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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
761New York Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)79%762Northwest Nazarene University · ID · Private (nonprofit)79%763Northwood University · MI · Private (nonprofit)79%764Pacific Lutheran University · WA · Private (nonprofit)79%765Pima Medical Institute-Houston · TX · Private (for-profit)79%766Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · PR · Private (nonprofit)79%767Roger Williams University · RI · Private (nonprofit)79%768Saint Mary's University of Minnesota · MN · Private (nonprofit)79%769Stillman College · AL · Private (nonprofit)79%770St. Joseph's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)79%771SUNY at Purchase College · NY · Public79%772Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman · TN · Public79%773The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary · TX · Private (nonprofit)79%774The University of Montana-Western · MT · Public79%775The University of Texas at San Antonio · TX · Public79%776The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · TX · Public79%777Thomas College · ME · Private (nonprofit)79%778Trinity Christian College · IL · Private (nonprofit)79%779Universidad del Sagrado Corazon · PR · Private (nonprofit)79%780University of Advancing Technology · AZ · Private (for-profit)79%781University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus · CT · Public79%782University of Hartford · CT · Private (nonprofit)79%783University of Maine at Farmington · ME · Public79%784University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo · PR · Public79%785University of Puerto Rico at Cayey · PR · Public79%786University of the People · CA · Private (nonprofit)79%787Valparaiso University · IN · Private (nonprofit)79%788Albany State University · GA · Public78%789Arkansas State University · AR · Public78%790Aurora University · IL · Private (nonprofit)78%791Bemidji State University · MN · Public78%792Boise State University · ID · Public78%793California State University-Fresno · CA · Public78%794California State University-San Bernardino · CA · Public78%795Carlow University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78%796Chamberlain University-Georgia · GA · Private (for-profit)78%797Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%798Concordia University-Nebraska · NE · Private (nonprofit)78%799Concordia University-Wisconsin · WI · Private (nonprofit)78%800CUNY Queens College · NY · Public78%
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.