Schools Ranked by Graduation Rate

The graduation rate is an indicator of success of a college’s student in attaining their educational goals. The figures are provided by the College Navigator database offered by the U.S. Department of Education. College Navigator defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time undergraduate students. We used the latest figures available, which are of students who began their studies in the fall of 2005 and who graduated within 150% of the normal time to program completion. (For example, for a four-year program, the graduation rate includes students who graduate within six years of beginning the program.)

College Navigator did not have graduation rate figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
500 Morehead State University 3.89 to 1 44% 89% 74% 36% 82 12% N/A  
500 Moultrie Technical College 0.42 to 1 1% N/A 52% 36% 38 0% N/A  
500 Northwestern College-Southwestern Campus to 1 N/A 95% 39% 36% 9 21% N/A  
500 Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio 0.75 to 1 99% 55% 59% 36% 89 10% N/A  
500 Post University 0.12 to 1 51% 77% 57% 36% 40 19% N/A  
500 Shorter University-College of Adult & Professional Programs 0.15 to 1 4% N/A 66% 36% N/A 12% N/A  
500 Southeastern Illinois College 0.71 to 1 30% N/A 44% 36% 36 25% N/A  
500 Southwestern Assemblies of God University 1.02 to 1 67% 32% 66% 36% 64 14% N/A  
500 Tennessee State University 2.35 to 1 32% N/A 67% 36% 66 14% N/A  
500 University of Hawaii at Hilo 3.67 to 1 39% 71% 69% 36% 36 9% N/A  
511 Gateway Community and Technical College 0.39 to 1 3% N/A N/A 35% 39 28% N/A  
511 Mid-Plains Community College 0.31 to 1 51% N/A 50% 35% 47 20% N/A  
511 Minnesota State Community and Technical College 1.06 to 1 5% N/A 55% 35% 52 13% N/A  
511 Saddleback College 0.35 to 1 0% N/A 76% 35% 41 15% N/A  
511 SUNY College of Technology at Canton 1.29 to 1 34% 74% 75% 35% 60 15% N/A  
511 University of Louisiana Monroe 4.09 to 1 47% 92% 69% 35% 57 13% N/A  
517 Academy of Art University 0.20 to 1 9% N/A 65% 34% 14 11% N/A  
517 Austin Peay State University 1.25 to 1 17% 88% 69% 34% 65 17% N/A  
517 Centralia College 0.59 to 1 21% N/A 53% 34% 64 0% N/A  
517 Cumberland University 0.51 to 1 96% 49% 71% 34% 50 14% N/A  
517 Eastern Wyoming College 0.98 to 1 46% N/A N/A 34% 36 23% N/A  
517 Midwestern State University 2.72 to 1 45% 52% 68% 34% 62 10% N/A  
517 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 2.13 to 1 56% 82% 69% 34% 71 14% N/A  
517 Northwood University-Florida Education Center 0.26 to 1 93% 46% 57% 34% 28 13% N/A  
517 Prairie View A & M University 4.85 to 1 23% 40% 64% 34% 78 19% N/A  
517 Southeast Technical Institute 0.74 to 1 6% N/A 57% 34% 31 9% N/A  
517 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin 2.20 to 1 89% 79% 59% 34% 37 16% N/A  
517 University of North Carolina at Pembroke 4.68 to 1 15% 75% 62% 34% 61 6% N/A  
517 Youngstown State University 0.77 to 1 35% N/A 65% 34% 67 15% N/A  
530 Berkeley College-New York 0.57 to 1 89% N/A 50% 33% 19 19% N/A  
530 Central Community College 1.06 to 1 24% N/A N/A 33% 32 16% N/A  
530 DeVry University-Illinois 0.04 to 1 21% 78% 53% 33% 30 24% N/A  
530 Fort Valley State University 2.51 to 1 5% 58% 59% 33% 61 23% N/A  
530 Grantham University to 1 98% N/A 38% 33% 51 N/A N/A  
530 Gulf Coast Community College 0.60 to 1 40% N/A N/A 33% 50 20% N/A  
530 Hope International University 0.23 to 1 98% 52% 67% 33% 43 9% N/A  
530 Jones College-Jacksonville 0.12 to 1 25% N/A 75% 33% 55 11% N/A  
530 Missouri Southern State University 2.06 to 1 47% 97% 60% 33% 63 12% N/A  
530 Regent University 13.46 to 1 80% 82% 76% 33% 28 5% N/A  
530 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 2.82 to 1 71% 67% 60% 33% 83 17% N/A  
530 Southern Oregon University 2.07 to 1 61% 59% 69% 33% 84 7% N/A  
530 Stanly Community College 0.43 to 1 6% N/A 62% 33% 33 0% N/A  
530 Stevens Henager College 0.21 to 1 56% N/A 38% 33% 8 N/A N/A  
530 University of Southern Maine 1.36 to 1 41% 78% 66% 33% 52 9% N/A  
