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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
2201Delta College · MI · Public60%2202Dickinson State University · ND · Public60%2203Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University · LA · Private (nonprofit)60%2204Georgia Northwestern Technical College · GA · Public60%2205Howard College · TX · Public60%2206ITI Technical College · LA · Private (for-profit)60%2207Jefferson Community and Technical College · KY · Public60%2208J F Ingram State Technical College · AL · Public60%2209Kansas Wesleyan University · KS · Private (nonprofit)60%2210Kent State University at Tuscarawas · OH · Public60%2211King University · TN · Private (nonprofit)60%2212LaGrange College · GA · Private (nonprofit)60%2213Lakeland Community College · OH · Public60%2214Lake Tahoe Community College · CA · Public60%2215Le Moyne-Owen College · TN · Private (nonprofit)60%2216Linn-Benton Community College · OR · Public60%2217Luther Rice College & Seminary · GA · Private (nonprofit)60%2218Luzerne County Community College · PA · Public60%2219Massasoit Community College · MA · Public60%2220Meridian Community College · MS · Public60%2221Mildred Elley-New York Campus · NY · Private (for-profit)60%2222Mohawk Valley Community College · NY · Public60%2223Murray State College · OK · Public60%2224New England College · NH · Private (nonprofit)60%2225NHTI-Concord's Community College · NH · Public60%2226North Central Michigan College · MI · Public60%2227Northern Wyoming Community College District · WY · Public60%2228Northwest Mississippi Community College · MS · Public60%2229Ohio Dominican University · OH · Private (nonprofit)60%2230Otero College · CO · Public60%2231Paul D Camp Community College · VA · Public60%2232Pearl River Community College · MS · Public60%2233Potomac State College of West Virginia University · WV · Public60%2234Rochester Community and Technical College · MN · Public60%2235Rose State College · OK · Public60%2236South Central College · MN · Public60%2237Southern New Hampshire University · NH · Private (nonprofit)60%2238Southern University and A & M College · LA · Public60%2239South Georgia State College · GA · Public60%2240Southwestern Michigan College · MI · Public60%
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.