Ranking |
School |
Average freshman retention rate |
1 |
Yale University New Haven, CT |
99% |
2 |
Columbia University New York, NY |
98% |
2 |
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
98% |
2 |
Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
98% |
2 |
Stanford University Stanford, CA |
98% |
2 |
University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
98% |
2 |
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
98% |
2 |
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
98% |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
98% |
2 |
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
98% |
11 |
Brown University Providence, RI |
97% |
11 |
Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
97% |
11 |
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
97% |
11 |
Rice University Houston, TX |
97% |
11 |
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
97% |
11 |
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
97% |
11 |
Duke University Durham, NC |
97% |
11 |
Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
97% |
11 |
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
97% |
20 |
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
96% |
20 |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC |
96% |
20 |
Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
96% |
20 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
96% |
20 |
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
96% |
20 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC |
96% |
20 |
Tufts University Medford, MA |
96% |
20 |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
96% |
28 |
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA |
95% |
28 |
College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA |
95% |
28 |
University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
95% |
28 |
University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
95% |
28 |
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
95% |
28 |
Emory University Atlanta, GA |
95% |
34 |
Brandeis University Waltham, MA |
94% |
34 |
University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA |
94% |
34 |
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA |
94% |
34 |
University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA |
94% |
34 |
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC |
94% |
34 |
University of Georgia Athens, GA |
94% |
34 |
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI |
94% |
41 |
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA |
93% |
41 |
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
93% |
41 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
93% |
41 |
University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD |
93% |
41 |
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
93% |
41 |
University of Washington Seattle, WA |
93% |
41 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
93% |
48 |
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA |
92% |
48 |
Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH |
92% |
48 |
University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX |
92% |
48 |
New York University New York, NY |
92% |
48 |
Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX |
92% |
53 |
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH |
91% |
53 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA |
91% |
53 |
Yeshiva University New York, NY |
91% |
53 |
Boston University Boston, MA |
91% |
53 |
George Washington University Washington, DC |
91% |
53 |
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
91% |
53 |
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
91% |
53 |
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
91% |
53 |
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA |
91% |
53 |
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
91% |
63 |
Clemson University Clemson, SC |
90% |
63 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ |
90% |
63 |
University of California--Davis Davis, CA |
90% |
63 |
University of Delaware Newark, DE |
90% |
63 |
Fordham University New York, NY |
90% |
63 |
University of Miami Coral Gables, FL |
90% |
63 |
Binghamton University--SUNY Binghamton, NY |
90% |
63 |
North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC |
90% |
63 |
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI |
90% |
63 |
Miami University--Oxford Oxford, OH |
90% |
63 |
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ |
90% |
74 |
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL |
89% |
74 |
University of California--Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA |
89% |
74 |
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA |
89% |
74 |
Clark University Worcester, MA |
89% |
74 |
Indiana University--Bloomington Bloomington, IN |
89% |
74 |
Stony Brook--SUNY Stony Brook, NY |
89% |
74 |
Tulane University New Orleans, LA |
89% |
81 |
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
88% |
81 |
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
88% |
81 |
American University Washington, DC |
88% |
81 |
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY |
88% |
81 |
University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN |
88% |
86 |
Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO |
87% |
86 |
University of Denver Denver, CO |
87% |
86 |
University of New Hampshire Durham, NH |
87% |
86 |
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA |
87% |
96 |
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL |
87% |
96 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark Newark, NJ |
87% |
96 |
Temple University Philadelphia, PA |
87% |
96 |
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC |
87% |
94 |
University of Dayton Dayton, OH |
86% |
94 |
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK |
86% |
94 |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY |
86% |
94 |
Auburn University Auburn University, AL |
86% |
94 |
Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO |
86% |
94 |
University of California--Riverside Riverside, CA |
86% |
94 |
Howard University Washington, DC |
86% |
94 |
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN |
86% |
94 |
University of San Diego San Diego, CA |
86% |
103 |
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX |
85% |
103 |
University of Vermont Burlington, VT |
85% |
103 |
Baylor University Waco, TX |
85% |
103 |
George Mason University Fairfax, VA |
85% |
103 |
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL |
85% |
103 |
University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA |
85% |
103 |
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY |
85% |
103 |
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL |
85% |
103 |
University of Maryland--Baltimore County Baltimore, MD |
85% |
103 |
University of Missouri Columbia, MO |
85% |
113 |
Biola University La Mirada, CA |
84% |
113 |
DePaul University Chicago, IL |
84% |
113 |
Iowa State University Ames, IA |
84% |
113 |
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA |
84% |
113 |
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL |
84% |
113 |
University at Albany--SUNY Albany, NY |
84% |
113 |
Brigham Young University--Provo Provo, UT |
84% |
113 |
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
84% |
113 |
University of South Florida Tampa, FL |
84% |
113 |
Illinois State University Normal, IL |
84% |
113 |
University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE |
84% |
113 |
Samford University Birmingham, AL |
84% |
113 |
St. Louis University St. Louis, MO |
84% |
113 |
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO |
84% |
113 |
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK |
84% |
113 |
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN |
84% |
129 |
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ |
83% |
129 |
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA |
83% |
