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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
961Beacon College · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%962Buena Vista University · IA · Private (nonprofit)76%963Cabrillo College · CA · Public76%964California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt · CA · Public76%965Cal Poly Maritime Academy · CA · Public76%966Coastal Carolina University · SC · Public76%967Colegio Universitario de San Juan · PR · Public76%968College for Creative Studies · MI · Private (nonprofit)76%969College of Our Lady of the Elms · MA · Private (nonprofit)76%970College of Staten Island CUNY · NY · Public76%971Concordia University-Irvine · CA · Private (nonprofit)76%972Dean College · MA · Private (nonprofit)76%973Eastern Mennonite University · VA · Private (nonprofit)76%974Elmhurst University · IL · Private (nonprofit)76%975Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus · NJ · Private (nonprofit)76%976Gannon University · PA · Private (nonprofit)76%977Georgian Court University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)76%978Grambling State University · LA · Public76%979Husson University · ME · Private (nonprofit)76%980Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · PR · Private (nonprofit)76%981Johnson & Wales University-Providence · RI · Private (nonprofit)76%982Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%983Los Angeles Pierce College · CA · Public76%984Maranatha Baptist University · WI · Private (nonprofit)76%985Marymount University · VA · Private (nonprofit)76%986Montana Technological University · MT · Public76%987Moraine Valley Community College · IL · Public76%988Mount St. Joseph University · OH · Private (nonprofit)76%989Murray State University · KY · Public76%990Northern Michigan University · MI · Public76%991Nova Southeastern University · FL · Private (nonprofit)76%992Old Dominion University · VA · Public76%993Pacific University · OR · Private (nonprofit)76%994Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science · NY · Private (nonprofit)76%995Pennsylvania College of Technology · PA · Public76%996Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver · PA · Public76%997Pima Medical Institute-El Paso · TX · Private (for-profit)76%998Provo College · UT · Private (for-profit)76%999Queens University of Charlotte · NC · Private (nonprofit)76%1000Ripon College · WI · Private (nonprofit)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.