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Highest first-year retention in Maryland
47 colleges in Maryland with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Johns Hopkins University · MD · Private (nonprofit)98%2United States Naval Academy · MD · Public96%3University of Maryland-College Park · MD · Public96%4North American Trade Schools · MD · Private (for-profit)89%5St. John's College · MD · Private (nonprofit)88%6University of Maryland-Baltimore County · MD · Public87%7Washington College · MD · Private (nonprofit)87%8Loyola University Maryland · MD · Private (nonprofit)86%9Maryland Institute College of Art · MD · Private (nonprofit)85%10Towson University · MD · Public83%11Washington Adventist University · MD · Private (nonprofit)82%12St. Mary's College of Maryland · MD · Public81%13Hood College · MD · Private (nonprofit)80%14Salisbury University · MD · Public80%15Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia · MD · Private (for-profit)79%16McDaniel College · MD · Private (nonprofit)79%17Montgomery College · MD · Public78%18Stevenson University · MD · Private (nonprofit)78%19Goucher College · MD · Private (nonprofit)77%20Notre Dame of Maryland University · MD · Private (nonprofit)77%21Capitol Technology University · MD · Private (nonprofit)73%22Coppin State University · MD · Public73%23Frederick Community College · MD · Public72%24Morgan State University · MD · Public71%25Mount St. Mary's University · MD · Private (nonprofit)71%26Bowie State University · MD · Public70%27Carroll Community College · MD · Public69%28College of Southern Maryland · MD · Public69%29Anne Arundel Community College · MD · Public68%30Chesapeake College · MD · Public67%31Hagerstown Community College · MD · Public67%32Harford Community College · MD · Public67%33Frostburg State University · MD · Public66%34University of Maryland Eastern Shore · MD · Public66%35Howard Community College · MD · Public65%36University of Baltimore · MD · Public65%37Allegany College of Maryland · MD · Public62%38Fortis College-Landover · MD · Private (for-profit)61%39Wor-Wic Community College · MD · Public61%40Strayer University-Maryland · MD · Private (for-profit)60%
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.