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Highest first-year retention in Florida
100 colleges in Florida with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Chamberlain University-Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)100%2Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College · FL · Public100%3Southeastern College-Boynton Beach · FL · Private (for-profit)100%4Traviss Technical College · FL · Public97%5University of Florida · FL · Public97%6Florida State University · FL · Public96%7University of Florida-Online · FL · Public94%8Florida International University · FL · Public92%9University of Central Florida · FL · Public92%10University of Miami · FL · Private (nonprofit)92%11George T Baker Aviation Technical College · FL · Public91%12Miami Regional University · FL · Private (for-profit)91%13University of South Florida · FL · Public91%14Global Medical & Technical Training Institute · FL · Private (for-profit)88%15University of West Florida · FL · Public88%16Aveda Institute-Tampa Bay · FL · Private (for-profit)87%17Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · FL · Public86%18Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach · FL · Private (nonprofit)85%19Rollins College · FL · Private (nonprofit)85%20South Florida Institute of Technology · FL · Private (for-profit)85%21Florida Atlantic University · FL · Public84%22Ringling College of Art and Design · FL · Private (nonprofit)84%23Florida Gulf Coast University · FL · Public83%24Immokalee Technical College · FL · Public83%25Lorenzo Walker Technical College · FL · Public83%26National Aviation Academy of Tampa Bay · FL · Private (for-profit)83%27Fort Myers Technical College · FL · Public82%28Florida International Training Institute · FL · Private (for-profit)81%29University of North Florida · FL · Public81%30Aveda Institute-South Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)80%31Celebrity School of Beauty · FL · Private (for-profit)80%32Florida Education Institute · FL · Private (for-profit)80%33Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus · FL · Private (for-profit)80%34The University of Tampa · FL · Private (nonprofit)80%35FVI School of Nursing and Technology · FL · Private (for-profit)79%36Everglades University · FL · Private (nonprofit)78%37Florida Southern College · FL · Private (nonprofit)78%38Orange Technical College-South Campus · FL · Public78%39Eckerd College · FL · Private (nonprofit)77%40Florida College · FL · Private (nonprofit)77%
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.