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Highest first-year retention in Illinois
104 colleges in Illinois with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Southern Illinois University Edwardsville · IL · Public72%42Waubonsee Community College · IL · Public72%43City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · IL · Public71%44South Suburban College · IL · Public71%45Eastern Illinois University · IL · Public70%46Greenville University · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%47Heartland Community College · IL · Public70%48Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%49Lake Land College · IL · Public70%50Lincoln Land Community College · IL · Public70%51Monmouth College · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%52Morton College · IL · Public70%53Northern Illinois University · IL · Public70%54Rockford University · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%55Benedictine University · IL · Private (nonprofit)69%56Danville Area Community College · IL · Public69%57Highland Community College · IL · Public69%58McHenry County College · IL · Public69%59North Park University · IL · Private (nonprofit)69%60Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · IL · Public69%61Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College · IL · Private (for-profit)69%62Triton College · IL · Public69%63Black Hawk College · IL · Public68%64John Wood Community College · IL · Public68%65Kaskaskia College · IL · Public68%66Lewis and Clark Community College · IL · Public68%67McKendree University · IL · Private (nonprofit)68%68Olivet Nazarene University · IL · Private (nonprofit)68%69Rend Lake College · IL · Public68%70Carl Sandburg College · IL · Public67%71Illinois Valley Community College · IL · Public67%72Kankakee Community College · IL · Public67%73College of DuPage · IL · Public66%74Southwestern Illinois College · IL · Public66%75DeVry University-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)65%76John A Logan College · IL · Public65%77Kishwaukee College · IL · Public65%78Parkland College · IL · Public65%79Shawnee Community College · IL · Public65%80City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College · IL · Public64%
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.