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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1361Bismarck State College · ND · Public71%1362Bushnell University · OR · Private (nonprofit)71%1363Chamberlain University-New Jersey · NJ · Private (for-profit)71%1364City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · IL · Public71%1365Coastal Carolina Community College · NC · Public71%1366Cochise County Community College District · AZ · Public71%1367Colby Community College · KS · Public71%1368Contra Costa College · CA · Public71%1369Delta Technical College-Mississippi · MS · Private (for-profit)71%1370Dunwoody College of Technology · MN · Private (nonprofit)71%1371Eagle Gate College-Boise Campus · ID · Private (for-profit)71%1372Eastern University · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%1373East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public71%1374El Camino Community College District · CA · Public71%1375Franklin College · IN · Private (nonprofit)71%1376Glendale Community College · CA · Public71%1377Hartwick College · NY · Private (nonprofit)71%1378Indiana University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public71%1379Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon · PR · Private (nonprofit)71%1380Keuka College · NY · Private (nonprofit)71%1381Lasell University · MA · Private (nonprofit)71%1382Lenoir-Rhyne University · NC · Private (nonprofit)71%1383Lincoln University · PA · Public71%1384Lynn University · FL · Private (nonprofit)71%1385Maysville Community and Technical College · KY · Public71%1386McDowell Technical Community College · NC · Public71%1387McNeese State University · LA · Public71%1388Monterey Peninsula College · CA · Public71%1389Morgan State University · MD · Public71%1390Mount Aloysius College · PA · Private (nonprofit)71%1391Mount St. Mary's University · MD · Private (nonprofit)71%1392Mt San Jacinto Community College District · CA · Public71%1393Musicians Institute · CA · Private (for-profit)71%1394Newman University · KS · Private (nonprofit)71%1395North Central Missouri College · MO · Public71%1396North Dakota State College of Science · ND · Public71%1397Northeast Community College · NE · Public71%1398Northeast Texas Community College · TX · Public71%1399North-West College-Long Beach · CA · Private (for-profit)71%1400Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education · WA · Private (nonprofit)71%
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.