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Highest first-year retention in Ohio
104 colleges in Ohio with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Sinclair Community College · OH · Public100%2Ohio State University-Main Campus · OH · Public94%3Case Western Reserve University · OH · Private (nonprofit)92%4North Central State College · OH · Public92%5Kenyon College · OH · Private (nonprofit)91%6Miami University-Oxford · OH · Public90%7Denison University · OH · Private (nonprofit)89%8Oberlin College · OH · Private (nonprofit)89%9University of Dayton · OH · Private (nonprofit)89%10Franciscan University of Steubenville · OH · Private (nonprofit)88%11Ohio Northern University · OH · Private (nonprofit)88%12Cleveland Institute of Art · OH · Private (nonprofit)86%13Mercy College of Ohio · OH · Private (nonprofit)86%14University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · OH · Public86%15Baldwin Wallace University · OH · Private (nonprofit)85%16Cedarville University · OH · Private (nonprofit)85%17John Carroll University · OH · Private (nonprofit)85%18MyComputerCareer at Columbus · OH · Private (for-profit)84%19Ohio Wesleyan University · OH · Private (nonprofit)84%20Mount Carmel College of Nursing · OH · Private (nonprofit)83%21Xavier University · OH · Private (nonprofit)83%22Ohio University-Main Campus · OH · Public82%23Otterbein University · OH · Private (nonprofit)82%24Kettering College · OH · Private (nonprofit)81%25The College of Wooster · OH · Private (nonprofit)81%26Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · OH · Public80%27Mount Vernon Nazarene University · OH · Private (nonprofit)80%28Kent State University at Kent · OH · Public79%29Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati · OH · Private (for-profit)78%30Heidelberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit)78%31Youngstown State University · OH · Public77%32Mount St. Joseph University · OH · Private (nonprofit)76%33University of Toledo · OH · Public76%34Capital University · OH · Private (nonprofit)74%35Wittenberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit)74%36Columbus College of Art & Design · OH · Private (nonprofit)73%37Marietta College · OH · Private (nonprofit)73%38University of Akron Main Campus · OH · Public73%39Ursuline College · OH · Private (nonprofit)73%40Walsh University · OH · Private (nonprofit)73%
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.