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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1841Bryan College-Dayton · TN · Private (nonprofit)65%1842Career Care Institute · CA · Private (for-profit)65%1843Caribbean University-Bayamon · PR · Private (nonprofit)65%1844Central Lakes College-Brainerd · MN · Public65%1845Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · MO · Private (nonprofit)65%1846Central New Mexico Community College · NM · Public65%1847College of the Redwoods · CA · Public65%1848Colorado State University Pueblo · CO · Public65%1849Connecticut State Community College · CT · Public65%1850DeVry University-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)65%1851East Central College · MO · Public65%1852George C Wallace State Community College-Selma · AL · Public65%1853Hardin-Simmons University · TX · Private (nonprofit)65%1854Hiram College · OH · Private (nonprofit)65%1855Howard Community College · MD · Public65%1856John A Logan College · IL · Public65%1857John C Calhoun State Community College · AL · Public65%1858Kellogg Community College · MI · Public65%1859Kentucky Wesleyan College · KY · Private (nonprofit)65%1860Kishwaukee College · IL · Public65%1861Lake Region State College · ND · Public65%1862Lake Superior College · MN · Public65%1863Los Angeles City College · CA · Public65%1864Maharishi International University · IA · Private (nonprofit)65%1865Marymount Manhattan College · NY · Private (nonprofit)65%1866McMurry University · TX · Private (nonprofit)65%1867McPherson College · KS · Private (nonprofit)65%1868Mesa Community College · AZ · Public65%1869Methodist University · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%1870Mid-State Technical College · WI · Public65%1871Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary · MO · Private (nonprofit)65%1872Minnesota State Community and Technical College · MN · Public65%1873Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College · MS · Public65%1874New College of Florida · FL · Public65%1875Northampton County Area Community College · PA · Public65%1876North Carolina Wesleyan University · NC · Private (nonprofit)65%1877North Central Texas College · TX · Public65%1878Northwestern Oklahoma State University · OK · Public65%1879Northwest Vista College · TX · Public65%1880Ohio University-Eastern Campus · OH · 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.