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Highest first-year retention in New Jersey
63 colleges in New Jersey with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Middlesex College · NJ · Public69%42Camden County College · NJ · Public68%43Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus · NJ · Private (for-profit)68%44New Jersey City University · NJ · Public67%45Ocean County College · NJ · Public67%46Passaic County Community College · NJ · Public66%47Rowan College at Burlington County · NJ · Public66%48Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus · NJ · Public65%49UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey · NJ · Public65%50Bergen Community College · NJ · Public64%51Eastwick College-Hackensack · NJ · Private (for-profit)64%52Mercer County Community College · NJ · Public64%53Salem Community College · NJ · Public64%54Hudson County Community College · NJ · Public63%55Jersey College · NJ · Private (for-profit)63%56Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus · NJ · Public62%57Sussex County Community College · NJ · Public61%58Atlantic Cape Community College · NJ · Public59%59Bloomfield College of Montclair State University · NJ · Public59%60Essex County College · NJ · Public58%61Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin · NJ · Private (for-profit)57%62JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools · NJ · Private (nonprofit)33%63Garden State Science and Technology Institute · NJ · 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.