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Highest first-year retention in Colorado
37 colleges in Colorado with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Red Rocks Community College · CO · Public100%2United States Air Force Academy · CO · Public96%3Colorado College · CO · Private (nonprofit)95%4Colorado School of Mines · CO · Public93%5Emily Griffith Technical College · CO · Public93%6University of Colorado Boulder · CO · Public89%7University of Denver · CO · Private (nonprofit)88%8Colorado State University-Fort Collins · CO · Public85%9Lincoln College of Technology-Denver · CO · Private (for-profit)80%10Pima Medical Institute-Denver · CO · Private (for-profit)80%11Colorado Christian University · CO · Private (nonprofit)79%12Colorado Mesa University · CO · Public75%13Regis University · CO · Private (nonprofit)75%14University of Northern Colorado · CO · Public74%15Western Colorado University · CO · Public73%16Northeastern Junior College · CO · Public72%17University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus · CO · Public71%18Metropolitan State University of Denver · CO · Public70%19Intellitec College-Grand Junction · CO · Private (for-profit)69%20Intellitec College-Colorado Springs · CO · Private (for-profit)67%21Trinidad State College · CO · Public67%22University of Colorado Colorado Springs · CO · Public67%23Colorado State University Pueblo · CO · Public65%24Aims Community College · CO · Public63%25Community College of Aurora · CO · Public63%26Fort Lewis College · CO · Public63%27Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Boulder · CO · Private (for-profit)60%28Otero College · CO · Public60%29Lamar Community College · CO · Public59%30Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design · CO · Private (for-profit)58%31Naropa University · CO · Private (nonprofit)57%32Colorado Mountain College · CO · Public56%33Colorado State University Global · CO · Public56%34Adams State University · CO · Public55%35Pickens Technical College · CO · Public55%36Colorado Northwestern Community College · CO · Public54%37Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs · CO · Private (for-profit)44%
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.