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Highest first-year retention in Massachusetts
78 colleges in Massachusetts with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit)100%2Harvard University · MA · Private (nonprofit)99%3Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit)99%4Northeastern University · MA · Private (nonprofit)98%5Amherst College · MA · Private (nonprofit)97%6Williams College · MA · Private (nonprofit)97%7Tufts University · MA · Private (nonprofit)96%8Wellesley College · MA · Private (nonprofit)96%9Boston College · MA · Private (nonprofit)95%10Boston University · MA · Private (nonprofit)95%11Babson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)94%12The New England Conservatory of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)94%13Worcester Polytechnic Institute · MA · Private (nonprofit)94%14Bentley University · MA · Private (nonprofit)93%15College of the Holy Cross · MA · Private (nonprofit)93%16Smith College · MA · Private (nonprofit)93%17University of Massachusetts-Amherst · MA · Public91%18Brandeis University · MA · Private (nonprofit)90%19Mount Holyoke College · MA · Private (nonprofit)90%20Clark University · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%21Emerson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%22Endicott College · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%23Quincy College · MA · Public88%24Wentworth Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit)86%25Wheaton College (Massachusetts) · MA · Private (nonprofit)86%26Berklee College of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)85%27Stonehill College · MA · Private (nonprofit)85%28Massachusetts College of Art and Design · MA · Public84%29Merrimack College · MA · Private (nonprofit)84%30Springfield College · MA · Private (nonprofit)84%31Assumption University · MA · Private (nonprofit)83%32Gordon College · MA · Private (nonprofit)83%33New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts · MA · Private (for-profit)83%34Simmons University · MA · Private (nonprofit)82%35University of Massachusetts-Lowell · MA · Public82%36Regis College · MA · Private (nonprofit)81%37Emmanuel College · MA · Private (nonprofit)79%38Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · MA · Private (nonprofit)79%39Massachusetts Maritime Academy · MA · Public79%40Bridgewater State University · MA · Public77%
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.