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