<p>Many schools graduate and additional 1-5% between 6 and 8 years after entering program. This is new data available from IPEDS for the first time. It was never collected before. The time limit is 8 years for schools with 4-year programs and 10 years for schools with 5-year programs.</p>
<p>98 Harvard University
97 Princeton University
97 Yale University
96 Amherst College
96 Stanford University
96 University of Notre Dame
96 Williams College
95 Brown University
95 Dartmouth College
95 Duke University
95 Georgetown University
95 University of Pennsylvania
94 Columbia University in the City of New York
94 Haverford College
94 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
94 Middlebury College
94 Pomona College
94 Rice University
94 Wellesley College
93 Carleton College
93 Cornell University
93 Johns Hopkins University
93 Northwestern University
93 Swarthmore College
93 Tufts University
93 University of Virginia-Main Campus
92 Bowdoin College
92 College of the Holy Cross
92 College of William and Mary
92 Davidson College
92 Washington University in St Louis
91 Boston College
91 University of California-Los Angeles
90 Bates College
90 Bucknell University
90 California Institute of Technology
90 Grinnell College
90 Lafayette College
90 University of California-Berkeley
90 University of Chicago
90 Vanderbilt University
90 Vassar College
90 Wesleyan University
90 Wheaton College
89 Colgate University
89 Whitman College
88 Barnard College
88 Brandeis University
88 Carnegie Mellon University
88 Claremont McKenna College
88 Hamilton College
88 Thomas Aquinas College
88 University of California-San Diego
88 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
88 Wake Forest University
87 Colby College
87 Emory University
87 Kenyon College
87 Lehigh University
87 Washington and Lee University
86 Connecticut College
86 Furman University
86 Muhlenberg College
86 Oberlin College
86 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86 Smith College
86 St. Olaf College
85 Brigham Young University
85 Colorado College
85 Harvey Mudd College
85 Macalester College
85 New York University
85 University of Southern California
84 Mount Holyoke College
84 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
84 Saint Johns University
84 Trinity College
83 DePauw University
83 Syracuse University
83 University of California-Davis
83 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
83 University of Richmond
82 College of Saint Benedict
82 Dickinson College
82 Miami University-Oxford
82 Occidental College
81 Boston University
81 Centre College
81 Franklin and Marshall College
81 Principia College
81 Rhodes College
81 Spelman College
81 St Mary's College of Maryland
81 University of California-Irvine
81 University of Florida
81 University of Maryland-College Park
81 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
80 George Washington University
80 Gettysburg College
80 Illinois Wesleyan University
80 Kalamazoo College
80 Pepperdine University
80 Skidmore College
80 The University of Texas at Austin
80 University of California-Santa Barbara
80 University of Rochester
80 University of Wisconsin-Madison
80 Wofford College
79 Case Western Reserve University
79 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
79 Juniata College
79 Marquette University
79 Sarah Lawrence College
79 SUNY at Binghamton
78 Allegheny College
78 Augustana College
78 Bryn Mawr College
78 Fordham University
78 Lawrence University
78 Michigan State University
78 Texas A & M University
78 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
78 Ursinus College
77 Clemson University
77 Denison University
77 Knox College
77 Mills College
77 Pitzer College
77 Reed College
77 Sewanee: The University of the South
77 University of Delaware
77 University of Georgia
77 Wabash College
76 Drew University
76 Hope College
76 Saint Louis University-Main Campus
76 St Lawrence University
76 Willamette University
76 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
75 Albion College
75 Austin College
75 Bard College
75 Baylor University
75 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
75 Southern Methodist University
75 University of Connecticut
75 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
75 University of Puget Sound
75 Wheaton College
74 Hobart William Smith Colleges
74 Indiana University-Bloomington
74 Southwestern University
74 University of Denver
74 University of Miami
74 Virginia Military Institute
73 Beloit College
73 Ohio State University-Main Campus
73 Purdue University-Main Campus
73 Scripps College
73 Stevens Institute of Technology
73 The College of Wooster
73 Tulane University of Louisiana
72 American University
72 Clark University
72 Earlham College
72 Presbyterian College
72 University of California-Santa Cruz
71 Goucher College
71 Sweet Briar College
71 Yeshiva University
70 Birmingham Southern College
70 Hollins University
70 University of Missouri-Columbia
68 Agnes Scott College
68 Iowa State University
68 University of Colorado at Boulder
67 Gustavus Adolphus College
67 Hendrix College
67 Millsaps College
67 University of Iowa
66 Hanover College
66 University of California-Riverside
65 Auburn University Main Campus
65 Ohio Wesleyan University
64 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
62 The University of Tennessee
61 Randolph-Macon College
60 Bennington College
49 Wells College</p>
<p>percent difference in graduation rate between 4 years and 8 years</p>
<p>54 Brigham Young University
45 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
41 Texas A & M University
40 University of California-Davis
37 Iowa State University
37 Stevens Institute of Technology
36 Purdue University-Main Campus
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison
35 University of California-San Diego
35 Yeshiva University
34 Michigan State University
34 Ohio State University-Main Campus
34 The University of Texas at Austin
