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. Wesleyan College +52.4%
2. Huntingdon College +34.1%
3. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology +30.2%
4. Emory & Henry College +23.3%
5. St. Gregory's University +21.3%
6. Ouachita Baptist University +21.8%
7. Eureka College +19.5%
8. Wisconsin Lutheran College +13.6%
9. Colgate University +7.6%
10. Warren Wilson College +8.5%
11. Sarah Lawrence College +0.8%
12. Pitzer College +6.5%
13. La Roche College +9.6%
14. Sterling College +10.0%
15. Drew University +13.3%
16. St. John's College +11.5%
17. Colby-Sawyer College +10.9%
18. University of Mount Olive +1.8%
19. College of the Atlantic +4.0%
20. Carroll College +10.1%
21. Carthage College +10.1%
22. Pine Manor College +4.0%
23. Rhodes College +3.5%
24. Colorado College +6.0%
25. Beloit College +2.9%
26. Trinity College +7.4%
27. Central Baptist College +12.1%
28. Skidmore College +4.1%
29. Central Christian College of Kansas +15.6%
30. Oglethorpe University +15.5%
31. Lewis & Clark College -0.3%
32. Adrian College +2.2%
33. Illinois College -7.5%
34. Wheaton College +2.4%
35. Kalamazoo College -0.3%
36. Unity College -4.3%
37. Tougaloo College +0.5%
38. Smith College +3.0%
39. Moravian College +8.5%
40. Blue Mountain College +8.3%
41. Bryn Mawr College +6.0%
42. Denison University +2.9%
43. Knox College +2.4%
44. Cedarville University +5.4%
45. Jarvis Christian College -2.3%
46. Ripon College +9.1%
47. Voorhees College +2.7%
48. Wesleyan University +1.3%
49. Dillard University +11.7%
50. Paine College +5.5%
51. Austin College -2.4%
52. Connecticut College +2.7%
53. Lafayette College +0.1%
54. Albion College +3.9%
55. Cedar Crest College -7.3%
56. Johnson C Smith University +2.4%
57. Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -5.9%
58. St John's College -6.8%
59. Huston-Tillotson University -3.8%
60. Mount Holyoke College +3.0%
61. Davidson College +1.1%
62. Morris College -3.2%
63. Union College +3.3%
64. Saint Mary's College -8.8%
65. Illinois Wesleyan University -1.7%
66. Oberlin College +1.6%
67. Wellesley College +0.1%
68. Bloomfield College +5.3%
69. Millikin University -0.9%
70. Blackburn College +7.2%
71. Monmouth College +3.3%
71. Benedict College -0.4%
73. St Olaf College -1.1%
74. Georgetown College +2.2%
75. Wartburg College -7.9%
76. Wells College +0.4%
77. Bucknell University +2.6%
78. University of Jamestown +4.0%
79. Northland College +12.0%
80. St Lawrence University -4.1%
81. Carleton College -0.7%
82. Gustavus Adolphus College +0.9%
83. Concordia College at Moorhead -1.3%
84. Doane University-Arts & Sciences +1.6%
85. Chowan University -0.9%
86. Randolph-Macon College +0.1%
87. Bard College -1.3%
88. University of Puget Sound +1.9%
89. Alice Lloyd College -20.0%
90. Ohio Valley University +1.5%
91. Houghton College -2.3%
91. Allen University -5.7%
93. Washington and Lee University +2.0%
94. Franklin and Marshall College +0.1%
95. Whittier College +0.8%
96. Hobart William Smith Colleges -0.5%
97. Earlham College -1.2%
98. Olivet College +4.1%
98. Wilmington College -9.1%
100. Virginia Wesleyan College -4.8%
101. Dickinson College +0.4%
102. High Point University -2.4%
103. Alderson Broaddus University -0.5%
104. Grinnell College -4.9%
105. Meredith College -0.5%
106. Goucher College +2.8%
107. Haverford College -2.1%
108. Covenant College +0.3%
109. Agnes Scott College -2.7%
110. Amherst College +0.2%
111. Toccoa Falls College -7.1%
112. Hanover College +1.6%
113. Spelman College -8.2%
114. Marietta College -9.7%
115. Ottawa University-Ottawa +0.3%
116. Briar Cliff University -3.3%
117. Newberry College +1.4%
118. Loras College -4.9%
119. Trinity Christian College -1.9%
120. Pomona College +0.8%
121. Juniata College -5.2%
122. Livingstone College -5.9%
123. Morehouse College -1.6%
124. Texas Lutheran University +5.0%
125. Tennessee Wesleyan College -1.7%
126. Bethel College-North Newton -7.6%
127. Philander Smith College +3.2%
128. Bluefield College -7.9%
129. Lake Forest College -12.1%
130. Welch College +3.8%
131. Occidental College -0.3%
132. Bowdoin College -2.7%
133. University of Richmond -2.4%
134. Central College -6.3%
135. Hope College -4.8%
136. College of the Holy Cross -4.4%
136. Williams College -3.3%
