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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
2081Lehigh Carbon Community College · PA · Public62%2082Lurleen B Wallace Community College · AL · Public62%2083Marian University · WI · Private (nonprofit)62%2084Miami University-Middletown · OH · Public62%2085Miles Community College · MT · Public62%2086Montreat College · NC · Private (nonprofit)62%2087New River Community and Technical College · WV · Public62%2088Northland Community and Technical College · MN · Public62%2089North Shore Community College · MA · Public62%2090NorthWest Arkansas Community College · AR · Public62%2091Phoenix College · AZ · Public62%2092Pratt Community College · KS · Public62%2093Red River Technology Center · OK · Public62%2094Roosevelt University · IL · Private (nonprofit)62%2095Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus · NJ · Public62%2096San Juan College · NM · Public62%2097Simpson University · CA · Private (nonprofit)62%2098South College · TN · Private (for-profit)62%2099South Piedmont Community College · NC · Public62%2100Suffolk County Community College · NY · Public62%2101SUNY Morrisville · NY · Public62%2102SUNY Westchester Community College · NY · Public62%2103UEI College-Tacoma · WA · Private (for-profit)62%2104United Education Institute-Las Vegas · NV · Private (for-profit)62%2105University of Northwestern Ohio · OH · Private (nonprofit)62%2106Virginia Union University · VA · Private (nonprofit)62%2107Western Governors University · UT · Private (nonprofit)62%2108Williamsburg Technical College · SC · Public62%2109Wilson Community College · NC · Public62%2110Belmont College · OH · Public61%2111Bishop State Community College · AL · Public61%2112Boston Architectural College · MA · Private (nonprofit)61%2113Century College · MN · Public61%2114Chattahoochee Technical College · GA · Public61%2115Coastal Alabama Community College · AL · Public61%2116Columbia-Greene Community College · NY · Public61%2117Copper Mountain Community College · CA · Public61%2118Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas · AR · Public61%2119CUNY Queensborough Community College · NY · Public61%2120Defiance College · OH · Private (nonprofit)61%
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.