Home / Rankings / Highest first-year retention
Highest first-year retention
2,737 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
321University of Maryland-Baltimore County · MD · Public87%322University of Scranton · PA · Private (nonprofit)87%323Washington College · MD · Private (nonprofit)87%324Westmont College · CA · Private (nonprofit)87%325Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%326American University · DC · Private (nonprofit)86%327Beloit College · WI · Private (nonprofit)86%328California Institute of the Arts · CA · Private (nonprofit)86%329Cleveland Institute of Art · OH · Private (nonprofit)86%330Duquesne University · PA · Private (nonprofit)86%331EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan · PR · Private (nonprofit)86%332Feather River Community College District · CA · Public86%333Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · FL · Public86%334Fort Hays Tech North Central · KS · Public86%335Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit)86%336Lipscomb University · TN · Private (nonprofit)86%337Loyola University Maryland · MD · Private (nonprofit)86%338Mercy College of Ohio · OH · Private (nonprofit)86%339MiraCosta College · CA · Public86%340Missouri University of Science and Technology · MO · Public86%341Moore Norman Technology Center · OK · Public86%342Morehouse College · GA · Private (nonprofit)86%343Navajo Technical University · NM · Public86%344North-West College-West Covina · CA · Private (for-profit)86%345Pepperdine University · CA · Private (nonprofit)86%346Point Loma Nazarene University · CA · Private (nonprofit)86%347Reed College · OR · Private (nonprofit)86%348San Jose State University · CA · Public86%349St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%350The University of Alabama · AL · Public86%351Touro University · NY · Private (nonprofit)86%352Unitek College · CA · Private (for-profit)86%353University of Arkansas · AR · Public86%354University of Cincinnati-Main Campus · OH · Public86%355University of Houston · TX · Public86%356University of New Hampshire-Main Campus · NH · Public86%357University of Saint Joseph · CT · Private (nonprofit)86%358University of St Thomas · MN · Private (nonprofit)86%359University of Washington-Bothell Campus · WA · Public86%360University of Wisconsin-La Crosse · WI · Public86%
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.