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Where DC Students Go

As you think about where you want to go to college, it might help to know where other students like you have gone — and whether they went on to successfully earn a degree at that school.

Here is a list of DC public school and public charter school students' top choices among four-year colleges and universities and Historically Black Colleges and Universities, along with each school's graduation rate as listed on www.collegeresults.org.

Four-Year College or University	Location/Campus	% of Freshmen Graduating in Six Years
American University	Washington, DC	70.5
Frostburg State University	Frostburg, MD	47
George Mason University	Fairfax, VA	55.7
George Washington University	Washington, DC	78.7
Georgetown University	Washington, DC	94.5
Marymount University	Arlington, VA	50.2
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, PA	84.9
Southeastern University	Washington, DC	38
Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	58.5
Trinity Washington University	Washington, DC	52
University of Maryland	College Park, MD	79.1
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	86.9
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	73.3
Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, VA	44.8

Historically Black College/University (HBCU)	Location/Campus	% of Freshmen Graduating in Six Years
Bowie State University	Bowie, MD	36.8
Delaware State University	Dover, DE	37.9
Florida A&M University	Tallahassee, FL	42.5
Hampton University	Hampton, VA	54.1
Howard University	Washington, DC	67.5
Johnson C. Smith University	Charlotte, NC	39.7
Morgan State University	Baltimore, MD	40.4
Norfolk State University	Norfolk, VA	29.6
North Carolina A & T State University	Greensboro, NC	38
North Carolina Central University	Durham, NC	49.4
Texas Southern University	Houston, TX	12.1
University of the District of Columbia	Washington, DC	19.2
University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, MD	33.6
Virginia State University	Petersburg, VA	42.6
Virginia Union University	Richmond, VA	28.8

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