Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Georgia

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Georgia, 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 47 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia98.1%14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 2Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia95.7%11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 3Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia94.1%25%1220$39k$60k78%3,414222 mi 4University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia94.0%38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 5Covenant CollegeLookout Mountain, Georgia88.2%87%1294$26k$50k71%939309 mi 6Morehouse CollegeAtlanta, Georgia86.9%44%1090$39k$53k59%2,844222 mi 7Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia86.3%83%1173$49k$46k69%15,24311 mi 8Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia83.5%64%1220$22k$54k69%2,245268 mi 9Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia82.3%78%1163$21k$58k64%5,947143 mi 10Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia82.2%69%1271$24k$58k70%4,500157 mi 11Agnes Scott CollegeDecatur, Georgia81.3%62%1260$25k$56k71%836216 mi 12Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia79.9%55%1076$16k$47k53%26,623221 mi 13Albany State UniversityAlbany, Georgia78.6%——$12k$41k31%5,956101 mi 14Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley, Georgia78.5%66%994$10k$37k41%2,684162 mi 15Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia77.8%88%1053$15k$53k55%21,79053 mi 16University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, Georgia77.5%52%1032$13k$50k43%7,520222 mi 17Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia76.7%69%1113$15k$58k52%41,254239 mi 18Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia75.6%86%1070$14k$48k49%5,61392 mi 19Strayer University-GeorgiaChamblee, Georgia75.0%——$18k$40k21%4,299218 mi 20Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia74.7%——$8k$38k28%2,8338 mi 21Point UniversityWest Point, Georgia74.1%44%—$25k$39k34%1,996175 mi 22University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia73.5%68%1106$10k$50k37%16,146227 mi 23Oglethorpe UniversityAtlanta, Georgia73.3%88%1227$20k$55k54%1,352221 mi 24Valdosta State UniversityValdosta, Georgia71.9%72%1013$11k$49k42%6,62266 mi 25Emmanuel UniversityFranklin Springs, Georgia70.9%74%—$21k$38k42%775179 mi 26Dalton State CollegeDalton, Georgia70.9%——$5k$40k25%4,553284 mi 27Clayton State UniversityMorrow, Georgia70.9%68%958$8k$49k40%4,348214 mi 28Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlanta, Georgia70.7%64%—$38k$43k49%3,603222 mi 29Piedmont UniversityDemorest, Georgia69.8%93%1129$21k$49k47%1,117209 mi 30Columbus State UniversityColumbus, Georgia69.7%99%977$13k$45k42%5,625155 mi 31Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, Georgia69.2%76%990$7k$35k36%3,20899 mi 32LaGrange CollegeLagrange, Georgia67.2%62%—$21k$52k47%636188 mi 33Truett McConnell UniversityCleveland, Georgia67.0%78%—$22k$47k38%744219 mi 34Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia65.3%100%1083$12k$41k25%6,574161 mi 35Brenau UniversityGainesville, Georgia65.0%88%1079$19k$54k33%1,029210 mi 36Young Harris CollegeYoung Harris, Georgia64.6%63%—$22k$47k42%755239 mi 37Georgia Gwinnett CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia63.4%96%—$16k$48k21%11,344207 mi 38Life UniversityMarietta, Georgia62.8%93%1030$30k$47k38%893232 mi 39Toccoa Falls CollegeToccoa Falls, Georgia62.5%66%1130$22k$37k44%875202 mi 40Reinhardt UniversityWaleska, Georgia62.2%62%—$24k$47k44%1,066246 mi 41Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia60.5%96%1115$17k$45k38%1,028266 mi 42Georgia Southwestern State UniversityAmericus, Georgia57.6%75%978$12k$49k41%2,424135 mi 43Gordon State CollegeBarnesville, Georgia51.2%86%1023$8k$38k20%2,544190 mi 44Thomas UniversityThomasville, Georgia49.3%38%1072$18k$50k28%99849 mi 45Chamberlain University-GeorgiaSandy Springs, Georgia40.0%91%—$33k$92k50%1,940223 mi 46DeVry University-GeorgiaDecatur, Georgia40.0%100%—$28k$46k13%516217 mi 47American InterContinental University-AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia14.3%——$16k$36k21%734224 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.