545 Armstrong Atlantic State University 1.55 to 1 6% 57% 65% 32% 72 9% N/A  
545 Bethel University 0.49 to 1 86% 48% 62% 32% 60 16% N/A  
545 Brescia University 1.14 to 1 96% 48% 61% 32% 55 14% N/A  
545 Delta State University 2.41 to 1 55% 58% 61% 32% 82 13% N/A  
545 Eastern Oregon University 7.93 to 1 61% 74% 72% 32% 81 10% N/A  
545 Florida State College at Jacksonville 0.51 to 1 15% N/A N/A 32% 43 18% N/A  
545 Jacksonville State University 1.97 to 1 45% 84% 68% 32% 77 13% 100%  
545 Jamestown Community College 0.29 to 1 13% N/A 62% 32% 56 15% N/A  
545 Lively Technical Center 4.00 to 1 0% N/A 52% 32% 35 0% N/A  
545 Missouri State University-West Plains 0.42 to 1 38% N/A 44% 32% 18 21% N/A  
545 Riverland Community College 0.60 to 1 6% N/A 59% 32% 16 15% N/A  
545 Seminole State College of Florida 0.33 to 1 10% N/A N/A 32% 43 21% N/A  
545 Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College 1.13 to 1 7% N/A 53% 32% 11 27% N/A  
545 Southern Polytechnic State University 2.14 to 1 1% 74% 76% 32% 48 11% N/A  
545 Southwest Florida College 0.28 to 1 10% N/A 36% 32% 28 21% N/A  
545 Troy University 0.71 to 1 34% 71% 74% 32% 78 15% N/A  
545 Union College 2.40 to 1 100% 74% 56% 32% 80 10% N/A  
562 Angelo State University 4.18 to 1 50% 93% 61% 31% 76 16% N/A  
562 Atlanta Technical College 0.34 to 1 0% N/A N/A 31% 41 0% N/A  
562 Boise State University 1.23 to 1 25% 85% 69% 31% 71 8% 95%  
562 Columbus State University 1.37 to 1 11% 54% 70% 31% 49 9% N/A  
562 Fayetteville State University 5.83 to 1 61% 61% 70% 31% 65 17% N/A  
562 Fulton-Montgomery Community College 0.44 to 1 3% N/A N/A 31% 43 25% N/A  
562 Grand Canyon University 0.07 to 1 85% 37% 59% 31% 44 15% N/A  
562 Lamar University 3.23 to 1 13% 46% 65% 31% 57 15% N/A  
562 Lewis-Clark State College 1.65 to 1 53% 63% 56% 31% 48 14% N/A  
562 Minnesota School of Business-Richfield 0.12 to 1 57% N/A 64% 31% 59 17% N/A  
562 Napa Valley College 0.37 to 1 0% N/A 77% 31% 60 11% N/A  
562 San Diego Christian College 0.46 to 1 88% 39% 62% 31% 30 9% N/A  
562 Sheridan College 0.90 to 1 19% N/A 53% 31% 44 13% N/A  
575 Black River Technical College 1.26 to 1 7% N/A 59% 30% 15 27% N/A  
575 Columbia Basin College 0.72 to 1 10% N/A 62% 30% 52 13% N/A  
575 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 0.56 to 1 0% 47% 78% 30% 47 5% N/A  
575 Georgia Southwestern State University 2.02 to 1 30% 68% 65% 30% 80 11% N/A  
575 Hutchinson Community College 0.45 to 1 59% N/A 63% 30% 52 7% N/A  
575 Montana State University-Northern 1.48 to 1 39% 64% 58% 30% 80 12% N/A  
575 Olympic College 0.36 to 1 6% N/A N/A 30% 64 15% N/A  
575 Pensacola State College 0.47 to 1 22% N/A N/A 30% 56 17% N/A  
575 University of West Alabama 28.00 to 1 58% 68% 57% 30% 74 12% N/A  
575 West Hills College Coalinga 1.02 to 1 16% N/A 62% 30% 60 28% N/A  
585 Bellevue College 0.30 to 1 9% N/A N/A 29% 42 10% N/A  
585 Black Hills State University 2.12 to 1 37% 94% 61% 29% 84 9% N/A  
585 College America-Denver 0.35 to 1 13% N/A 42% 29% 28 39% N/A  
585 Cowley County Community College 0.34 to 1 42% N/A 50% 29% 37 19% N/A  
585 Daytona State College 0.39 to 1 12% N/A N/A 29% 49 30% N/A  
585 Finger Lakes Community College 0.43 to 1 5% N/A N/A 29% 35 21% N/A  
585 Georgia Northwestern Technical College 0.50 to 1 2% N/A N/A 29% 40 0% N/A  
585 Jefferson Community College 0.57 to 1 10% N/A 54% 29% 43 17% N/A  
585 Mercy College 0.31 to 1 83% 60% 68% 29% 44 8% N/A  
585 Metropolitan State University 0.25 to 1 0% 97% 64% 29% 0 7% N/A  
585 Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical 1.24 to 1 0% N/A 62% 29% 17 15% N/A  
585 Northwest Technical College 0.53 to 1 2% N/A 48% 29% 17 17% N/A  
597 American InterContinental University-Online 0.04 to 1 38% 98% 14% 28% 3 27% N/A  
597 Cayuga County Community College 0.28 to 1 7% N/A N/A 28% 47 14% 100%  
597 Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences 0.32 to 1 8% 96% 93% 28% 16 4% N/A  
597 Glendale Community College 0.46 to 1 0% N/A N/A 28% 60 15% 94%  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more