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Highest first-year retention in California
252 colleges in California with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Feather River Community College District · CA · Public86%42MiraCosta College · CA · Public86%43North-West College-West Covina · CA · Private (for-profit)86%44Pepperdine University · CA · Private (nonprofit)86%45Point Loma Nazarene University · CA · Private (nonprofit)86%46San Jose State University · CA · Public86%47Unitek College · CA · Private (for-profit)86%48West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County · CA · Private (for-profit)86%49Biola University · CA · Private (nonprofit)85%50California State University-Fullerton · CA · Public85%51California State University-Long Beach · CA · Public85%52Saint Mary's College of California · CA · Private (nonprofit)85%53San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto · CA · Private (for-profit)85%54The Master's University and Seminary · CA · Private (nonprofit)85%55Azusa Pacific University · CA · Private (nonprofit)84%56California State University-Chico · CA · Public84%57Columbia College · CA · Public84%58San Francisco State University · CA · Public84%59San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula · CA · Private (for-profit)84%60American Career College-Anaheim · CA · Private (for-profit)83%61Central Coast College · CA · Private (for-profit)83%62Laguna College of Art and Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)83%63Las Positas College · CA · Public83%64Moorpark College · CA · Public83%65Universal Technical Institute of California Inc · CA · Private (for-profit)83%66University of California-Merced · CA · Public83%67West Coast University-Ontario · CA · Private (for-profit)83%68West Valley College · CA · Public83%69Art Center College of Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)82%70De Anza College · CA · Public82%71La Sierra University · CA · Private (nonprofit)82%72Milan Institute-Bakersfield · CA · Private (for-profit)82%73North-West College-Riverside · CA · Private (for-profit)82%74California Lutheran University · CA · Private (nonprofit)81%75California State University-Sacramento · CA · Public81%76Fresno Pacific University · CA · Private (nonprofit)81%77Institute of Technology · CA · Private (for-profit)81%78MTI College · CA · Private (for-profit)81%79Southern California Institute of Technology · CA · Private (for-profit)81%80UEI College-Riverside · CA · Private (for-profit)81%
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.