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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1441Atlantic Technical College · FL · Public70%1442Augsburg University · MN · Private (nonprofit)70%1443Bethel University · IN · Private (nonprofit)70%1444Bowie State University · MD · Public70%1445Brigham Young University-Idaho · ID · Private (nonprofit)70%1446Carrington College-Phoenix North · AZ · Private (for-profit)70%1447Central Piedmont Community College · NC · Public70%1448Chadron State College · NE · Public70%1449Chippewa Valley Technical College · WI · Public70%1450Citrus College · CA · Public70%1451College of the Sequoias · CA · Public70%1452Dakota College at Bottineau · ND · Public70%1453Dillard University · LA · Private (nonprofit)70%1454Eastern Illinois University · IL · Public70%1455Faulkner University · AL · Private (nonprofit)70%1456Fresno City College · CA · Public70%1457Friends University · KS · Private (nonprofit)70%1458Georgia Career Institute · GA · Private (for-profit)70%1459Germanna Community College · VA · Public70%1460Greenville University · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%1461Grossmont College · CA · Public70%1462Heartland Community College · IL · Public70%1463Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%1464Indiana University-Southeast · IN · Public70%1465Kilgore College · TX · Public70%1466Lake Land College · IL · Public70%1467Lakeshore Technical College · WI · Public70%1468Lincoln Land Community College · IL · Public70%1469Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown · PA · Private (for-profit)70%1470Los Angeles Mission College · CA · Public70%1471Los Angeles Trade Technical College · CA · Public70%1472Madisonville Community College · KY · Public70%1473Menlo College · CA · Private (nonprofit)70%1474Metropolitan State University of Denver · CO · Public70%1475Mid-America Christian University · OK · Private (nonprofit)70%1476Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute · AZ · Private (for-profit)70%1477Minnesota West Community and Technical College · MN · Public70%1478Missouri Southern State University · MO · Public70%1479Monmouth College · IL · Private (nonprofit)70%1480Monroe University · NY · Private (for-profit)70%
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.