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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
921Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks · PA · Public77%922Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York · PA · Public77%923Piedmont University · GA · Private (nonprofit)77%924Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque · NM · Private (for-profit)77%925Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR · Private (nonprofit)77%926Reid State Technical College · AL · Public77%927Richmond Community College · NC · Public77%928Roberts Wesleyan University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%929Southwestern College · CA · Public77%930Stockton University · NJ · Public77%931Talmudical Seminary of Bobov · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%932Tennessee Technological University · TN · Public77%933The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus · TX · Private (for-profit)77%934The University of Texas at El Paso · TX · Public77%935Tooele Technical College · UT · Public77%936UEI College-Oceanside · CA · Private (for-profit)77%937Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc · IL · Private (for-profit)77%938Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc · CA · Private (for-profit)77%939Universal Technical Institute-Phoenix · AZ · Private (for-profit)77%940Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico · PR · Private (nonprofit)77%941University of Evansville · IN · Private (nonprofit)77%942University of Maine · ME · Public77%943University of Minnesota-Crookston · MN · Public77%944University of Missouri-Kansas City · MO · Public77%945University of Mount Olive · NC · Private (nonprofit)77%946University of Nebraska at Kearney · NE · Public77%947University of New Haven · CT · Private (nonprofit)77%948University of North Texas · TX · Public77%949University of Wyoming · WY · Public77%950Webster University · MO · Private (nonprofit)77%951William Jewell College · MO · Private (nonprofit)77%952William Rainey Harper College · IL · Public77%953Wilson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)77%954Worcester State University · MA · Public77%955York College of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit)77%956Youngstown State University · OH · Public77%957Alma College · MI · Private (nonprofit)76%958Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe · AZ · Private (for-profit)76%959Atenas University · PR · Private (nonprofit)76%960Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta · GA · Private (for-profit)76%
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.