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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1121Alexandria Technical & Community College · MN · Public74%1122Aquinas College · MI · Private (nonprofit)74%1123Baker University · KS · Private (nonprofit)74%1124Blue Mountain Christian University · MS · Private (nonprofit)74%1125California Baptist University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74%1126California State University-Northridge · CA · Public74%1127Capital University · OH · Private (nonprofit)74%1128Carson-Newman University · TN · Private (nonprofit)74%1129Central Michigan University · MI · Public74%1130Chaminade University of Honolulu · HI · Private (nonprofit)74%1131College of the Albemarle · NC · Public74%1132College of the Canyons · CA · Public74%1133Cornell College · IA · Private (nonprofit)74%1134CUNY Lehman College · NY · Public74%1135Davenport University · MI · Private (nonprofit)74%1136Delta State University · MS · Public74%1137East Tennessee State University · TN · Public74%1138Elizabeth City State University · NC · Public74%1139Elmira College · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%1140Forsyth Technical Community College · NC · Public74%1141Gateway Technical College · WI · Public74%1142Halifax Community College · NC · Public74%1143Hamline University · MN · Private (nonprofit)74%1144Hollins University · VA · Private (nonprofit)74%1145Idaho State University · ID · Public74%1146Johnson University · TN · Private (nonprofit)74%1147Judson University · IL · Private (nonprofit)74%1148Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester · OK · Public74%1149Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln · RI · Private (for-profit)74%1150Lubbock Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)74%1151Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)74%1152Millikin University · IL · Private (nonprofit)74%1153Mount Saint Mary College · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%1154Mount Saint Mary's University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74%1155Northcentral Technical College · WI · Public74%1156Northwest Missouri State University · MO · Public74%1157Northwood Technical College · WI · Public74%1158Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista · CA · Private (for-profit)74%1159Prairie View A & M University · TX · Public74%1160Presbyterian College · SC · Private (nonprofit)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.