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Highest first-year retention in Minnesota
64 colleges in Minnesota with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Rasmussen University-Minnesota · MN · Private (for-profit)100%2Carleton College · MN · Private (nonprofit)96%3Macalester College · MN · Private (nonprofit)95%4St Olaf College · MN · Private (nonprofit)91%5University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · MN · Public91%6College of Saint Benedict · MN · Private (nonprofit)88%7Bethel University · MN · Private (nonprofit)87%8University of St Thomas · MN · Private (nonprofit)86%9Martin Luther College · MN · Private (nonprofit)85%10Gustavus Adolphus College · MN · Private (nonprofit)84%11University of Northwestern-St Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)84%12Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis · MN · Private (for-profit)83%13Saint Johns University · MN · Private (nonprofit)83%14Minneapolis College of Art and Design · MN · Private (nonprofit)82%15University of Minnesota-Duluth · MN · Public81%16Bethany Lutheran College · MN · Private (nonprofit)80%17Minnesota State University-Mankato · MN · Public80%18Saint Mary's University of Minnesota · MN · Private (nonprofit)79%19Bemidji State University · MN · Public78%20Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%21North Central University · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%22St Catherine University · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%23The College of Saint Scholastica · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%24Winona State University · MN · Public78%25University of Minnesota-Crookston · MN · Public77%26Alexandria Technical & Community College · MN · Public74%27Hamline University · MN · Private (nonprofit)74%28Hennepin Technical College · MN · Public73%29Metropolitan State University · MN · Public73%30University of Minnesota-Morris · MN · Public73%31Minnesota State University Moorhead · MN · Public72%32University of Minnesota-Rochester · MN · Public72%33Dunwoody College of Technology · MN · Private (nonprofit)71%34Augsburg University · MN · Private (nonprofit)70%35Minnesota West Community and Technical College · MN · Public70%36Southwest Minnesota State University · MN · Public70%37Dakota County Technical College · MN · Public68%38Ridgewater College · MN · Public68%39Saint Cloud State University · MN · Public68%40Concordia University-Saint Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)67%
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.