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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
801Diablo Valley College · CA · Public78%802Everglades University · FL · Private (nonprofit)78%803Fayetteville State University · NC · Public78%804Florida Southern College · FL · Private (nonprofit)78%805Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati · OH · Private (for-profit)78%806Georgia State University · GA · Public78%807Goshen College · IN · Private (nonprofit)78%808Gwynedd Mercy University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78%809Heidelberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit)78%810Hendrix College · AR · Private (nonprofit)78%811Kauai Community College · HI · Public78%812Keene State College · NH · Public78%813Lemoore College · CA · Public78%814Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown · NJ · Private (for-profit)78%815Livingstone College · NC · Private (nonprofit)78%816Longwood University · VA · Public78%817Manhattan Area Technical College · KS · Public78%818Mercyhurst University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78%819Middle Tennessee State University · TN · Public78%820Milan Institute-Visalia · CA · Private (for-profit)78%821Millersville University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public78%822Montana State University · MT · Public78%823Montgomery College · MD · Public78%824Mt San Antonio College · CA · Public78%825Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health · NE · Private (nonprofit)78%826New York Film Academy · CA · Private (for-profit)78%827North Central University · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%828Northern Kentucky University · KY · Public78%829Ohlone College · CA · Public78%830Orange Technical College-South Campus · FL · Public78%831Oregon State University-Cascades Campus · OR · Public78%832Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics · PA · Private (nonprofit)78%833Pittsburg State University · KS · Public78%834Randolph Community College · NC · Public78%835Roanoke College · VA · Private (nonprofit)78%836Saint Edward's University · TX · Private (nonprofit)78%837Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology · OK · Private (for-profit)78%838St Catherine University · MN · Private (nonprofit)78%839Stevenson University · MD · Private (nonprofit)78%840SUNY College at Potsdam · 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.