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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
481Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington · LA · Private (for-profit)83%482Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Minneapolis · MN · Private (for-profit)83%483Berry College · GA · Private (nonprofit)83%484Central Coast College · CA · Private (for-profit)83%485Christopher Newport University · VA · Public83%486Florida Gulf Coast University · FL · Public83%487Gordon College · MA · Private (nonprofit)83%488Gordon Cooper Technology Center · OK · Public83%489Hanover College · IN · Private (nonprofit)83%490Hofstra University · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%491Holy Family University · PA · Private (nonprofit)83%492Immokalee Technical College · FL · Public83%493Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%494Laguna College of Art and Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)83%495Lake Area Technical College · SD · Public83%496Las Positas College · CA · Public83%497Lebanon Valley College · PA · Private (nonprofit)83%498Loras College · IA · Private (nonprofit)83%499Lorenzo Walker Technical College · FL · Public83%500Maryville University of Saint Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit)83%501Mercer University · GA · Private (nonprofit)83%502Milwaukee School of Engineering · WI · Private (nonprofit)83%503Mississippi State University · MS · Public83%504Moorpark College · CA · Public83%505Mount Carmel College of Nursing · OH · Private (nonprofit)83%506National Aviation Academy of Tampa Bay · FL · Private (for-profit)83%507New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Massachusetts · MA · Private (for-profit)83%508Oklahoma City University · OK · Private (nonprofit)83%509Ouachita Baptist University · AR · Private (nonprofit)83%510Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix · AZ · Private (for-profit)83%511Saint Johns University · MN · Private (nonprofit)83%512South Dakota State University · SD · Public83%513Southwestern University · TX · Private (nonprofit)83%514Temple University · PA · Public83%515Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski · TN · Public83%516The Catholic University of America · DC · Private (nonprofit)83%517Towson University · MD · Public83%518Transylvania University · KY · Private (nonprofit)83%519Universal Technical Institute of Arizona Inc · AZ · Private (for-profit)83%520Universal Technical Institute of California Inc · CA · Private (for-profit)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.