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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
441Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · LA · Public84%442Louisiana Tech University · LA · Public84%443Loyola University Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)84%444Massachusetts College of Art and Design · MA · Public84%445Merrimack College · MA · Private (nonprofit)84%446Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · WI · Private (nonprofit)84%447Mitchell Technical College · SD · Public84%448MyComputerCareer at Columbus · OH · Private (for-profit)84%449Ohio Wesleyan University · OH · Private (nonprofit)84%450Oklahoma State University-Main Campus · OK · Public84%451Ringling College of Art and Design · FL · Private (nonprofit)84%452Robert Morris University · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%453Rockhurst University · MO · Private (nonprofit)84%454Rutgers University-Newark · NJ · Public84%455Saint Ambrose University · IA · Private (nonprofit)84%456Saint Mary's College · IN · Private (nonprofit)84%457Saint Michael's College · VT · Private (nonprofit)84%458San Francisco State University · CA · Public84%459San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula · CA · Private (for-profit)84%460Sarah Lawrence College · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%461Siena University · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%462South Dakota School of Mines and Technology · SD · Public84%463Springfield College · MA · Private (nonprofit)84%464St. John Fisher University · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%465SUNY College at Geneseo · NY · Public84%466Truman State University · MO · Public84%467University at Buffalo · NY · Public84%468University of Nebraska-Lincoln · NE · Public84%469University of Northwestern-St Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)84%470University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR · Public84%471University of Rhode Island · RI · Public84%472Ursinus College · PA · Private (nonprofit)84%473Virginia Military Institute · VA · Public84%474Walla Walla University · WA · Private (nonprofit)84%475West Chester University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public84%476Adelphi University · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%477American Career College-Anaheim · CA · Private (for-profit)83%478Andrews University · MI · Private (nonprofit)83%479Assumption University · MA · Private (nonprofit)83%480Augustana College · IL · Private (nonprofit)83%
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.