Highest graduation rates – baccalaureate colleges

These 50 baccalaureate colleges rank highest by 6-year graduation rate, drawn from 408 institutions with reported data in the U.S. Department of Education data for 2024-25 (Scorecard). Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME) leads at 95.3%.

Institutions ranked by Graduation rate (6-yr · first-time, full-time).
#	Institution	Graduation rate (6-yr · first-time, full-time)
1	Bowdoin CollegeME · Private	95.3%
2	Amherst CollegeMA · Private	93.9%
3	Williams CollegeMA · Private	93.6%
4	Pomona CollegeCA · Private	93.2%
5	Barnard CollegeNY · Private	93%
6	United States Naval AcademyMD · Public	92.9%
7	Wesleyan UniversityCT · Private	92.6%
8	Swarthmore CollegePA · Private	92.3%
9	Wellesley CollegeMA · Private	91.5%
10	Middlebury CollegeVT · Private	91.4%
11	Claremont McKenna CollegeCA · Private	91.4%
12	Colgate UniversityNY · Private	91.2%
13	Vassar CollegeNY · Private	91.1%
14	Davidson CollegeNC · Private	91.1%
15	Hamilton CollegeNY · Private	90.6%
16	Hillsdale CollegeMI · Private	89.7%
17	Bates CollegeME · Private	89.7%
18	Haverford CollegePA · Private	89.6%
19	Carleton CollegeMN · Private	89.6%
20	Smith CollegeMA · Private	89%
21	Colby CollegeME · Private	88.8%
22	Grinnell CollegeIA · Private	88.1%
23	Colorado CollegeCO · Private	87.7%
24	Lafayette CollegePA · Private	87.6%
25	United States Air Force AcademyCO · Public	87.5%
26	College of the Holy CrossMA · Private	87.3%
27	Macalester CollegeMN · Private	87.1%
28	United States Military AcademyNY · Public	87.1%
29	Bucknell UniversityPA · Private	86.3%
30	Wheaton CollegeIL · Private	84.8%
31	University of Florida-OnlineFL · Public	84.7%
32	Rhodes CollegeTN · Private	84.5%
33	Mount Holyoke CollegeMA · Private	84.4%
34	Wofford CollegeSC · Private	84.2%
35	St Olaf CollegeMN · Private	84%
36	Trinity UniversityTX · Private	84%
37	Franklin and Marshall CollegePA · Private	83.8%
38	Trinity CollegeCT · Private	83.8%
39	Pitzer CollegeCA · Private	83.4%
40	Grove City CollegePA · Private	83.2%
41	Skidmore CollegeNY · Private	82.6%
42	Scripps CollegeCA · Private	82.5%
43	Gettysburg CollegePA · Private	82.5%
44	Kenyon CollegeOH · Private	82.3%
45	Muhlenberg CollegePA · Private	82.2%
46	Connecticut CollegeCT · Private	82%
47	Bryn Mawr CollegePA · Private	81.8%
48	Susquehanna UniversityPA · Private	81.7%
49	Oberlin CollegeOH · Private	80.9%
50	Occidental CollegeCA · Private	80.9%

Limited to institutions with at least 1,000 undergraduates, so a handful of students cannot top the list. A data ranking, not an Ibex endorsement or quality rating. Ranked solely on the metric named above using U.S. Department of Education data for 2024-25 (Scorecard). Federal collections lag the current academic year, and some measures are no longer published at all, so the most recent figure is not always a recent one. Institutions that do not report this metric are excluded. Figures and peer context appear on each institution’s profile.

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Frequently asked

Which of these baccalaureate colleges ranks highest by 6-year graduation rate?

Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME), at 95.3%. It leads 50 institutions shown here, drawn from 408 with reported data.

How is this ranking calculated?

On one disclosed metric only: by 6-year graduation rate, from College Scorecard, 2024-25. Institutions that do not report the metric are excluded. It is a data ranking, not an Ibex endorsement, quality rating or reputation survey, and no part of it is estimated or AI-generated.

How current is the data?

This list is built from the College Scorecard release of June 10, 2026 and the newest IPEDS collections the tool uses, taking the most recent figure published for the metric it ranks: College Scorecard, 2024-25. Federal collections lag the current academic year by two to three years, so the newest published figure is not always a recent one. The release the leaderboard is dated on is printed under it.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (each measure carries its own collection year; see the methodology), with NSF NCSES (HERD), the Clery Act & EADA collections, 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.