138. Oklahoma Baptist University +0.6%
139. Bethany College -1.8%
140. Claflin University -9.0%
141. Florida Memorial University -2.9%
142. Colby College -1.6%
143. Bethany Lutheran College -8.9%
144. Berea College -4.2%
145. Culver-Stockton College -0.6%
146. Northwestern College -3.7%
147. Calvin College -4.9%
148. Barnard College -3.1%
149. Washington & Jefferson College -2.6%
150. Tabor College +2.8%
151. LaGrange College -19.9%
152. Kenyon College -4.4%
153. Ohio Wesleyan University -6.8%
154. Ferrum College +2.2%
155. Swarthmore College -5.2%
156. Averett University -4.7%
157. Lycoming College -2.5%
158. McMurry University -2.8%
159. McDaniel College -0.7%
160. Dakota Wesleyan University -6.6%
161. Schreiner University -6.8%
162. Coe College -8.5%
163. Cornell College -2.8%
164. College of the Ozarks -3.7%
165. Johnson & Wales University-North Miami -2.6%
166. Bates College -0.4%
167. Middlebury College -5.4%
168. Mount Ida College -6.2%
169. Buena Vista University +1.9%
170. Warner Pacific College -14.8%
171. Vassar College -3.2%
172. Stonehill College -2.5%
173. Grand View University -4.1%
174. Reed College -3.0%
175. Susquehanna University -6.7%
176. Brigham Young University-Idaho -1.6%
177. University of Pikeville -14.4%
178. Coker College -11.8%
179. Salem College -7.2%
180. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott -5.4%
181. Ursinus College -7.6%
182. Lawrence University -4.1%
183. Taylor University -6.3%
184. Furman University -6.3%
185. Macalester College -9.3%
186. Huntington University -3.2%
187. Bridgewater College -7.8%
188. Goshen College -8.5%
189. Iowa Wesleyan University -9.1%
190. Whitman College -6.4%
191. Johnson & Wales University-Denver -3.1%
192. Roanoke College -6.4%
193. Truett-McConnell College -0.8%
194. Saint Vincent College -11.3%
195. Wofford College -3.7%
196. Mars Hill University -5.9%
197. Claremont McKenna College -5.0%
198. Augustana University -7.6%
199. Thiel College -9.0%
200. Linfield College-McMinnville Campus -10.3%
201. Bluffton University -7.4%
202. Erskine College +0.4%
203. Eckerd College -7.1%
204. Hastings College -8.8%
205. Guilford College -11.8%
206. Saint Anselm College -8.7%
207. Sewanee-The University of the South -9.0%
208. Saint Michael's College -12.5%
209. Limestone College -0.1%
210. Luther College -13.8%
211. Lyon College -7.7%
212. Kansas Wesleyan University +1.7%
213. Rocky Mountain College -9.8%
214. Wheaton College -11.2%
215. Siena College -8.8%
216. Messiah College -12.8%
217. Saint Johns University -10.0%
218. Saint Norbert College -5.0%
219. Westmont College -11.2%
220. St Francis College -12.1%
221. Wabash College -13.9%
222. Simpson College -17.1%
223. Allegheny College -8.7%
224. Hendrix College -12.6%
225. The College of Idaho -3.3%
226. Transylvania University -8.2%
227. Sweet Briar College -18.4%
228. Howard Payne University -13.2%
229. Fisk University +1.5%
230. Elizabethtown College -2.8%
231. Harvey Mudd College -10.1%
232. East Texas Baptist University -15.8%
233. Spring Hill College -12.7%
234. Saint Josephs College -13.4%
235. Hartwick College -12.7%
236. Hollins University -14.9%
237. Heidelberg University -8.9%
238. MacMurray College -3.9%
239. William Jewell College -14.6%
240. Wittenberg University -19.7%
241. Millsaps College -14.9%
242. Augustana College -9.7%
243. Franklin College -18.1%
244. Benedictine College -14.5%
245. Birmingham Southern College -16.5%
246. Marlboro College -16.1%
247. Pacific Union College -15.8%
248. Westminster College -12.2%
249. Ohio Northern University -12.8%
250. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science -20.5%
251. Union College -28.6%
252. Southwestern Adventist University -19.1%
253. Flagler College-St Augustine -12.7%
254. Alma College -17.0%
255. Presbyterian College -15.0%
256. Thomas Aquinas College -10.4%
257. Southwestern University -21.2%
258. Hampden-Sydney College -23.8%
259. Bethune-Cookman University -13.4%
260. Washington College -25.1%
261. Belmont Abbey College -19.7%
262. Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte -19.7%
263. Judson College -27.2%
264. Wilson College -9.8%
265. St Andrews University -16.6%

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