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Highest first-year retention in Tennessee
72 colleges in Tennessee with this figure reported (500+ students).
41Maryville College · TN · Private (nonprofit)69%42Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest · TN · Public68%43Austin Peay State University · TN · Public67%44Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis · TN · Public67%45Bryan College-Dayton · TN · Private (nonprofit)65%46Tennessee Wesleyan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)64%47The University of Tennessee Southern · TN · Public64%48Cumberland University · TN · Private (nonprofit)62%49South College · TN · Private (for-profit)62%50Roane State Community College · TN · Public61%51King University · TN · Private (nonprofit)60%52Le Moyne-Owen College · TN · Private (nonprofit)60%53Tennessee State University · TN · Public60%54Bethel University · TN · Private (nonprofit)59%55Chattanooga State Community College · TN · Public59%56Columbia State Community College · TN · Public58%57Dyersburg State Community College · TN · Public58%58Motlow State Community College · TN · Public58%59Northeast State Community College · TN · Public58%60Tusculum University · TN · Private (nonprofit)58%61Walters State Community College · TN · Public58%62Pellissippi State Community College · TN · Public57%63Cleveland State Community College · TN · Public54%64Baptist Health Sciences University · TN · Private (nonprofit)53%65Southwest Tennessee Community College · TN · Public53%66Volunteer State Community College · TN · Public50%67Lane College · TN · Private (nonprofit)45%68Jackson State Community College · TN · Public44%69Nashville State Community College · TN · Public43%70Strayer University-Tennessee · TN · Private (for-profit)40%71Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus · TN · Private (for-profit)0%72Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · TN · Private (for-profit)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.