Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Alabama
Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Alabama, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 23 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.
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1Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama94.8%46%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi2Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama92.9%82%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi3The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama89.5%77%1285$22k$59k73%33,227173 mi4University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama84.3%69%1319$19k$62k64%6,591285 mi5Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee, Alabama80.7%49%1120$35k$50k55%2,630136 mi6University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama80.1%88%1258$19k$55k64%11,635201 mi7University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama79.7%87%—$12k$45k55%5,811282 mi8University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama75.7%71%1147$18k$49k53%8,8798 mi9University of MobileMobile, Alabama74.0%78%1220$22k$44k57%1,3077 mi10University of MontevalloMontevallo, Alabama72.8%54%—$18k$43k54%2,151173 mi11Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama71.2%96%1088$17k$42k50%9,80591 mi12Oakwood UniversityHuntsville, Alabama71.1%45%—$26k$42k45%1,153288 mi13Spring Hill CollegeMobile, Alabama70.2%77%1120$20k$52k52%7826 mi14Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama69.9%58%938$18k$41k24%6,124290 mi15Alabama State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama69.8%98%976$20k$35k30%3,477128 mi16Auburn University at MontgomeryMontgomery, Alabama67.6%92%1093$13k$44k33%2,542129 mi17Huntingdon CollegeMontgomery, Alabama67.0%69%1142$23k$50k48%879127 mi18University of West AlabamaLivingston, Alabama64.9%43%1015$13k$44k35%2,974128 mi19Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama64.6%78%1059$14k$45k55%7,036231 mi20Faulkner UniversityMontgomery, Alabama64.5%73%1020$22k$43k37%1,549129 mi21Miles CollegeFairfield, Alabama56.3%——$14k$33k16%1,155199 mi22Talladega CollegeTalladega, Alabama54.4%85%—$16k$32k31%701202 mi23Stillman CollegeTuscaloosa, Alabama52.8%62%—$15k$35k25%706172 mi
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