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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
241Uintah Basin Technical College · UT · Public89%242Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit)89%243University of Colorado Boulder · CO · Public89%244University of Dayton · OH · Private (nonprofit)89%245University of Iowa · IA · Public89%246University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · OK · Public89%247University of the Pacific · CA · Private (nonprofit)89%248Whitman College · WA · Private (nonprofit)89%249WyoTech · WY · Private (for-profit)89%250Arclabs · SC · Private (for-profit)88%251Berea College · KY · Private (nonprofit)88%252Binghamton University · NY · Public88%253Butler University · IN · Private (nonprofit)88%254California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · CA · Public88%255Calvin University · MI · Private (nonprofit)88%256Centre College · KY · Private (nonprofit)88%257Citadel Military College of South Carolina · SC · Public88%258Clark University · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%259College of Saint Benedict · MN · Private (nonprofit)88%260College of the Ozarks · MO · Private (nonprofit)88%261CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY · Public88%262Dominican University of California · CA · Private (nonprofit)88%263Emerson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%264Endicott College · MA · Private (nonprofit)88%265Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit)88%266Franciscan University of Steubenville · OH · Private (nonprofit)88%267Global Medical & Technical Training Institute · FL · Private (for-profit)88%268Gnomon · CA · Private (for-profit)88%269Grove City College · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%270Institute for Business and Technology · CA · Private (for-profit)88%271Institute of Medical Careers · PA · Private (for-profit)88%272Iowa State University · IA · Public88%273Loyola Marymount University · CA · Private (nonprofit)88%274Michigan Technological University · MI · Public88%275Mid-America Technology Center · OK · Public88%276Ohio Northern University · OH · Private (nonprofit)88%277Pacific Union College · CA · Private (nonprofit)88%278Quincy College · MA · Public88%279Rochester Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)88%280Saint Francis University · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%
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.