Key Admission and Academic Facts of Private Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Yale University has the highest graduation rate of 97% and Harvard University has the second highest graduation rate of 97%.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $64,363 and graduate tuition & fees is $54,286 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 8.90% and the average SAT score is 1,527 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 Private Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.
Table. Private Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Yale University New Haven, CT
Private, four-years
97.00%
-
$64,70067.89%4.57%1,54014,7766 to 1
1
1
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
97.00%
-
$59,07682.96%3.24%1,55030,6317 to 1
1
-
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Private, four-years
97.00%
1.00%
$59,71069.17%5.70%1,5408,8425 to 1
4
8
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Private, four-years
96.00%
1.00%
$65,99755.16%7.21%1,53023,1616 to 1
4
1
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
Private, four-years
96.00%
-
$62,69359.54%12.91%1,51013,1059 to 1
4
1
Duke University Durham, NC
Private, four-years
96.00%
-
$65,80554.98%6.35%1,55018,0236 to 1
4
1
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
96.00%
-
$66,10467.88%6.50%1,54028,2018 to 1
8
4
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Private, four-years
95.00%
-
$65,08148.70%12.23%1,50020,98411 to 1
8
3
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Private, four-years
95.00%
1.00%
$66,93984.80%5.43%1,54018,3395 to 1
8
6
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
Private, four-years
95.00%
2.00%
$69,04564.06%3.95%1,53034,7826 to 1
8
7
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Private, four-years
95.00%
1.00%
$66,01467.55%7.47%1,53025,8989 to 1
8
3
Stanford University Stanford, CA
Private, four-years
95.00%
1.00%
$62,48483.66%3.68%1,55018,2835 to 1
13
1
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Private, four-years
94.00%
1.00%
$63,34051.22%7.25%1,55031,2756 to 1
13
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Private, four-years
94.00%
2.00%
$60,15684.97%3.96%1,56011,8583 to 1
13
2
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
Private, four-years
94.00%
-
$65,73962.17%6.38%1,5506,7447 to 1
13
8
Brown University Providence, RI
Private, four-years
94.00%
2.00%
$68,23067.02%5.06%1,54011,1896 to 1
17
2
Tufts University Medford, MA
Private, four-years
93.00%
1.00%
$67,84450.13%9.69%1,51013,43110 to 1
17
1
Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO
Private, four-years
93.00%
-
$62,98248.17%11.76%1,53017,0127 to 1
17
4
Rice University Houston, TX
Private, four-years
93.00%
1.00%
$58,12844.07%8.68%1,5408,6726 to 1
20
1
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Private, four-years
92.00%
-
$68,23741.18%12.02%1,52048,9459 to 1
20
2
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Private, four-years
92.00%
1.00%
$63,94652.34%6.67%1,53013,7107 to 1
22
1
Northeastern University Boston, MA
Private, four-years
91.00%
-
$63,14140.69%6.80%1,50030,01316 to 1
22
4
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Private, four-years
91.00%
2.00%
$63,82944.31%11.30%1,54016,0025 to 1
22
10
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
Private, four-years
91.00%
4.00%
$62,18026.95%36.98%1,4107,39410 to 1
25
2
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
Private, four-years
90.00%
1.00%
$67,68034.60%16.66%1,49015,28712 to 1
Average94.08%$64,36358.17%8.90%1,52719,4627 to 1
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