	98.4%
9	Princeton UniversityNJ · Private	97.9%
10	University of PennsylvaniaPA · Private	97.2%
11	Northwestern UniversityIL · Private	97.1%
12	Duke UniversityNC · Private	97%
13	Lakeview College of NursingIL · Private	96.9%
14	Cincinnati College of Mortuary ScienceOH · Private	96.9%
15	Stanford UniversityCA · Private	96.9%
16	Careers UnlimitedUT · Private for-profit	96.7%
17	University of Notre DameIN · Private	96.5%
18	United States Naval AcademyMD · Public	96.3%
19	University of ChicagoIL · Private	96.2%
20	Williams CollegeMA · Private	96.1%
21	Brown UniversityRI · Private	96%
22	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA · Private	95.9%
23	Cornell UniversityNY · Private	95.7%
24	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityNY · Public	95.6%
25	Pomona CollegeCA · Private	95.5%
26	Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringMA · Private	95.3%
27	Dartmouth CollegeNH · Private	95.2%
28	Georgetown UniversityDC · Private	95%
29	Oregon Health & Science UniversityOR · Public	95%
30	Loma Linda UniversityCA · Private	94.9%
31	Washington and Lee UniversityVA · Private	94.9%
32	Samuel Merritt UniversityCA · Private	94.8%
33	University of Virginia-Main CampusVA · Public	94.7%
34	California Institute of TechnologyCA · Private	94.6%
35	University of California-BerkeleyCA · Public	94.5%
36	University of Puerto Rico-BayamonPR · Public	94.4%
37	Swarthmore CollegePA · Private	94.3%
38	Bowdoin CollegeME · Private	94.3%
39	Tufts UniversityMA · Private	94.2%
40	Rice UniversityTX · Private	94.1%
41	The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonTX · Public	94%
42	Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · Private	93.7%
43	University of California-Los AngelesCA · Public	93.6%
44	University of Maryland BaltimoreMD · Public	93.6%
45	Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY · Private	93.6%
46	University of Nebraska Medical CenterNE · Public	93.4%
47	Middlebury CollegeVT · Private	93.4%
48	University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI · Public	93.4%
49	Wesleyan UniversityCT · Private	93.4%
50	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-ShreveportLA · Public	93.3%

A data ranking — not an Ibex endorsement or quality rating. Ranked solely on the metric named above using the most recent College Scorecard & IPEDS release, which lags the current academic year by 2–3 years. Institutions that do not report this metric are excluded. Figures and peer context appear on each institution’s profile.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent release, 2024-25), with Census ACS, BLS Employment Projections, WICHE & the FSA Direct Loan Dashboard. Compiled by Ibex Insights. For informational benchmarking only — not financial, investment, or accreditation advice. See the methodology.