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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1081Northern State University · SD · Public75%1082Oakland University · MI · Public75%1083Oglethorpe University · GA · Private (nonprofit)75%1084Oxnard College · CA · Public75%1085Pennco Tech-Bristol · PA · Private (for-profit)75%1086Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto · PA · Public75%1087Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton · PA · Public75%1088Portland State University · OR · Public75%1089Prescott College · AZ · Private (nonprofit)75%1090Regis University · CO · Private (nonprofit)75%1091Russell Sage College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%1092Saddleback College · CA · Public75%1093Saginaw Valley State University · MI · Public75%1094Sam Houston State University · TX · Public75%1095Santa Rosa Junior College · CA · Public75%1096Seattle Pacific University · WA · Private (nonprofit)75%1097Sonoma State University · CA · Public75%1098Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College · KY · Public75%1099Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi · TX · Private (for-profit)75%1100Strayer University-Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)75%1101St. Thomas Aquinas College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%1102Surry Community College · NC · Public75%1103Trevecca Nazarene University · TN · Private (nonprofit)75%1104Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville · FL · Private (for-profit)75%1105Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus · PR · Private (nonprofit)75%1106University of Hawaii at Manoa · HI · Public75%1107University of Houston-Clear Lake · TX · Public75%1108University of Idaho · ID · Public75%1109University of New England · ME · Private (nonprofit)75%1110University of Puerto Rico-Humacao · PR · Public75%1111University of Sioux Falls · SD · Private (nonprofit)75%1112University of the Potomac-VA Campus · VA · Private (for-profit)75%1113University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus · DC · Private (for-profit)75%1114University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point · WI · Public75%1115Virginia University of Lynchburg · VA · Private (nonprofit)75%1116Wesleyan College · GA · Private (nonprofit)75%1117Western New England University · MA · Private (nonprofit)75%1118Wilkes Community College · NC · Public75%1119Winston-Salem State University · NC · Public75%1120Advantage Technical College · PR · Private (for-profit)74%
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.