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Highest first-year retention in Kentucky
44 colleges in Kentucky with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Berea College · KY · Private (nonprofit)88%2Centre College · KY · Private (nonprofit)88%3University of Kentucky · KY · Public87%4Asbury University · KY · Private (nonprofit)84%5Transylvania University · KY · Private (nonprofit)83%6The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary · KY · Private (nonprofit)81%7University of Louisville · KY · Public81%8University of the Cumberlands · KY · Private (nonprofit)81%9Eastern Kentucky University · KY · Public80%10Northern Kentucky University · KY · Public78%11Western Kentucky University · KY · Public78%12Henderson Community College · KY · Public77%13Murray State University · KY · Public76%14Bellarmine University · KY · Private (nonprofit)75%15Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public75%16Gateway Community and Technical College · KY · Public73%17Elizabethtown Community and Technical College · KY · Public72%18Owensboro Community and Technical College · KY · Public72%19Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College · KY · Public72%20Maysville Community and Technical College · KY · Public71%21West Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public71%22Madisonville Community College · KY · Public70%23Spalding University · KY · Private (nonprofit)70%24Ashland Community and Technical College · KY · Public69%25Midway University · KY · Private (nonprofit)69%26Morehead State University · KY · Public69%27Georgetown College · KY · Private (nonprofit)68%28Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · KY · Private (for-profit)67%29Thomas More University · KY · Private (nonprofit)67%30Hazard Community and Technical College · KY · Public66%31Hopkinsville Community College · KY · Public66%32Bluegrass Community and Technical College · KY · Public65%33Kentucky Wesleyan College · KY · Private (nonprofit)65%34Somerset Community College · KY · Public65%35University of Pikeville · KY · Private (nonprofit)65%36Lindsey Wilson University · KY · Private (nonprofit)63%37Kentucky State University · KY · Public61%38Campbellsville University · KY · Private (nonprofit)60%39Jefferson Community and Technical College · KY · Public60%40Big Sandy Community and Technical College · KY · Public59%
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.