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Highest first-year retention in New York
178 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
81SUNY Oneonta · NY · Public78%82Alfred University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%83Houghton University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%84Long Island University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%85Manhattan University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%86Pace University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%87Roberts Wesleyan University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%88Talmudical Seminary of Bobov · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%89College of Staten Island CUNY · NY · Public76%90Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science · NY · Private (nonprofit)76%91SUNY at Fredonia · NY · Public76%92SUNY College of Technology at Alfred · NY · Public76%93American Musical and Dramatic Academy · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%94Culinary Institute of America · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%95Five Towns College · NY · Private (for-profit)75%96Mercy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%97Russell Sage College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%98St. Thomas Aquinas College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%99CUNY Lehman College · NY · Public74%100Elmira College · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%101Mount Saint Mary College · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%102SUNY Old Westbury · NY · Public74%103Manhattan School of Computer Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%104Manhattanville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%105SUNY Brockport · NY · Public73%106Utica University · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%107D'Youville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)72%108SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill · NY · Public72%109Hartwick College · NY · Private (nonprofit)71%110Keuka College · NY · Private (nonprofit)71%111State University of New York at Plattsburgh · NY · Public71%112University of Mount Saint Vincent · NY · Private (nonprofit)71%113Monroe University · NY · Private (for-profit)70%114State University of New York at Oswego · NY · Public70%115LIM College · NY · Private (for-profit)68%116SUNY College of Technology at Delhi · NY · Public68%117SUNY Polytechnic Institute · NY · Public68%118Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)68%119Dominican University New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)67%120New York School of Interior Design · NY · Private (nonprofit)67%
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.