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Highest first-year retention in California
252 colleges in California with this figure reported (500+ students).
121Concordia University-Irvine · CA · Private (nonprofit)76%122Los Angeles Pierce College · CA · Public76%123San Bernardino Valley College · CA · Public76%124Summit College · CA · Private (for-profit)76%125UEI College-Chula Vista · CA · Private (for-profit)76%126UEI College-Huntington Park · CA · Private (for-profit)76%127University of La Verne · CA · Private (nonprofit)76%128Ventura College · CA · Public76%129American Career College-Los Angeles · CA · Private (for-profit)75%130California State University-San Marcos · CA · Public75%131Clovis Community College · CA · Public75%132Folsom Lake College · CA · Public75%133Gavilan College · CA · Public75%134Los Medanos College · CA · Public75%135Oxnard College · CA · Public75%136Saddleback College · CA · Public75%137Santa Rosa Junior College · CA · Public75%138Sonoma State University · CA · Public75%139California Baptist University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74%140California State University-Northridge · CA · Public74%141College of the Canyons · CA · Public74%142Mount Saint Mary's University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74%143Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista · CA · Private (for-profit)74%144San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield · CA · Private (for-profit)74%145UEI College-Ontario · CA · Private (for-profit)74%146UEI College-Stockton · CA · Private (for-profit)74%147Vanguard University of Southern California · CA · Private (nonprofit)74%148California State University-Channel Islands · CA · Public73%149California State University-Los Angeles · CA · Public73%150Fullerton College · CA · Public73%151Hartnell College · CA · Public73%152Los Angeles Harbor College · CA · Public73%153Orange Coast College · CA · Public73%154Otis College of Art and Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)73%155San Diego Miramar College · CA · Public73%156San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario · CA · Private (for-profit)73%157UEI College-Garden Grove · CA · Private (for-profit)73%158Westcliff University · CA · Private (for-profit)73%159American River College · CA · Public72%160Cuyamaca College · CA · Public72%
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.