Home / Rankings / Highest first-year retention
Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
721Alcorn State University · MS · Public79%722Alverno College · WI · Private (nonprofit)79%723California State University-East Bay · CA · Public79%724California State University-Monterey Bay · CA · Public79%725Carroll University · WI · Private (nonprofit)79%726Central Connecticut State University · CT · Public79%727Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science · CA · Private (nonprofit)79%728Chatham University · PA · Private (nonprofit)79%729Claflin University · SC · Private (nonprofit)79%730Colorado Christian University · CO · Private (nonprofit)79%731CUNY City College · NY · Public79%732Dominican University · IL · Private (nonprofit)79%733Douglas J Aveda Institute · MI · Private (for-profit)79%734Emmanuel College · MA · Private (nonprofit)79%735Evangel University · MO · Private (nonprofit)79%736FVI School of Nursing and Technology · FL · Private (for-profit)79%737Holy Cross College · IN · Private (nonprofit)79%738Imperial Valley College · CA · Public79%739Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion · IN · Private (nonprofit)79%740Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German · PR · Private (nonprofit)79%741Kennesaw State University · GA · Public79%742Kent State University at Kent · OH · Public79%743Liberty University · VA · Private (nonprofit)79%744Lincoln College of Technology-Columbia · MD · Private (for-profit)79%745Lincoln Technical Institute-New Britain · CT · Private (for-profit)79%746Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton · CT · Private (for-profit)79%747Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone · NY · Private (for-profit)79%748Linfield University · OR · Private (nonprofit)79%749Luther College · IA · Private (nonprofit)79%750Marshall University · WV · Public79%751Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · MA · Private (nonprofit)79%752Massachusetts Maritime Academy · MA · Public79%753McDaniel College · MD · Private (nonprofit)79%754Midwestern Career College · IL · Private (for-profit)79%755Milan Institute-Clovis · CA · Private (for-profit)79%756Milligan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)79%757Mission College · CA · Public79%758Missouri State University-Springfield · MO · Public79%759National Holistic Institute · CA · Private (for-profit)79%760New Castle School of Trades · PA · Private (for-profit)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.