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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
2401Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College · WV · Public57%2402Texas Southern University · TX · Public57%2403The University of Olivet · MI · Private (nonprofit)57%2404Toccoa Falls College · GA · Private (nonprofit)57%2405UEI College-Gardena · CA · Private (for-profit)57%2406Ulster County Community College · NY · Public57%2407University of Akron Wayne College · OH · Public57%2408University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus · NM · Public57%2409All-State Career-Baltimore · MD · Private (for-profit)56%2410All-State Career School · PA · Private (for-profit)56%2411Baltimore City Community College · MD · Public56%2412Bethune-Cookman University · FL · Private (nonprofit)56%2413Blinn College District · TX · Public56%2414Bowling Green State University-Firelands · OH · Public56%2415Carolina University · NC · Private (nonprofit)56%2416Chamberlain University-Arizona · AZ · Private (for-profit)56%2417College of Alameda · CA · Public56%2418Colorado Mountain College · CO · Public56%2419Colorado State University Global · CO · Public56%2420Eastern Maine Community College · ME · Public56%2421Holmes Community College · MS · Public56%2422Honolulu Community College · HI · Public56%2423James Sprunt Community College · NC · Public56%2424Laney College · CA · Public56%2425Life Pacific University · CA · Private (nonprofit)56%2426Mid Michigan College · MI · Public56%2427Miles College · AL · Private (nonprofit)56%2428Montana State University Billings · MT · Public56%2429National Louis University · IL · Private (nonprofit)56%2430Normandale Community College · MN · Public56%2431Northeast Iowa Community College · IA · Public56%2432NUC University · PR · Private (for-profit)56%2433Oklahoma City Community College · OK · Public56%2434Paul Quinn College · TX · Private (nonprofit)56%2435Rappahannock Community College · VA · Public56%2436Redlands Community College · OK · Public56%2437Shaw University · NC · Private (nonprofit)56%2438Stautzenberger College-Maumee · OH · Private (for-profit)56%2439Tidewater Community College · VA · Public56%2440University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus · NM · Public56%
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.