Freshman Retention Rate Rankings - US National Universities 2016

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School Average freshman retention rate

University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL)

88%

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

88%

University of Tulsa

(Tulsa, OK)

88%

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

88%

Baylor University

(Waco, TX)

87%

George Mason University

(Fairfax, VA)

87%

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

87%

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

87%

University of Denver

(Denver, CO)

87%

University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD)

87%

University of San Francisco

(San Francisco, CA)

87%

University of St. Thomas

(St. Paul, MN)

87%

Biola University

(La Mirada, CA)

86%

DePaul University

(Chicago, IL)

86%

Loyola University Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

86%

Maryville University of St. Louis

(St Louis, MO)

86%

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

86%

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

86%

University of La Verne

(La Verne, CA)

86%

University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH)

86%

University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR)

86%

University of Tennessee

(Knoxville, TN)

86%

University of Texas—​Dallas

(Richardson, TX)

86%

University of Vermont

(Burlington, VT)

86%

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA)

86%

Azusa Pacific University

(Azusa, CA)

85%

Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)

85%

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

85%

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​Newark

(Newark, NJ)

85%

St. John Fisher College

(Rochester, NY)

85%

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(Syracuse, NY)

85%

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

85%

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

85%

University of the Pacific

(Stockton, CA)

85%

Arizona State University—​Tempe

(Tempe, AZ)

84%

Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

84%

Missouri University of Science & Technology

(Rolla, MO)

84%

New Jersey Institute of Technology

(Newark, NJ)

84%

Seton Hall University

(South Orange, NJ)

84%

University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

84%

University of Houston

(Houston, TX)

84%

University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE)

84%

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)

83%

Georgia State University

(Atlanta, GA)

83%

Illinois State University

(Normal, IL)

83%

Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)

83%

New School

(New York, NY)

83%

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

83%

University at Albany—​SUNY

(Albany, NY)

83%

University of Mississippi

(University, MS)

83%

Adelphi University

(Garden City, NY)

82%

The Catholic University of America

(Washington, DC)

82%

Howard University

(Washington, DC)

82%

Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS)

82%

Texas Tech University

(Lubbock, TX)

82%

University of Arkansas

(Fayetteville, AR)

82%

University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY)

82%

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell

(Lowell, MA)

82%

University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI)

82%

Washington State University

(Pullman, WA)

82%

Edgewood College

(Madison, WI)

81%

Florida A&M University

(Tallahassee, FL)

81%

Immaculata University

(Immaculata, PA)

81%

Mississippi State University

(Mississippi State, MS)

81%

University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

81%

East Carolina University

(Greenville, NC)

80%

Georgia Southern University

(Statesboro, GA)

80%

Ohio University

(Athens, OH)

80%

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

80%

Old Dominion University

(Norfolk, VA)

80%

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

80%

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

80%

University of Nevada—​Reno

(Reno, NV)

80%

Andrews University

(Berrien Springs, MI)

79%

Ball State University

(Muncie, IN)

79%

Florida Institute of Technology

(Melbourne, FL)

79%

Hofstra University

(Hempstead, NY)

79%

North Dakota State University

(Fargo, ND)

79%

St. John's University

(Queens, NY)

79%

University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL)

79%

University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI)

79%

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

79%

University of Louisville

(Louisville, KY)

79%

University of North Carolina—​Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC)

79%

Jackson State University

(Jackson, MS)

78%

Kent State University

(Kent, OH)

78%

Louisiana Tech University

(Ruston, LA)

78%

St. Mary's University of Minnesota

(Winona, MN)

78%

University of Arkansas—​Little Rock

(Little Rock, AR)

78%

University of Idaho

(Moscow, ID)

78%

University of Maine

(Orono, ME)

78%

University of Massachusetts—​Boston

(Boston, MA)

78%

University of Missouri—​St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO)

78%

Florida Atlantic University

(Boca Raton, FL)

77%

North Carolina A&T State University

(Greensboro, NC)

77%

Pace University

(New York, NY)

77%

Regent University

(Virginia Beach, VA)

77%

University of Memphis

(Memphis, TN)

77%

University of Nevada—​Las Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV)

77%

University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM)

77%

University of North Dakota

(Grand Forks, ND)

77%

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