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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1721Huntingdon College · AL · Private (nonprofit)67%1722Illinois Valley Community College · IL · Public67%1723Indiana University-Kokomo · IN · Public67%1724Indiana University-South Bend · IN · Public67%1725Intellitec College-Colorado Springs · CO · Private (for-profit)67%1726Johnson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)67%1727Kankakee Community College · IL · Public67%1728Lakeland University · WI · Private (nonprofit)67%1729Los Angeles Southwest College · CA · Public67%1730Manchester Community College · NH · Public67%1731Mayville State University · ND · Public67%1732Missouri Baptist University · MO · Private (nonprofit)67%1733Moberly Area Community College · MO · Public67%1734National American University-Rapid City · SD · Private (for-profit)67%1735New Jersey City University · NJ · Public67%1736New York School of Interior Design · NY · Private (nonprofit)67%1737Northwest Career College · NV · Private (for-profit)67%1738Northwest State Community College · OH · Public67%1739Ocean County College · NJ · Public67%1740Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College · SC · Public67%1741Palm Beach Atlantic University · FL · Private (nonprofit)67%1742Philander Smith University · AR · Private (nonprofit)67%1743Piedmont Community College · NC · Public67%1744Pima Community College · AZ · Public67%1745Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas · NV · Private (for-profit)67%1746Porterville College · CA · Public67%1747Rasmussen University-Florida · FL · Private (for-profit)67%1748Rochester Christian University · MI · Private (nonprofit)67%1749Rosemont College · PA · Private (nonprofit)67%1750Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College · IN · Private (nonprofit)67%1751Salem College · NC · Private (nonprofit)67%1752Scottsdale Community College · AZ · Public67%1753Shorter University · GA · Private (nonprofit)67%1754Southeast Community College Area · NE · Public67%1755Southern Careers Institute-Pharr · TX · Private (for-profit)67%1756Southern Union State Community College · AL · Public67%1757Springfield Technical Community College · MA · Public67%1758St Cloud Technical and Community College · MN · Public67%1759St. Mary's University · TX · Private (nonprofit)67%1760SUNY College of Technology at Canton · NY · Public67%
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.