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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1801Garden City Community College · KS · Public66%1802Golden West College · CA · Public66%1803Guilford College · NC · Private (nonprofit)66%1804Hazard Community and Technical College · KY · Public66%1805Hopkinsville Community College · KY · Public66%1806Indiana Institute of Technology · IN · Private (nonprofit)66%1807Indian Capital Technology Center-Muskogee · OK · Public66%1808Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee · GA · Private (for-profit)66%1809Johnson County Community College · KS · Public66%1810Kalamazoo Valley Community College · MI · Public66%1811Lake Erie College · OH · Private (nonprofit)66%1812McLennan Community College · TX · Public66%1813Montgomery County Community College · PA · Public66%1814Mott Community College · MI · Public66%1815Mount Mary University · WI · Private (nonprofit)66%1816Passaic County Community College · NJ · Public66%1817Pennsylvania State University-World Campus · PA · Public66%1818Piedmont Virginia Community College · VA · Public66%1819Regent University · VA · Private (nonprofit)66%1820Rockland Community College · NY · Public66%1821Rowan College at Burlington County · NJ · Public66%1822San Diego City College · CA · Public66%1823Southern Wesleyan University · SC · Private (nonprofit)66%1824Southwest Baptist University · MO · Private (nonprofit)66%1825Southwestern Illinois College · IL · Public66%1826Spring Hill College · AL · Private (nonprofit)66%1827Tabor College · KS · Private (nonprofit)66%1828University of Central Oklahoma · OK · Public66%1829University of Maryland Eastern Shore · MD · Public66%1830University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne · IN · Private (nonprofit)66%1831University of South Carolina-Union · SC · Public66%1832Valley City State University · ND · Public66%1833Wheeling University · WV · Private (nonprofit)66%1834Wytheville Community College · VA · Public66%1835Barton College · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%1836Benedict College · SC · Private (nonprofit)65%1837Blackhawk Technical College · WI · Public65%1838Bladen Community College · NC · Public65%1839Bluegrass Community and Technical College · KY · Public65%1840Brunswick Community College · NC · Public65%
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.