The top-20 colleges and universities with four-year graduation rates.

On average, 41% of incoming undergraduates actually graduate on time (in four years). That number differs drastically based on a variety of factors (states, schools, etc.).

But some schools are just better at getting their students out the door on time with a diploma--which U.S. News and World Report documents in their list of colleges and universities with highest graduation rates.

Experts claim the following schools are more selective with choosing students for admission, thus bringing in a higher caliber individual who will graduate on time. Any validity to that? Meh.

I say that 17 out of the top 20 schools are all on the east or west coast. The midwest? They're bumming around.

So oceans make people graduate faster. Any validity to that? Damn right.

School	4-year graduation rate
1.) Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	92%
2.) Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	91%
3.) Carleton College Northfield, MN	91%
4.) Williams College Williamstown, MA	91%
5.) College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	90%
6.) Columbia University New York, NY	90%
7.) Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	89%
8.) Davidson College Davidson, NC	89%
9.) Georgetown University Washington, DC	89%
10.) Haverford College Haverford, PA	89%
11.) Lafayette College Easton, PA	89%
12.) Pomona College Claremont, CA	89%
13.) University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	89%
14.) Yale University New Haven, CT	89%
15.) Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	88%
16.) Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	88%
17.) Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	88%
18.) Princeton University Princeton, NJ	88%
19.) Washington and Lee University  Lexington, VA	88%
20.) Washington University in St. Louis         St. Louis, MO	88%