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Highest first-year retention in Illinois
104 colleges in Illinois with this figure reported (500+ students).
81Columbia College Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)64%82Quincy University · IL · Private (nonprofit)64%83Richland Community College · IL · Public64%84Rock Valley College · IL · Public64%85Southeastern Illinois College · IL · Public64%86Spoon River College · IL · Public64%87Concordia University-Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)63%88Eureka College · IL · Private (nonprofit)63%89City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College · IL · Public62%90Joliet Junior College · IL · Public62%91Roosevelt University · IL · Private (nonprofit)62%92Northeastern Illinois University · IL · Public61%93Governors State University · IL · Public59%94Western Illinois University · IL · Public59%95City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College · IL · Public58%96City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College · IL · Public57%97National Louis University · IL · Private (nonprofit)56%98Prairie State College · IL · Public55%99Chicago State University · IL · Public47%100City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College · IL · Public46%101Rasmussen University-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)45%102City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College · IL · Public44%103East-West University · IL · Private (nonprofit)37%104Trinity International University-Illinois · IL · Private (nonprofit)5%
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.