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Highest first-year retention in New York
178 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Clarkson University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85%42SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry · NY · Public85%43Le Moyne College · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%44Sarah Lawrence College · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%45Siena University · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%46St. John Fisher University · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%47SUNY College at Geneseo · NY · Public84%48University at Buffalo · NY · Public84%49Adelphi University · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%50Hofstra University · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%51Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%52University at Albany · NY · Public83%53Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz · NY · Private (nonprofit)82%54Rabbinical Seminary of America · NY · Private (nonprofit)82%55Wagner College · NY · Private (nonprofit)82%56CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · NY · Public81%57Farmingdale State College · NY · Public81%58Hunter Business School · NY · Private (for-profit)81%59Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%60Molloy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%61Nazareth University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%62Niagara University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%63State University of New York at Cortland · NY · Public81%64St Bonaventure University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%65The New School · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%66Word of Life Bible Institute · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%67Canisius University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%68CUNY Brooklyn College · NY · Public80%69CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public80%70Daemen University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%71Iona University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%72St. John's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%73SUNY Maritime College · NY · Public80%74CUNY City College · NY · Public79%75Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone · NY · Private (for-profit)79%76New York Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)79%77St. Joseph's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)79%78SUNY at Purchase College · NY · Public79%79CUNY Queens College · NY · Public78%80SUNY College at Potsdam · NY · Public78%
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.