Four-year graduation rates range widely at schools that sent teams to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, according to the National Center for Education Statistics..
Davidson College reported 91 percent of its students who started pursuing a bachelor's degree in 2010 graduated in four years. At the bottom of the heap, Texas Southern University reported a 6 percent graduation rate for the same time frame.
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March Madness: 4-year graduation rates
| School | 4-year graduation rate |
| Davidson College | 91% |
| Duke University | 87% |
| University of Virginia | 87% |
| Villanova University | 85% |
| Bucknell University | 85% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 85% |
| Providence College | 83% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 80% |
| University of Michigan | 77% |
| Gonzaga University | 73% |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 72% |
| Syracuse University | 69% |
| University of Miami | 68% |
| University of Florida | 67% |
| Creighton University | 66% |
| Loyola University Chicago | 65% |
| Xavier University | 63% |
| Butler University | 62% |
| Florida State University | 61% |
| Clemson University | 61% |
| Virginia Tech | 61% |
| Ohio State University | 59% |
| Texas Christian University | 59% |
| Seton Hall University | 56% |
| St Bonaventure University | 55% |
| College of Charleston | 55% |
| Michigan State University | 53% |
| University at Buffalo | 53% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 52% |
| Iona College | 51% |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | 50% |
| Auburn University | 47% |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 46% |
| Purdue University | 45% |
| Lipscomb University | 45% |
| The University of Alabama | 44% |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 44% |
| Arizona State University-Tempe | 43% |
| Radford University | 43% |
| University of Arkansas | 42% |
| University of Arizona | 42% |
| University of Kansas | 41% |
| University of Oklahoma | 40% |
| University of Rhode Island | 39% |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39% |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 34% |
| University of Kentucky | 33% |
| Texas Tech University | 33% |
| West Virginia University | 33% |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 31% |
| San Diego State University | 29% |
| Murray State University | 29% |
| South Dakota State University | 29% |
| Kansas State University | 28% |
| University of Cincinnati | 28% |
| The University of Montana | 25% |
| Marshall University | 25% |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 24% |
| Georgia State University | 22% |
| North Carolina Central University | 22% |
| University of Nevada-Reno | 21% |
| Wright State University | 21% |
| Wichita State University | 19% |
| University of Houston | 18% |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 16% |
| California State University-Fullerton | 14% |
| LIU Brooklyn | 10% |
| Texas Southern University | 6% |
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