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Highest first-year retention in New York
178 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
161St. Francis College · NY · Private (nonprofit)54%162Onondaga Community College · NY · Public53%163CUNY Medgar Evers College · NY · Public52%164Genesee Community College · NY · Public52%165Sullivan County Community College · NY · Public52%166North Country Community College · NY · Public51%167St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island · NY · Private (for-profit)51%168Berkeley College-New York · NY · Private (for-profit)50%169CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College · NY · Public50%170SUNY Broome Community College · NY · Public49%171Empire State University · NY · Public46%172Clinton Community College · NY · Public43%173Tompkins Cortland Community College · NY · Public42%174Metropolitan College of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)38%175Bryant & Stratton College-Online · NY · Private (nonprofit)32%176Pacific College of Health and Science · NY · Private (for-profit)25%177Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences · NY · Private (for-profit)22%178Maria College of Albany · NY · Private (nonprofit)0%
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.