Debt by Degrees » Rankings

This database was last updated in March 2017 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Scorecard.

In 2014

Difference in Graduation Rates (Pell vs. All Students)

Ranks are based on 2014 data. Use the menus below to change the school categories.

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1. Saint Leo University +41.2%
2. Robert Morris University Illinois +23.9%
3. The Sage Colleges +21.5%
4. University of St Thomas +16.0%
5. Piedmont College +9.5%
6. Holy Names University -1.5%
7. Rollins College +7.3%
8. Concordia University-Irvine +17.2%
9. Tusculum College +6.8%
10. Bryant University +12.5%
11. Newman University +11.6%
12. La Sierra University +6.5%
13. Texas Wesleyan University +7.7%
14. Vanguard University of Southern California +3.8%
15. Thomas College +6.5%
16. Southern New Hampshire University +10.8%
17. Mount Saint Mary's University +4.5%
18. Roger Williams University +6.2%
19. Mount Mercy University +7.2%
20. Woodbury University +8.0%
21. Saint Ambrose University +9.2%
22. Caldwell University -3.3%
23. Eastern University -1.8%
24. George Fox University +2.2%
25. California Baptist University +7.2%
26. Whitworth University +3.1%
27. Mount St Mary's University +5.6%
28. Westminster College +1.8%
29. New England College +7.5%
30. Fairfield University +6.0%
31. Southeastern University -0.3%
32. Regis University +2.9%
33. Chestnut Hill College -1.7%
34. California Lutheran University +8.0%
35. Arcadia University +4.6%
36. St Catherine University -1.6%
37. Florida Southern College -4.0%
38. Oklahoma Wesleyan University +22.5%
39. Hardin-Simmons University +0.8%
40. Felician University +12.2%
41. Bellarmine University +0.6%
42. Saint Francis University +0.9%
43. Madonna University -5.9%
44. Mississippi College +0.9%
45. Assumption College +3.5%
46. Mount Vernon Nazarene University +3.7%
47. Manhattan College -0.2%
48. Salve Regina University -2.4%
49. University of Redlands +5.3%
50. Mount Saint Mary College -5.7%
51. Lynchburg College +0.9%
52. Mills College -9.7%
53. Dowling College -0.3%
54. Anna Maria College +7.5%
55. Tuskegee University -2.8%
56. Gonzaga University -0.4%
57. Pfeiffer University +13.7%
58. Endicott College -1.4%
59. The College of New Rochelle -2.4%
60. Oklahoma City University +2.3%
61. Seton Hill University +1.2%
62. St Bonaventure University -1.3%
63. John Carroll University +3.8%
64. Wentworth Institute of Technology -1.2%
65. Lynn University +0.7%
66. Belhaven University -10.5%
67. Christian Brothers University +1.2%
68. University of Dallas -4.6%
69. Hawaii Pacific University -3.1%
70. Calumet College of Saint Joseph +9.4%
71. Milligan College -6.4%
72. Saint Joseph's College-New York +3.0%
73. Chapman University +0.9%
74. Curry College -0.7%
75. Lindsey Wilson College -6.1%
76. Sacred Heart University +1.7%
77. Saint Edward's University +1.6%
78. Charleston Southern University +0.8%
79. Bethel University -4.2%
80. Molloy College -5.0%
81. Spring Arbor University +1.3%
82. North Central College -0.6%
83. Santa Clara University -3.0%
84. Champlain College -1.2%
85. Columbia College -6.6%
86. Gallaudet University +0.7%
87. Wheelock College -2.6%
88. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor -2.6%
89. Canisius College -2.4%
90. Wheeling Jesuit University -12.1%
91. Marian University -9.3%
92. St. Thomas Aquinas College -6.8%
93. Alverno College +0.5%
94. Nazareth College -10.0%
95. University of Bridgeport -3.8%
96. Lasell College -6.1%
97. Wagner College -7.2%
98. Missouri Baptist University -2.7%
99. University of the Incarnate Word -5.3%
100. LIU Post -4.3%
101. Brenau University -3.7%
102. Carlow University -0.1%
103. Webster University -6.9%
104. Grace College and Theological Seminary -7.2%
105. Utica College +0.1%
106. Rider University -0.6%
107. Nyack College -2.4%
108. Trinity University -2.9%
109. Seattle University -4.3%
110. Delaware Valley University -4.8%
111. Berry College -4.9%
112. The University of Tampa -4.3%
113. Chaminade University of Honolulu -13.9%
114. Geneva College -1.5%
115. Elmhurst College -3.9%
116. Albertus Magnus College +7.0%
117. University of Scranton -2.6%
118. University of Sioux Falls -9.7%
119. Bethel University -9.6%
120. Mount Saint Joseph University +1.4%
121. Naropa University -2.5%
122. Concordia University-Nebraska -6.8%
123. Ursuline College +2.2%
124. Saint Joseph's University +1.2%
125. Waynesburg University -8.8%
126. Stetson University -1.3%
127. Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion -1.3%
128. Ohio Dominican University -6.8%
129. Marist College -2.3%
130. Keuka College -3.8%
131. Holy Family University -5.6%
132. Xavier University of Louisiana -0.3%
133. Fresno Pacific University -14.0%
134. Misericordia University -6.8%
135. Otterbein University -5.0%
136. Thomas University +3.5%
137. Notre Dame de Namur University -10.2%
