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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
2281Lamar Community College · CO · Public59%2282Lane Community College · OR · Public59%2283Langston University · OK · Public59%2284Missouri Western State University · MO · Public59%2285Monroe County Community College · MI · Public59%2286Neosho County Community College · KS · Public59%2287North Arkansas College · AR · Public59%2288Northeastern Technical College · SC · Public59%2289Northern Marianas College · MP · Public59%2290North Idaho College · ID · Public59%2291Northshore Technical Community College · LA · Public59%2292Owens Community College · OH · Public59%2293Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg · FL · Public59%2294Pitt Community College · NC · Public59%2295Richard Bland College · VA · Public59%2296Rockingham Community College · NC · Public59%2297Saint Paul College · MN · Public59%2298South Carolina State University · SC · Public59%2299Southern Maine Community College · ME · Public59%2300Southern State Community College · OH · Public59%2301South Louisiana Community College · LA · Public59%2302South Puget Sound Community College · WA · Public59%2303Southside Virginia Community College · VA · Public59%2304Sterling College · KS · Private (nonprofit)59%2305St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens · NY · Private (for-profit)59%2306Three Rivers College · MO · Public59%2307Truett McConnell University · GA · Private (nonprofit)59%2308Upper Iowa University · IA · Private (nonprofit)59%2309Virginia Peninsula Community College · VA · Public59%2310Western Illinois University · IL · Public59%2311Western Oklahoma State College · OK · Public59%2312West Shore Community College · MI · Public59%2313Alice Lloyd College · KY · Private (nonprofit)58%2314Augusta Technical College · GA · Public58%2315Barry University · FL · Private (nonprofit)58%2316Blue Ridge Community College · VA · Public58%2317Carl Albert State College · OK · Public58%2318Cayuga County Community College · NY · Public58%2319Central Arizona College · AZ · Public58%2320City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College · IL · Public58%
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.