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Highest first-year retention in Pennsylvania
133 colleges in Pennsylvania with this figure reported (500+ students).
81Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc · PA · Private (for-profit)74%82Alvernia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%83Bucks County Community College · PA · Public73%84Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%85La Roche University · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%86Susquehanna University · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%87Wilkes University · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%88Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine · PA · Public72%89Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton · PA · Public72%90Waynesburg University · PA · Private (nonprofit)72%91Eastern University · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%92East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public71%93Indiana University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public71%94Lincoln University · PA · Public71%95Mount Aloysius College · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%96Point Park University · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%97Thiel College · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%98Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown · PA · Private (for-profit)70%99Pennsylvania Western University · PA · Public70%100University of Valley Forge · PA · Private (nonprofit)70%101La Salle University · PA · Private (nonprofit)69%102Neumann University · PA · Private (nonprofit)69%103Cheyney University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public68%104University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg · PA · Public68%105Chestnut Hill College · PA · Private (nonprofit)67%106Johnson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)67%107Rosemont College · PA · Private (nonprofit)67%108Butler County Community College · PA · Public66%109Delaware Valley University · PA · Private (nonprofit)66%110Montgomery County Community College · PA · Public66%111Pennsylvania State University-World Campus · PA · Public66%112Northampton County Area Community College · PA · Public65%113Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster · PA · Private (nonprofit)65%114Central Penn College · PA · Private (for-profit)64%115Community College of Allegheny County · PA · Public64%116Reading Area Community College · PA · Public64%117Albright College · PA · Private (nonprofit)63%118Lehigh Carbon Community College · PA · Public62%119Delaware County Community College · PA · Public61%120Keystone College · PA · Private (nonprofit)61%
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.