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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
2481New Mexico State University-Alamogordo · NM · Public54%2482North Hennepin Community College · MN · Public54%2483Oglala Lakota College · SD · Public54%2484Paris Junior College · TX · Public54%2485Pennsylvania Highlands Community College · PA · Public54%2486Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater · FL · Public54%2487Ross College-Sylvania · OH · Private (for-profit)54%2488Schenectady County Community College · NY · Public54%2489Shoreline College · WA · Public54%2490Southwestern Oregon Community College · OR · Public54%2491Stark State College · OH · Public54%2492St. Francis College · NY · Private (nonprofit)54%2493United Education Institute-Stone Mountain · GA · Private (for-profit)54%2494Western New Mexico University · NM · Public54%2495Wilmington University · DE · Private (nonprofit)54%2496Baptist Health Sciences University · TN · Private (nonprofit)53%2497Carrington College-Reno · NV · Private (for-profit)53%2498Central Texas College · TX · Public53%2499College of Coastal Georgia · GA · Public53%2500Columbia College · SC · Private (nonprofit)53%2501Compton College · CA · Public53%2502ECPI University · VA · Private (for-profit)53%2503Edward Waters University · FL · Private (nonprofit)53%2504Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus · TX · Private (for-profit)53%2505J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College · AL · Public53%2506Kent State University at Stark · OH · Public53%2507Louisiana State University-Eunice · LA · Public53%2508Mercy College of Health Sciences · IA · Private (nonprofit)53%2509Miami University-Hamilton · OH · Public53%2510Missouri Valley College · MO · Private (nonprofit)53%2511Northwest Indian College · WA · Public53%2512Northwest Technical College · MN · Public53%2513Oakland Community College · MI · Public53%2514Onondaga Community College · NY · Public53%2515Saint Augustine's University · NC · Private (nonprofit)53%2516South Arkansas College · AR · Public53%2517Southwestern College · KS · Private (nonprofit)53%2518Southwest Tennessee Community College · TN · Public53%2519Tri-County Technical College · SC · Public53%2520University of Maryland Global Campus · MD · Public53%
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.