138. New York Institute of Technology -2.8%
139. Our Lady of the Lake University -8.6%
140. Providence College -6.4%
141. Dominican University of California -13.1%
142. Southwestern College -6.1%
143. Davenport University -5.9%
144. Bradley University -3.4%
145. University of Charleston +5.4%
146. College of Mount Saint Vincent -10.5%
147. Monmouth University -11.8%
148. University of St Francis -5.1%
149. University of Saint Joseph -4.1%
150. Dominican University -5.2%
151. Simmons College -1.3%
151. Saint Peter's University -5.3%
153. Notre Dame College -3.2%
154. Hood College -10.1%
154. Cumberland University -5.7%
156. Augsburg College -5.1%
157. La Salle University -7.7%
158. Silver Lake College of the Holy Family -8.6%
159. Loyola University Maryland -3.6%
160. Point Loma Nazarene University -7.4%
161. LeTourneau University -4.8%
162. Le Moyne College -4.5%
163. William Carey University -2.9%
164. Nebraska Wesleyan University -7.4%
165. North Greenville University -2.2%
166. Franciscan University of Steubenville -9.4%
167. Creighton University -8.4%
168. Loyola Marymount University -8.6%
169. Palm Beach Atlantic University -15.2%
170. Stevenson University -13.6%
171. Ithaca College -9.5%
172. Malone University +0.2%
173. Queens University of Charlotte -17.0%
174. Upper Iowa University -5.9%
174. DeSales University -7.6%
176. Bethel College-Indiana -12.5%
177. King's College -3.1%
178. Butler University -11.4%
179. Muskingum University -12.2%
180. University of Portland -12.3%
181. Cabrini University -12.3%
182. Aquinas College -0.4%
183. Wingate University -5.6%
183. King University -10.6%
185. Corban University -9.3%
186. Anderson University -18.4%
187. University of New Haven -3.3%
188. University of Evansville -9.2%
189. Point Park University -16.7%
190. College of Saint Elizabeth -2.7%
191. Northwest University -18.4%
192. Pacific Lutheran University -5.9%
193. Asbury University -11.8%
194. Saint Xavier University -15.8%
195. Milwaukee School of Engineering -9.0%
196. Converse College -7.1%
197. Lee University -10.2%
198. Xavier University -3.5%
199. Loyola University New Orleans -15.9%
200. Quincy University -7.7%
201. Emerson College -7.4%
201. York College Pennsylvania -12.1%
203. Harding University -9.6%
204. MidAmerica Nazarene University -4.1%
205. Husson University -5.0%
206. Mercyhurst University -17.3%
207. Lourdes University -3.3%
208. Lebanon Valley College -12.1%
209. College of Saint Mary -16.7%
210. Valparaiso University -7.1%
211. Lakeland College -12.4%
212. University of New England -7.1%
213. Alvernia University -12.2%
214. Johnson & Wales University-Providence -10.1%
215. The College of Saint Rose -9.5%
216. Daemen College -8.6%
217. Baldwin Wallace University -8.0%
218. Viterbo University -12.5%
219. Morningside College -6.5%
220. Marymount University -4.6%
221. Saint Mary's College of California -12.5%
222. Lewis University -11.1%
223. Hamline University -9.3%
224. Judson University -10.8%
225. Chatham University -16.6%
226. Niagara University -10.2%
227. Graceland University-Lamoni -18.3%
228. Elon University -10.2%
229. Franklin Pierce University -12.9%
230. Tiffin University -4.2%
231. Cornerstone University -11.3%
231. Marywood University -15.5%
233. Merrimack College -19.5%
234. Iona College -7.5%
235. The College of Saint Scholastica -4.9%
236. Fairleigh Dickinson University-College at Florham -13.5%
237. Simpson University -17.3%
238. Southern Wesleyan University -16.9%
239. John Brown University -7.9%
240. Quinnipiac University -12.4%
241. The University of Findlay -11.2%
242. Gannon University -13.8%
243. Campbell University -14.8%
244. Walsh University -12.8%
245. Wilkes University -11.0%
246. Capital University -14.2%
247. Drake University -18.9%
247. Baker University -19.5%
249. The Master's College and Seminary -22.8%
249. McKendree University -22.2%
251. Abilene Christian University -19.9%
252. West Virginia Wesleyan College -12.6%
253. Bentley University -15.7%
254. Eastern Mennonite University -13.6%
255. University of Indianapolis -10.3%
256. Belmont University -17.8%
257. Lawrence Technological University -10.9%
258. Methodist University -7.7%
259. Carroll University -21.4%
260. Olivet Nazarene University -15.4%
261. Lubbock Christian University -19.0%
262. Avila University -16.5%
263. Thomas More College -6.2%
264. Springfield College -17.6%
265. Oklahoma Christian University -16.3%
266. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota -27.1%
267. Freed-Hardeman University -16.3%
268. William Woods University -14.6%
269. Southern Nazarene University -18.7%
270. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach -15.6%
271. Hampton University -19.9%
272. Bay Path University -29.0%
273. Samford University -19.6%
274. Gwynedd Mercy University -22.8%

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