33 Clemson University
33 University of California-Santa Barbara
32 Auburn University Main Campus
32 University of California-Los Angeles
32 University of Georgia
32 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
31 The University of Tennessee
30 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
30 University of California-Irvine
30 University of Colorado at Boulder
30 University of Missouri-Columbia
30 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
29 University of California-Berkeley
29 University of California-Riverside
29 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
28 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
27 University of Florida
27 University of Iowa
27 University of Maryland-College Park
26 Baylor University
24 Indiana University-Bloomington
24 University of California-Santa Cruz
23 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
22 Marquette University
22 University of Connecticut
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20 Case Western Reserve University
20 Reed College
20 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
20 Stanford University
20 University of Southern California
19 Carnegie Mellon University
18 Mills College
18 SUNY at Binghamton
18 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
17 Southern Methodist University
17 University of Delaware
17 University of Denver
16 Lawrence University
16 Oberlin College
16 Principia College
16 University of Miami
16 Virginia Military Institute
15 Rice University
14 Miami University-Oxford
13 Bard College
13 Saint Louis University-Main Campus
13 Tulane University of Louisiana
12 Brown University
12 Hope College
12 Lehigh University
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12 Syracuse University
12 Wheaton College
12 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11 Boston University
11 Harvard University
11 Johns Hopkins University
11 St Mary’s College of Maryland
10 Birmingham Southern College
10 Earlham College
10 University of Virginia-Main Campus
10 Willamette University
9 Beloit College
9 California Institute of Technology
9 Clark University
9 College of William and Mary
9 Cornell University
9 Dartmouth College
9 Goucher College
9 Pepperdine University
9 Pitzer College
9 Sarah Lawrence College
9 Southwestern University
9 Union College
9 University of Rochester
9 Wake Forest University
9 Washington University in St Louis
9 Whitman College
9 Yale University
8 Albion College
8 Allegheny College
8 American University
8 Amherst College
8 Bennington College
8 Bowdoin College
8 Colorado College
8 Columbia University in the City of New York
8 Emory University
8 George Washington University
8 Knox College
8 Princeton University
8 University of Chicago
8 University of Pennsylvania
8 Vanderbilt University
8 Wofford College
7 Claremont McKenna College
7 College of Saint Benedict
7 Drew University
7 Gustavus Adolphus College
7 Harvey Mudd College
7 Hendrix College
7 Millsaps College
7 New York University
7 Northwestern University
7 Occidental College
7 Pomona College
7 Presbyterian College
7 Randolph-Macon College
7 Swarthmore College
7 The College of Wooster
7 University of Puget Sound
6 Fordham University
6 Franklin and Marshall College
6 Furman University
6 Gettysburg College
6 Hobart William Smith Colleges
6 Middlebury College
6 Rhodes College
6 Saint Johns University
6 St. Olaf College
6 Thomas Aquinas College
6 Tufts University
6 University of Notre Dame
6 Wesleyan University
5 Agnes Scott College
5 Augustana College
5 Brandeis University
5 Bucknell University
5 Carleton College
5 Colgate University
5 Duke University
5 Georgetown University
5 Hamilton College
5 Juniata College
5 Mount Holyoke College
5 Ohio Wesleyan University
5 Sewanee: The University of the South
5 St Lawrence University
5 Vassar College
5 Williams College
4 Bates College
4 Connecticut College
4 DePauw University
4 Dickinson College
4 Grinnell College
4 Hanover College
4 Illinois Wesleyan University
4 Kalamazoo College
4 Macalester College
4 Trinity College
4 University of Richmond
4 Wheaton College
3 Austin College
3 Boston College
3 Centre College
3 Colby College
3 College of the Holy Cross
3 Davidson College
3 Haverford College
3 Muhlenberg College
3 Skidmore College
3 Wabash College
2 Denison University
2 Kenyon College
2 Lafayette College
2 Ursinus College
2 Washington and Lee University
2 Wells College</p>
<p>The percentages who graduate after 4 years seems higher at the publics. Less financial pressure to graduate on time? Or, is it easier to get the courses you need at privates?</p>
<p>My guess is that publics attract more “non-traditional” students who may take time off/take classes part-time while working full-time. Small, rural, expensive schools have little draw for working people or those not typically college-aged.</p>
<p>privates generally offer finaid for only four full years. Thus, one has to get a degree and get out. OTOH, publics allow kids to stick around and change majors like clothes, all while continuing finaid into a 5th year (and more).</p>
<p>Interesting, but I’d be curious to know what time span is covered in this data. I find it improbable that Bryn Mawr’s 8-year graduation rate could be only 78% when its 4-year graduation rate is 81% and its 6-year graduation rate is 86% (as reported in US News, presumably from the Common Data Set). That seems mathematically impossible—how could you graduate 86% of a given year’s entering class within 6 years, only to see the percentage go down by the time you get to year 8? Unless we’re talking about very different time periods. But in that case, as the Bryn Mawr example illustrates, we may be talking about ancient history by the time we have 8-year data. I guess i’d want to see richer data showing trends and trajectories over longer time periods, not one-year snapshots of what’s happened to a single class that entered 8 years ago.</p>