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Highest first-year retention in Texas
152 colleges in Texas with this figure reported (500+ students).
121Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi · TX · Public58%122The College of Health Care Professions-Austin · TX · Private (for-profit)58%123Cisco College · TX · Public57%124Palo Alto College · TX · Public57%125Panola College · TX · Public57%126Texas Southern University · TX · Public57%127Blinn College District · TX · Public56%128Paul Quinn College · TX · Private (nonprofit)56%129Hill College · TX · Public55%130Howard Payne University · TX · Private (nonprofit)55%131Paris Junior College · TX · Public54%132Central Texas College · TX · Public53%133Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus · TX · Private (for-profit)53%134Angelina College · TX · Public52%135Ranger College · TX · Public52%136The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio · TX · Private (for-profit)52%137Huston-Tillotson University · TX · Private (nonprofit)51%138Jacksonville College-Main Campus · TX · Private (nonprofit)50%139Jarvis Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)49%140Texarkana College · TX · Public49%141Lamar Institute of Technology · TX · Public48%142Wayland Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)48%143South Plains College · TX · Public47%144Texas State Technical College · TX · Public47%145Frank Phillips College · TX · Public45%146Coastal Bend College · TX · Public43%147North American University · TX · Private (nonprofit)43%148Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online · TX · Private (nonprofit)40%149Vernon College · TX · Public37%150Wiley University · TX · Private (nonprofit)32%151Parker University · TX · Private (nonprofit)25%152Strayer University-Texas · TX · Private (for-profit)20%
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.