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Highest first-year retention in Alabama
48 colleges in Alabama with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Auburn University · AL · Public93%2Samford University · AL · Private (nonprofit)88%3The University of Alabama · AL · Public86%4University of Alabama at Birmingham · AL · Public82%5Talladega College · AL · Private (nonprofit)81%6University of Alabama in Huntsville · AL · Public81%7Stillman College · AL · Private (nonprofit)79%8University of North Alabama · AL · Public78%9Reid State Technical College · AL · Public77%10University of South Alabama · AL · Public76%11Troy University · AL · Public73%12Tuskegee University · AL · Private (nonprofit)73%13University of Montevallo · AL · Public73%14Northeast Alabama Community College · AL · Public72%15University of Mobile · AL · Private (nonprofit)72%16Faulkner University · AL · Private (nonprofit)70%17Snead State Community College · AL · Public69%18George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville · AL · Public68%19Bevill State Community College · AL · Public67%20Huntingdon College · AL · Private (nonprofit)67%21Southern Union State Community College · AL · Public67%22Auburn University at Montgomery · AL · Public66%23Spring Hill College · AL · Private (nonprofit)66%24George C Wallace State Community College-Selma · AL · Public65%25John C Calhoun State Community College · AL · Public65%26Alabama A & M University · AL · Public64%27Jacksonville State University · AL · Public64%28Oakwood University · AL · Private (nonprofit)64%29Northwest Shoals Community College · AL · Public63%30Enterprise State Community College · AL · Public62%31George C Wallace Community College-Dothan · AL · Public62%32Lurleen B Wallace Community College · AL · Public62%33Bishop State Community College · AL · Public61%34Coastal Alabama Community College · AL · Public61%35Lawson State Community College · AL · Public61%36University of West Alabama · AL · Public61%37Alabama State University · AL · Public60%38J F Ingram State Technical College · AL · Public60%39Central Alabama Community College · AL · Public59%40Columbia Southern University · AL · Private (for-profit)59%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by highest first-year retention — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.