129 |
University of Oregon Eugene, OR |
83% |
129 |
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA |
83% |
129 |
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
83% |
129 |
Washington State University Pullman, WA |
83% |
129 |
Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS |
83% |
136 |
University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR |
82% |
136 |
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH |
82% |
136 |
University of the Pacific Stockton, CA |
82% |
136 |
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO |
82% |
136 |
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI |
82% |
136 |
Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY |
82% |
136 |
Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL |
82% |
136 |
University of Texas--Dallas Richardson, TX |
82% |
136 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ |
82% |
136 |
San Diego State University San Diego, CA |
82% |
136 |
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX |
82% |
136 |
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA |
82% |
136 |
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR |
82% |
149 |
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT |
81% |
149 |
Catholic University of America Washington, DC |
81% |
149 |
Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA |
81% |
149 |
New School New York, NY |
81% |
153 |
University of La Verne La Verne, CA |
80% |
153 |
University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI |
80% |
153 |
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV |
80% |
153 |
Ohio University Athens, OH |
80% |
153 |
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND |
80% |
153 |
University of Mississippi University, MS |
80% |
153 |
Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI |
80% |
153 |
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ |
80% |
153 |
Florida International University Miami, FL |
80% |
153 |
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS |
80% |
163 |
Adelphi University Garden City, NY |
79% |
163 |
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA |
79% |
163 |
University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL |
79% |
163 |
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ |
79% |
163 |
Kansas State University Manhattan, KS |
79% |
163 |
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
79% |
163 |
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |
79% |
163 |
University of Maine Orono, ME |
79% |
163 |
Pacific University Forest Grove, OR |
79% |
172 |
George Fox University Newberg, OR |
78% |
172 |
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK |
78% |
172 |
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY |
78% |
172 |
University of Houston Houston, TX |
78% |
172 |
University of Louisville Louisville, KY |
78% |
172 |
St. John's University Queens, NY |
78% |
172 |
University of Alabama--Birmingham Birmingham, AL |
78% |
172 |
University of Hawaii--Manoa Honolulu, HI |
78% |
172 |
University of Massachusetts--Lowell Lowell, MA |
78% |
172 |
University of Nevada--Reno Reno, NV |
78% |
182 |
East Carolina University Greenville, NC |
77% |
182 |
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA |
77% |
182 |
South Dakota State University Brookings, SD |
77% |
182 |
Ball State University Muncie, IN |
77% |
182 |
University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC |
77% |
182 |
University of Alabama--Huntsville Huntsville, AL |
77% |
182 |
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM |
77% |
182 |
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND |
77% |
190 |
Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI |
76% |
190 |
University of North Carolina--Greensboro Greensboro, NC |
76% |
190 |
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL |
76% |
190 |
University of Idaho Moscow, ID |
76% |
190 |
New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM |
76% |
190 |
University of North Texas Denton, TX |
76% |
190 |
Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL |
75% |
190 |
St. Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN |
75% |
190 |
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH |
75% |
190 |
Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL |
75% |
190 |
Pace University New York, NY |
75% |
190 |
University of Alaska--Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK |
75% |
190 |
University of West Florida Pensacola, FL |
75% |
203 |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA |
74% |
203 |
University of Massachusetts--Boston Boston, MA |
74% |
203 |
University of Louisiana--Lafayette Lafayette, LA |
74% |
203 |
University of Memphis Memphis, TN |
74% |
203 |
Kent State University Kent, OH |
74% |
203 |
University of Nevada--Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV |
74% |
203 |
University of Wyoming Laramie, WY |
74% |
203 |
Utah State University Logan, UT |
74% |
203 |
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI |
74% |
212 |
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS |
73% |
212 |
Jackson State University Jackson, MS |
73% |
212 |
North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC |
73% |
212 |
University of Hartford West Hartford, CT |
73% |
212 |
University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD |
73% |
212 |
Widener University Chester, PA |
73% |
218 |
Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA |
72% |
218 |
Oakland University Rochester, MI |
72% |
218 |
University of Missouri--Kansas City Kansas City, MO |
72% |
218 |
University of Montana Missoula, MT |
72% |
218 |
Trinity International University Deerfield, IL |
72% |
218 |
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI |
72% |
218 |
Montana State University Bozeman, MT |
72% |
218 |
University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA |
72% |
226 |
Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ |
71% |
227 |
University of Colorado--Denver Denver, CO |
71% |
227 |
Wayne State University Detroit, MI |
71% |
229 |
Texas Woman's University Denton, TX |
70% |
230 |
Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN |
70% |
231 |
Wichita State University Wichita, KS |
70% |
231 |
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA |
70% |
231 |
Long Island University--C.W. Post Campus Brookville, NY |
70% |
231 |
University of Missouri--St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
70% |
231 |
Wright State University Dayton, OH |
70% |
236 |
Immaculata University Immaculata, PA |
69% |
236 |
University of Texas--El Paso El Paso, TX |
69% |
236 |
East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN |
69% |
236 |
University of Toledo Toledo, OH |
69% |
240 |
Regent University Virginia Beach, VA |
68% |
240 |
Portland State University Portland, OR |
68% |
240 |
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale Carbondale, IL |
68% |
240 |
Tennessee State University Nashville, TN |
68% |
240 |
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO |
68% |
240 |
University of Akron Akron, OH |
68% |
240 |
Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN |
68% |
247 |
Morgan State University Baltimore, MD |
67% |
248 |
Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN |
66% |
249 |
Spalding University Louisville, KY |
65% |
250 |
South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC |
64% |
250 |
University of Texas--Arlington Arlington, TX |
64% |
250 |
Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
64% |
253 |
Barry University Miami Shores, FL |
62% |
254 |
Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH |
61% |
254 |
Texas A&M University--Kingsville Kingsville, TX |
61% |
256 |
Texas A&M University--Commerce Commerce, TX |
58% |
257 |
Idaho State University Pocatello, ID |
57% |
258 |
University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT |
52% |
259 |
Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA |
50% |