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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
681Misericordia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)80%682Mississippi Christian University · MS · Private (nonprofit)80%683Montclair State University · NJ · Public80%684Mount Vernon Nazarene University · OH · Private (nonprofit)80%685Nashville Auto-Diesel College · TN · Private (for-profit)80%686North Carolina A & T State University · NC · Public80%687Northwestern College · IA · Private (nonprofit)80%688Pima Medical Institute-Denver · CO · Private (for-profit)80%689Rio Grande Valley College · TX · Private (for-profit)80%690Saint Elizabeth University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)80%691Saint Joseph's College of Maine · ME · Private (nonprofit)80%692Salisbury University · MD · Public80%693Seton Hill University · PA · Private (nonprofit)80%694St. John's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%695SUNY Maritime College · NY · Public80%696Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton · TN · Public80%697Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville · TN · Public80%698Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville · TN · Public80%699Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · PA · Public80%700The University of Tampa · FL · Private (nonprofit)80%701Tulsa Technology Center · OK · Public80%702UEI College-Reseda · CA · Private (for-profit)80%703Union Adventist University · NE · Private (nonprofit)80%704Universidad Central de Bayamon · PR · Private (nonprofit)80%705University of Nevada-Reno · NV · Public80%706University of Puerto Rico at Ponce · PR · Public80%707University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras · PR · Public80%708University of Puget Sound · WA · Private (nonprofit)80%709University of San Francisco · CA · Private (nonprofit)80%710University of South Dakota · SD · Public80%711University of Wisconsin-Platteville · WI · Public80%712Wartburg College · IA · Private (nonprofit)80%713Washington State University · WA · Public80%714Western Michigan University · MI · Public80%715Western Washington University · WA · Public80%716Whitworth University · WA · Private (nonprofit)80%717William Carey University · MS · Private (nonprofit)80%718Wisconsin Lutheran College · WI · Private (nonprofit)80%719Woodbury University · CA · Private (nonprofit)80%720Albizu University-San Juan · PR · Private (nonprofit)79%
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.