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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
641University of Redlands · CA · Private (nonprofit)81%642University of the Cumberlands · KY · Private (nonprofit)81%643Waukesha County Technical College · WI · Public81%644West Virginia University · WV · Public81%645Word of Life Bible Institute · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%646Abilene Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)80%647Agnes Scott College · GA · Private (nonprofit)80%648Austin College · TX · Private (nonprofit)80%649Aveda Institute-South Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)80%650Benedictine College · KS · Private (nonprofit)80%651Bethany Lutheran College · MN · Private (nonprofit)80%652Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · OH · Public80%653California State University-Bakersfield · CA · Public80%654California State University-Stanislaus · CA · Public80%655Canisius University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%656Celebrity School of Beauty · FL · Private (for-profit)80%657Century College · PR · Private (for-profit)80%658College of Health Care Professions · TX · Private (for-profit)80%659CUNY Brooklyn College · NY · Public80%660CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public80%661Daemen University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%662Earlham College · IN · Private (nonprofit)80%663Eastern Kentucky University · KY · Public80%664Evergreen Valley College · CA · Public80%665Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary · IA · Private (nonprofit)80%666Felician University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)80%667Florida Education Institute · FL · Private (for-profit)80%668Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus · FL · Private (for-profit)80%669Galen Health Institutes-Myrtle Beach · SC · Private (for-profit)80%670Grace College and Theological Seminary · IN · Private (nonprofit)80%671High Desert Medical College · CA · Private (for-profit)80%672Hood College · MD · Private (nonprofit)80%673Immaculata University · PA · Private (nonprofit)80%674Iona University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%675Knox College · IL · Private (nonprofit)80%676Lincoln College of Technology-Denver · CO · Private (for-profit)80%677Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie · TX · Private (for-profit)80%678Lincoln Technical Institute-Union · NJ · Private (for-profit)80%679Mech-Tech College · PR · Private (for-profit)80%680Minnesota State University-Mankato · MN · Public80%
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.