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Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
281Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia · PA · Private (nonprofit)88%282Samford University · AL · Private (nonprofit)88%283School of Visual Arts · NY · Private (for-profit)88%284Scripps College · CA · Private (nonprofit)88%285Southern Oklahoma Technology Center · OK · Public88%286St. John's College · MD · Private (nonprofit)88%287The University of Texas at Dallas · TX · Public88%288The University of the South · TN · Private (nonprofit)88%289University of Arizona · AZ · Public88%290University of California-Riverside · CA · Public88%291University of Denver · CO · Private (nonprofit)88%292University of Mississippi · MS · Public88%293University of North Carolina School of the Arts · NC · Public88%294University of Vermont · VT · Public88%295University of West Florida · FL · Public88%296Western Technical College · TX · Private (for-profit)88%297Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix · AZ · Private (for-profit)87%298Aveda Institute-Tampa Bay · FL · Private (for-profit)87%299Bethel University · MN · Private (nonprofit)87%300Bryant University · RI · Private (nonprofit)87%301Connecticut College · CT · Private (nonprofit)87%302Covenant College · GA · Private (nonprofit)87%303DePaul University · IL · Private (nonprofit)87%304Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett · WA · Private (for-profit)87%305George Mason University · VA · Public87%306Harding University · AR · Private (nonprofit)87%307Illinois Institute of Technology · IL · Private (nonprofit)87%308Kansas State University · KS · Public87%309Lawrence University · WI · Private (nonprofit)87%310Occidental College · CA · Private (nonprofit)87%311Oregon State University · OR · Public87%312Quinnipiac University · CT · Private (nonprofit)87%313Ramapo College of New Jersey · NJ · Public87%314Salish Kootenai College · MT · Public87%315Savannah College of Art and Design · GA · Private (nonprofit)87%316State University of New York at New Paltz · NY · Public87%317Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald · TN · Public87%318Union University · TN · Private (nonprofit)87%319United Talmudical Seminary · NY · Private (nonprofit)87%320University of Kentucky · KY · Public87%
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.