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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
601Lee University · TN · Private (nonprofit)81%602LeTourneau University · TX · Private (nonprofit)81%603Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah · NJ · Private (for-profit)81%604Meredith College · NC · Private (nonprofit)81%605Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%606Molloy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%607Monmouth University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)81%608Moravian University · PA · Private (nonprofit)81%609MTI College · CA · Private (for-profit)81%610Nazareth University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%611Nelson University · TX · Private (nonprofit)81%612New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary · LA · Private (nonprofit)81%613Niagara University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%614Northwestern Michigan College · MI · Public81%615Oral Roberts University · OK · Private (nonprofit)81%616Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas · AR · Public81%617Pillar College · NJ · Private (nonprofit)81%618Pima Medical Institute-Mesa · AZ · Private (for-profit)81%619Randolph-Macon College · VA · Private (nonprofit)81%620Refrigeration School Inc · AZ · Private (for-profit)81%621Regis College · MA · Private (nonprofit)81%622Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public81%623Southern California Institute of Technology · CA · Private (for-profit)81%624State University of New York at Cortland · NY · Public81%625St Bonaventure University · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%626St. Mary's College of Maryland · MD · Public81%627Talladega College · AL · Private (nonprofit)81%628The College of Wooster · OH · Private (nonprofit)81%629The New School · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%630The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary · KY · Private (nonprofit)81%631UEI College-Riverside · CA · Private (for-profit)81%632Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield · NJ · Private (for-profit)81%633Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth · TX · Private (for-profit)81%634University of Alabama in Huntsville · AL · Public81%635University of Dallas · TX · Private (nonprofit)81%636University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public81%637University of Louisville · KY · Public81%638University of Michigan-Dearborn · MI · Public81%639University of Minnesota-Duluth · MN · Public81%640University of North Florida · FL · Public81%
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.