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Highest first-year retention in Minnesota
64 colleges in Minnesota with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Crown College · MN · Private (nonprofit)67%42St Cloud Technical and Community College · MN · Public67%43Central Lakes College-Brainerd · MN · Public65%44Lake Superior College · MN · Public65%45Minnesota State Community and Technical College · MN · Public65%46Pine Technical & Community College · MN · Public65%47Riverland Community College · MN · Public65%48Anoka Technical College · MN · Public64%49Minnesota State College Southeast · MN · Public64%50Minnesota North College · MN · Public63%51Anoka-Ramsey Community College · MN · Public62%52Northland Community and Technical College · MN · Public62%53Century College · MN · Public61%54Rochester Community and Technical College · MN · Public60%55South Central College · MN · Public60%56Saint Paul College · MN · Public59%57Inver Hills Community College · MN · Public58%58Herzing University-Minneapolis · MN · Private (nonprofit)57%59Normandale Community College · MN · Public56%60Minneapolis Community and Technical College · MN · Public54%61North Hennepin Community College · MN · Public54%62Northwest Technical College · MN · Public53%63Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College · MN · Public45%64Capella University · MN · Private (for-profit)23%
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.