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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1881Paradise Valley Community College · AZ · Public65%1882Parkland College · IL · Public65%1883Pine Technical & Community College · MN · Public65%1884Reedley College · CA · Public65%1885Riverland Community College · MN · Public65%1886Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus · NJ · Public65%1887Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster · PA · Private (nonprofit)65%1888Seward County Community College · KS · Public65%1889Shawnee Community College · IL · Public65%1890Somerset Community College · KY · Public65%1891South Georgia Technical College · GA · Public65%1892St Clair County Community College · MI · Public65%1893Taft College · CA · Public65%1894Tulsa Community College · OK · Public65%1895UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey · NJ · Public65%1896Umpqua Community College · OR · Public65%1897University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff · AR · Public65%1898University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community College · AR · Public65%1899University of Baltimore · MD · Public65%1900University of Maine at Fort Kent · ME · Public65%1901University of Pikeville · KY · Private (nonprofit)65%1902Victoria College · TX · Public65%1903Virginia Western Community College · VA · Public65%1904Washtenaw Community College · MI · Public65%1905Wright State University-Lake Campus · OH · Public65%1906Alabama A & M University · AL · Public64%1907Anoka Technical College · MN · Public64%1908Arkansas Northeastern College · AR · Public64%1909Barstow Community College · CA · Public64%1910Bates Technical College · WA · Public64%1911Bergen Community College · NJ · Public64%1912Brightpoint Community College · VA · Public64%1913Bunker Hill Community College · MA · Public64%1914Central Penn College · PA · Private (for-profit)64%1915City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College · IL · Public64%1916Cleary University · MI · Private (nonprofit)64%1917College of Eastern Idaho · ID · Public64%1918Columbia College Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)64%1919Community College of Allegheny County · PA · Public64%1920CUNY Kingsborough Community College · NY · Public64%
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.