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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1281Utica University · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%1282Walsh University · OH · Private (nonprofit)73%1283Wayne State College · NE · Public73%1284Westcliff University · CA · Private (for-profit)73%1285Western Colorado University · CO · Public73%1286Wilkes University · PA · Private (nonprofit)73%1287William Paterson University of New Jersey · NJ · Public73%1288William T McFatter Technical College · FL · Public73%1289Winthrop University · SC · Public73%1290American River College · CA · Public72%1291Angelo State University · TX · Public72%1292Ashland University · OH · Private (nonprofit)72%1293Baker College · MI · Private (nonprofit)72%1294Black Hills State University · SD · Public72%1295College of Lake County · IL · Public72%1296Cuyamaca College · CA · Public72%1297Delaware State University · DE · Public72%1298DeVry University-California · CA · Private (for-profit)72%1299Doane University · NE · Private (nonprofit)72%1300D'Youville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)72%1301Elizabethtown Community and Technical College · KY · Public72%1302Framingham State University · MA · Public72%1303Frederick Community College · MD · Public72%1304Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio · TX · Private (for-profit)72%1305George Stone Technical College · FL · Public72%1306Illinois Central College · IL · Public72%1307Illinois Eastern Community Colleges · IL · Public72%1308Indiana University-Indianapolis · IN · Public72%1309Long Beach City College · CA · Public72%1310Madonna University · MI · Private (nonprofit)72%1311Malone University · OH · Private (nonprofit)72%1312Manchester University · IN · Private (nonprofit)72%1313Marshalltown Community College · IA · Public72%1314Minnesota State University Moorhead · MN · Public72%1315Minot State University · ND · Public72%1316Mississippi University for Women · MS · Public72%1317Napa Valley College · CA · Public72%1318Nichols College · MA · Private (nonprofit)72%1319Norfolk State University · VA · Public72%1320Northeast Alabama Community College · AL · Public72%
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.