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Highest first-year retention in Florida
100 colleges in Florida with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Florida Institute of Technology · FL · Private (nonprofit)77%42Fred K Marchman Technical College · FL · Public77%43Beacon College · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%44Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%45Nova Southeastern University · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%46Sheridan Technical College · FL · Public76%47Southern Technical College · FL · Private (for-profit)76%48Ultimate Medical Academy · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%49Ave Maria University · FL · Private (nonprofit)75%50Florida Polytechnic University · FL · Public75%51Jacksonville University · FL · Private (nonprofit)75%52Strayer University-Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)75%53Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville · FL · Private (for-profit)75%54Universal Technical Institute-Orlando · FL · Private (for-profit)74%55Manatee Technical College · FL · Public73%56Stetson University · FL · Private (nonprofit)73%57William T McFatter Technical College · FL · Public73%58George Stone Technical College · FL · Public72%59Southeastern University · FL · Private (nonprofit)72%60Lynn University · FL · Private (nonprofit)71%61Atlantic Technical College · FL · Public70%62Flagler College · FL · Private (nonprofit)68%63Jones Technical Institute · FL · Private (nonprofit)68%64Orange Technical College-West Campus · FL · Public68%65Southern Technical College · FL · Private (for-profit)68%66Albizu University-Miami · FL · Private (nonprofit)67%67Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide · FL · Private (nonprofit)67%68Galen Health Institutes-Gainesville · FL · Private (for-profit)67%69Palm Beach Atlantic University · FL · Private (nonprofit)67%70Rasmussen University-Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)67%71West Coast University-Miami · FL · Private (for-profit)67%72New College of Florida · FL · Public65%73Full Sail University · FL · Private (for-profit)64%74Ana G. Mendez University · FL · Private (nonprofit)63%75Florida National University-Main Campus · FL · Private (for-profit)62%76Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg · FL · Public59%77Barry University · FL · Private (nonprofit)58%78Saint Leo University · FL · Private (nonprofit)58%79Florida Memorial University · FL · Private (nonprofit)57%80Bethune-Cookman University · FL · Private (nonprofit)56%
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.