Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Connecticut

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Connecticut, 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 22 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut98.8%4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 2United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut98.6%22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 3Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut94.9%16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 4University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut92.5%52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 5Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut91.3%33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 6Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut90.0%29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 7Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut89.7%37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 8Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut89.1%72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 9Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut83.7%83%1160$21k$56k58%3,41826 mi 10University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut83.7%88%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 11Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut83.1%65%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 12University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut82.9%96%1219$30k$61k54%4,14634 mi 13University of Saint JosephWest Hartford, Connecticut82.1%79%950$28k$60k64%83834 mi 14University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut81.6%83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 15Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut77.9%91%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 16University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut77.8%87%1060$11k$74k53%73319 mi 17Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut77.1%73%1080$17k$59k48%7,82228 mi 18University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut76.5%60%1160$34k$60k63%4,8412 mi 19Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut73.2%87%1110$18k$59k52%3,51120 mi 20Albertus Magnus CollegeNew Haven, Connecticut66.9%59%—$34k$60k51%9912 mi 21University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut61.3%83%—$28k$50k41%1,534< 1 mi 22Post UniversityWaterbury, Connecticut33.4%——$22k$39k25%13,60318 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.