Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Florida

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Florida, 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 46 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of FloridaGainesville, Florida97.7%24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 2Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida96.0%24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 3University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida93.8%19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 4University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida92.3%40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 5Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida91.8%55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 6University of South FloridaTampa, Florida91.3%43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 7Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida89.2%21%1107$14k$44k53%7,58223 mi 8University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida88.8%58%1138$9k$49k59%9,3302 mi 9Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida88.1%65%1257$41k$84k67%7,8604 mi 10Ringling College of Art and DesignSarasota, Florida86.4%70%—$58k$43k72%1,6621 mi 11The University of TampaTampa, Florida85.5%40%—$36k$59k64%10,5721 mi 12Rollins CollegeWinter Park, Florida85.2%48%1271$35k$58k75%2,63132 mi 13Beacon CollegeLeesburg, Florida84.9%43%—$54k$29k60%50646 mi 14University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida84.7%53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 15Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida84.5%66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 16Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida83.2%63%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 mi 17Florida Southern CollegeLakeland, Florida80.0%64%1252$29k$55k71%2,65630 mi 18Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida80.0%58%1225$36k$43k64%3,4042 mi 19Ave Maria UniversityAve Maria, Florida78.9%41%—$25k$50k54%1,29824 mi 20Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida78.2%72%1176$19k$52k62%2,29722 mi 21Lynn UniversityBoca Raton, Florida76.6%73%1134$44k$49k52%2,8593 mi 22Eckerd CollegeSaint Petersburg, Florida75.8%76%1250$38k$52k66%1,888< 1 mi 23Nova Southeastern UniversityFort Lauderdale, Florida75.6%73%1157$30k$59k63%7,2408 mi 24Florida CollegeTemple Terrace, Florida75.6%70%1108$24k$43k54%5888 mi 25New College of FloridaSarasota, Florida75.6%73%1150$7k$48k67%8431 mi 26Flagler CollegeSaint Augustine, Florida75.5%81%1084$31k$49k56%2,3911 mi 27Florida Polytechnic UniversityLakeland, Florida74.8%58%1268$12k—55%1,68939 mi 28Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida74.7%57%1205$25k$68k51%2,93012 mi 29Everglades UniversityBoca Raton, Florida73.7%81%—$27k$48k61%2,7892 mi 30Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida70.2%——$20k——4,76332 mi 31Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida69.9%53%—$32k$47k43%4,81332 mi 32Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach, Florida68.0%82%1075$28k$49k55%2,6031 mi 33Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida66.7%——$16k$40k100%1,1077 mi 34AdventHealth UniversityOrlando, Florida64.0%——$30k$72k39%1,36133 mi 35Barry UniversityMiami, Florida63.4%77%—$23k$56k38%2,2122 mi 36Chamberlain University-FloridaJacksonville, Florida62.5%91%—$31k$92k33%82112 mi 37Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida61.8%88%880$12k$39k31%2,7322 mi 38Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida60.3%58%1148$19k$84k21%9,1394 mi 39West Coast University-MiamiDoral, Florida60.0%——$33k$103k33%9619 mi 40Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida59.2%78%—$21k$48k45%6,72126 mi 41St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida56.6%98%—$26k$54k48%2,2146 mi 42Edward Waters UniversityJacksonville, Florida53.8%85%—$14k$35k28%1,08717 mi 43Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida53.1%——$39k$38k44%25,77729 mi 44Florida Memorial UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida49.5%85%—$23k$37k31%1,1837 mi 45Warner UniversityLake Wales, Florida43.9%43%932$20k$46k42%75648 mi 46Webber International UniversityBabson Park, Florida41.2%69%—$30k$46k28%81352 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.