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Highest first-year retention in Pennsylvania
133 colleges in Pennsylvania with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Lackawanna College · PA · Private (nonprofit)100%2University of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit)98%3Carnegie Mellon University · PA · Private (nonprofit)97%4Swarthmore College · PA · Private (nonprofit)97%5Bucknell University · PA · Private (nonprofit)96%6Villanova University · PA · Private (nonprofit)95%7Haverford College · PA · Private (nonprofit)94%8Lehigh University · PA · Private (nonprofit)93%9Lafayette College · PA · Private (nonprofit)92%10Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · PA · Public92%11University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · PA · Public92%12Bryn Mawr College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%13Drexel University · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%14Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%15Dickinson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)89%16Muhlenberg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)89%17Grove City College · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%18Institute of Medical Careers · PA · Private (for-profit)88%19Saint Francis University · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%20Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%21University of Scranton · PA · Private (nonprofit)87%22Duquesne University · PA · Private (nonprofit)86%23Franklin and Marshall College · PA · Private (nonprofit)85%24Marywood University · PA · Private (nonprofit)85%25Messiah University · PA · Private (nonprofit)85%26Saint Vincent College · PA · Private (nonprofit)85%27Allegheny College · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%28Cairn University-Langhorne · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%29Elizabethtown College · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%30Robert Morris University · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%31Ursinus College · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%32West Chester University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public84%33Holy Family University · PA · Private (nonprofit)83%34Lebanon Valley College · PA · Private (nonprofit)83%35Temple University · PA · Public83%36Westminster College · PA · Private (nonprofit)83%37Lycoming College · PA · Private (nonprofit)82%38Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · PA · Public82%39Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg · PA · Public82%40Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley · PA · Public82%
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.