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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
161Baylor University · TX · Private (nonprofit)91%162Bellin College · WI · Private (nonprofit)91%163Colby College · ME · Private (nonprofit)91%164Furman University · SC · Private (nonprofit)91%165George T Baker Aviation Technical College · FL · Public91%166Indiana University-Bloomington · IN · Public91%167Kenyon College · OH · Private (nonprofit)91%168Marquette University · WI · Private (nonprofit)91%169Meridian Technology Center · OK · Public91%170Miami Regional University · FL · Private (for-profit)91%171Michigan State University · MI · Public91%172Mountainland Technical College · UT · Public91%173New Jersey Institute of Technology · NJ · Public91%174Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos · CA · Private (for-profit)91%175Providence College · RI · Private (nonprofit)91%176Rhodes College · TN · Private (nonprofit)91%177Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · IN · Private (nonprofit)91%178St Olaf College · MN · Private (nonprofit)91%179Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%180Taylor University · IN · Private (nonprofit)91%181The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%182The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · TN · Public91%183Trinity College · CT · Private (nonprofit)91%184University of Connecticut · CT · Public91%185University of Massachusetts-Amherst · MA · Public91%186University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · MN · Public91%187University of Missouri-Columbia · MO · Public91%188University of South Carolina-Columbia · SC · Public91%189University of South Florida · FL · Public91%190Allen University · SC · Private (nonprofit)90%191Brandeis University · MA · Private (nonprofit)90%192Bryn Mawr College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%193California Northstate University · CA · Private (for-profit)90%194Central Wyoming College · WY · Public90%195Chapman University · CA · Private (nonprofit)90%196Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences · AZ · Private (for-profit)90%197Drexel University · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%198Elon University · NC · Private (nonprofit)90%199Fairfield University · CT · Private (nonprofit)90%200Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90%
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.