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Highest first-year retention in New York
178 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Helene Fuld College of Nursing · NY · Private (nonprofit)100%2Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit)98%3Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion · NY · Private (nonprofit)98%4Barnard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)97%5Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary · NY · Private (nonprofit)97%6Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)97%7The Juilliard School · NY · Private (nonprofit)97%8Yeshivath Viznitz · NY · Private (nonprofit)97%9Hamilton College · NY · Private (nonprofit)96%10New York University · NY · Private (nonprofit)96%11United States Military Academy · NY · Public96%12Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel · NY · Private (nonprofit)96%13Vassar College · NY · Private (nonprofit)94%14Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit)93%15Manhattan School of Music · NY · Private (nonprofit)93%16University of Rochester · NY · Private (nonprofit)93%17Yeshiva University · NY · Private (nonprofit)93%18Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%19The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%20United States Merchant Marine Academy · NY · Public90%21Fashion Institute of Technology · NY · Public89%22Hobart William Smith Colleges · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%23Marist University · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%24Pratt Institute-Main · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%25Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%26Skidmore College · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%27Stony Brook University · NY · Public89%28Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%29Binghamton University · NY · Public88%30CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY · Public88%31Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit)88%32Rochester Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)88%33School of Visual Arts · NY · Private (for-profit)88%34State University of New York at New Paltz · NY · Public87%35United Talmudical Seminary · NY · Private (nonprofit)87%36Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%37St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%38Touro University · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%39AMG School of Nursing · NY · Private (for-profit)85%40Bard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)85%
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.