South University-Savannah Online has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 6% last year.

Ashford University with 9% and Henry Ford College with 11% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of 4-Years Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

Colleges having lowest graduation rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of 4-Years Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

South University-Savannah Online has the lowest graduation rate of 6% and Ashford University has the second lowest graduation rate of 9%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $11,875 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,572 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 73.95% and the average SAT score is 1,220 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 16.80% and the students to faculty ratio is 22 to 1 over the 25 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 4-Years Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate.

Table. 4-Years Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-
South University-Savannah Online Savannah, GAPrivate, 4-year 6.00%
0.84%
$16,546---7,70725 to 1
2
1
Ashford University San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year 9.00%
0.46%
$13,160---34,19019 to 1
3
1
Henry Ford College Dearborn, MIPublic, 4-year 11.00%
1.17%
$7,040
($5,452)
---11,20422 to 1
4
2
Austin Community College District Austin, TXPublic, 4-year 14.00%
5.09%
$10,590
($8,580)
---34,52718 to 1
5
15
Schoolcraft Community College District Livonia, MIPublic, 4-year 16.00%
3.98%
$7,906
($5,982)
---7,65021 to 1
5
6
College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NVPublic, 4-year 16.00%
0.38%
$12,209
($4,110)
---28,90117 to 1
5
7
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, OHPublic, 4-year 16.00%
0.91%
$9,801
($5,400)
---8,40412 to 1
5
1
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College Blue Ash, OHPublic, 4-year 16.00%
3.25%
$15,790
($6,992)
---6,56918 to 1
5
2
Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TXPublic, 4-year 16.00%
2.82%
$6,050
($4,940)
---9,72511 to 1
10
2
Greenville Technical College Greenville, SCPublic, 4-year 17.00%
3.48%
$10,657
($6,235)
---11,38017 to 1
10
-
Collin County Community College District McKinney, TXPublic, 4-year 17.00%
0.85%
$5,614
($3,514)
---35,07721 to 1
10
8
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide Daytona Beach, FLPrivate, 4-year 17.00%
2.43%
$11,66553.64%57.67%1,22011,57419 to 1
13
1
Community College of Denver Denver, COPublic, 4-year 18.00%
0.03%
$17,136
($4,902)
---7,29220 to 1
13
14
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 18.00%
3.39%
$22,726
($12,383)
17.88%62.70%-5,7569 to 1
13
-
Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TXPublic, 4-year 18.00%
0.14%
$8,700
($6,930)
---68,41521 to 1
13
4
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZPrivate, 4-year 18.00%
4.32%
$9,552---88,891110 to 1
17
19
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year 19.00%
3.57%
$12,760---24,80831 to 1
17
5
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DEPublic, 4-year 19.00%
1.23%
$11,828
($4,965)
---11,72612 to 1
17
21
Wilmington University New Castle, DEPrivate, 4-year 19.00%
3.83%
$12,330---14,02012 to 1
17
10
University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MDPublic, 4-year 19.00%
2.39%
$12,336
($7,992)
---55,83819 to 1
17
9
Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GAPublic, 4-year 19.00%
2.18%
$13,244
($4,458)
43.98%93.64%-11,03018 to 1
22
8
Tyler Junior College Tyler, TXPublic, 4-year 20.00%
1.74%
$5,752
($5,002)
---11,90120 to 1
22
44
Purdue University Global West Lafayette, INPublic, 4-year 20.00%
8.71%
$14,421
($10,110)
---45,12526 to 1
24
1
CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year 21.00%
0.38%
$15,282
($7,332)
17.35%81.80%-13,08715 to 1
24
3
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia, OHPublic, 4-year 21.00%
0.89%
$13,786
($6,554)
---7,44820 to 1
Average16.80%$11,875
($6,412)
33.21%73.95%1,22022,89022 to 1