2027 State Rankings
Best Degree Completion Programs by State 2027
Pick your state to see the degree completion programs at colleges based there that help adults with some college credit finish a bachelor’s degree, ranked on how many transfer students graduate, what a credit costs and how much of your earlier coursework can count.
Find Degree Completion Programs Near You
Starting with a college in your own state often means resident tuition, a transfer agreement with the community colleges you may have attended, and a campus you can visit when you want to talk with someone in person. Each state page names the statewide programs that help adults go back to school, too.
- Alabama#1: Athens State University
- Alaska#1: University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Arizona#1: Aspen University
- Arkansas#1: University of Arkansas Grantham
- California#1: University of Massachusetts Global
- Colorado#1: Colorado State University Global
- Connecticut#1: Charter Oak State College
- Delaware#1: Wilmington University
- Florida#1: Florida International University
- Georgia#1: Kennesaw State University
- Hawaii#1: Chaminade University of Honolulu
- Idaho#1: Lewis-Clark State College
- Illinois#1: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Indiana#1: Trine University
- Iowa#1: University of Iowa
- Kansas#1: Southwestern College
- Kentucky#1: Murray State University
- Louisiana#1: NationsUniversity
- Maine#1: University of Maine at Fort Kent
- Maryland#1: Frostburg State University
- Massachusetts#1: University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Michigan#1: Northwood University
- Minnesota#1: Concordia University, St. Paul
- Mississippi#1: Mississippi University for Women
- Missouri#1: Central Methodist University
- Montana#1: University of Providence
- Nebraska#1: Bellevue University
- Nevada#1: Great Basin College
- New Hampshire#1: University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online
- New Jersey#1: Rutgers University-Camden
- New Mexico#1: New Mexico Highlands University
- New York#1: CUNY School of Professional Studies
- North Carolina#1: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- North Dakota#1: Bismarck State College
- Ohio#1: Franklin University
- Oklahoma#1: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Oregon#1: Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania#1: Drexel University
- Rhode Island#1: University of Rhode Island
- South Carolina#1: University of South Carolina Columbia
- South Dakota#1: Dakota Wesleyan University
- Tennessee#1: Middle Tennessee State University
- Texas#1: University of Houston-Downtown
- Utah#1: University of Utah
- Vermont#1: Norwich University
- Virginia#1: James Madison University
- Washington#1: Central Washington University
- West Virginia#1: University of Charleston
- Wisconsin#1: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW Flexible Option)
- Wyoming#1: University of Wyoming
Every college on every state list is scored the same way, out of 100. The measures, from most to least weight:
- Transfer Student Completion (25%): the share of transfer students who earn a degree within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures).
- Cost per Credit (20%): the online per-credit rate the school publishes, at the resident rate for in-state schools, or the federal per-credit charge when no online rate is published.
- Transfer Credit Maximum (15%): the most transfer credit the featured degree accepts, from the school’s own policy.
- Online Experience (15%): the share of undergraduates who study fully online (IPEDS).
- Graduate Earnings (15%): median earnings of the school’s graduates in that field (College Scorecard).
- School Reputation (10%): a rating of how employers regard the school’s bachelor’s degrees, made the same way for every school from its published facts.
