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Highest first-year retention in Washington
29 colleges in Washington with this figure reported (500+ students).
1University of Washington-Seattle Campus · WA · Public95%2Gonzaga University · WA · Private (nonprofit)94%3Perry Technical Institute · WA · Private (nonprofit)89%4Whitman College · WA · Private (nonprofit)89%5Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett · WA · Private (for-profit)87%6University of Washington-Bothell Campus · WA · Public86%7Seattle University · WA · Private (nonprofit)85%8Walla Walla University · WA · Private (nonprofit)84%9University of Puget Sound · WA · Private (nonprofit)80%10Washington State University · WA · Public80%11Western Washington University · WA · Public80%12Whitworth University · WA · Private (nonprofit)80%13Pacific Lutheran University · WA · Private (nonprofit)79%14University of Washington-Tacoma Campus · WA · Public78%15Seattle Pacific University · WA · Private (nonprofit)75%16DigiPen Institute of Technology · WA · Private (for-profit)73%17Northwest University · WA · Private (nonprofit)73%18Saint Martin's University · WA · Private (nonprofit)73%19Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education · WA · Private (nonprofit)71%20Central Washington University · WA · Public69%21The Evergreen State College · WA · Public68%22Eastern Washington University · WA · Public67%23Bates Technical College · WA · Public64%24UEI College-Tacoma · WA · Private (for-profit)62%25South Puget Sound Community College · WA · Public59%26Heritage University · WA · Private (nonprofit)58%27Shoreline College · WA · Public54%28Northwest Indian College · WA · Public53%29City University of Seattle · WA · Private (nonprofit)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.