<p>"4-year Graduation Rate , LAC</p>
<p>OUTSTANDING </p>
<p>91% , Williams
91% , Swarthmore
91% , Carleton
91% , Davidson
88% , Vassar
87% , W&L
86% , Middlebury
86% , Pomona
86% , Haverford
85% , Wellesley
85% , Claremont McK
85% , Colgate</p>
<p>VERY GOOD </p>
<p>84% , Amherst
84% , Wesleyan
84% , Colby
83% , Bowdoin
83% , Smith
83% , Hamilton
83% , Bates
83% , Macalester
82% , US Naval Acad
81% , Grinnell
80% , Bryn Mawr
77% , Harvey Mudd</p>
<p>RAISES SOME QUESTIONS </p>
<p>66% , Oberlin"</p>
<p>Hawkette, your information (above) regarding Oberlin is flawed. You should know that. Oberlin is unique among the top LACs because of it’s world-class music conservatory. A couple of hundred students participate in the Double Bachelor’s Degree Program. Not double majors–double BACHELOR’S degrees. </p>
<p>Students in this unusual but popular program go five years and graduate with TWO Bachelor’s degrees. One in Music Performance, the other in the Arts and Sciences major of choice. The five year program skews the data showing graduation rate in four years, because Oberlin does not extract the double degree students from the single degree students, when asked for a four year graduation rate. The true four-year graduation rate is in the mid to high 80s, percentage-wise, which places Oberlin somewhere in the “Outstanding” to “Very Good” categories along with Middlebury, Haverford, Amherst, Wesleyan, Colby and other fine LACs.</p>