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Highest first-year retention in North Carolina
111 colleges in North Carolina with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville · NC · Private (for-profit)72%42Coastal Carolina Community College · NC · Public71%43Lenoir-Rhyne University · NC · Private (nonprofit)71%44McDowell Technical Community College · NC · Public71%45University of North Carolina at Pembroke · NC · Public71%46Vance-Granville Community College · NC · Public71%47Central Piedmont Community College · NC · Public70%48Sandhills Community College · NC · Public70%49Southwestern Community College · NC · Public70%50Wake Technical Community College · NC · Public70%51Warren Wilson College · NC · Private (nonprofit)70%52Wayne Community College · NC · Public70%53Belmont Abbey College · NC · Private (nonprofit)69%54Catawba Valley Community College · NC · Public69%55Gardner-Webb University · NC · Private (nonprofit)69%56Roanoke-Chowan Community College · NC · Public69%57Alamance Community College · NC · Public68%58Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute · NC · Public68%59Cape Fear Community College · NC · Public68%60Central Carolina Community College · NC · Public68%61MyComputerCareer at Raleigh · NC · Private (for-profit)68%62Nash Community College · NC · Public68%63Pfeiffer University · NC · Private (nonprofit)68%64Piedmont Community College · NC · Public67%65Salem College · NC · Private (nonprofit)67%66Wingate University · NC · Private (nonprofit)67%67Brevard College · NC · Private (nonprofit)66%68Davidson-Davie Community College · NC · Public66%69Durham Technical Community College · NC · Public66%70Guilford College · NC · Private (nonprofit)66%71Barton College · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%72Bladen Community College · NC · Public65%73Brunswick Community College · NC · Public65%74Methodist University · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%75North Carolina Wesleyan University · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%76Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte · NC · Private (nonprofit)64%77Tri-County Community College · NC · Public64%78Greensboro College · NC · Private (nonprofit)63%79Guilford Technical Community College · NC · Public63%80Johnson C Smith University · NC · Private (nonprofit)63%
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.