Hispanic-Serving Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates

Hispanic-Serving Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates, ranked by first-year retention rate. Retention measures returning students, not satisfaction. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 211 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California97.3%9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California95.5%31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 3Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas94.3%57%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 4University of California-IrvineIrvine, California94.0%29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 5University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California94.0%27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 6University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California93.0%33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 7University of California-DavisDavis, California92.8%42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 8University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut92.5%52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 9University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida92.3%40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 10Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida91.8%55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 11San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California90.6%36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 12New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey89.5%65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 13CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York88.6%48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 14Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California88.6%45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 15University of the PacificStockton, California88.5%71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 16University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California87.9%66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 17University of California-RiversideRiverside, California87.6%76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 18California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California87.4%75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 19University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico87.0%57%—$18k$49k49%9,5391 mi 20University of HoustonHouston, Texas87.0%74%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 21San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California86.8%85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 22California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California86.8%46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 23Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona86.6%90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 24Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California85.5%84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 25Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California85.4%87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 26Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, New York85.2%82%1187$24k$78k70%3,1624 mi 27Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas85.0%73%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 28Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington84.9%——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 29Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida84.5%66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 30Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California84.0%88%1195$22k$67k62%2,75930 mi 31University of RedlandsRedlands, California84.0%83%1241$30k$73k67%2,04951 mi 32Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey83.8%71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 33Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey83.6%71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 34Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico83.1%98%1300$13k$25k49%3,8742 mi 35Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee82.8%66%1129$24k$54k49%2,773297 mi 36University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona82.8%86%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 37San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California82.7%96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 38California State University-StanislausTurlock, California82.5%98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 39California State University-FullertonFullerton, California82.4%91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 40University of California-MercedMerced, California82.1%91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 41California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California81.9%94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 42Atlantic UniversityGuaynabo, Puerto Rico81.8%——$6k$25k39%1,4514 mi 43California State University-ChicoChico, California81.6%93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 44CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York81.6%57%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 45University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut81.6%83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 46California State University-FresnoFresno, California81.6%95%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 47Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York81.6%63%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 48Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey81.5%73%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 49University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico81.3%55%—$13k$30k47%2,5294 mi 50The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas81.1%94%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 51Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas80.6%43%1241$29k$57k73%1,440145 mi 52Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico80.6%42%—$9k$25k43%2,9063 mi 53SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York80.3%74%1312$19k$45k63%3,1974 mi 54University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois80.2%77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 55Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas80.1%89%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 56Elmhurst UniversityElmhurst, Illinois79.9%74%1151$24k$61k70%3,00616 mi 57California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California79.9%97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 58The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas79.8%87%1105$11k$57k53%30,580132 mi 59Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas79.7%81%1138$26k$59k63%2,493123 mi 60University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada79.7%74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 61California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California79.6%94%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 62Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San GermanSan German, Puerto Rico79.5%42%—$9k$25k43%2,5698 mi 63Austin CollegeSherman, Texas79.4%48%1212$21k$61k67%1,165284 mi 64CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York79.3%60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 65University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada79.2%96%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 66Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California79.2%93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 67Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois79.1%71%1096$17k$66k67%4,01529 mi 68Universidad del Sagrado CorazonSanturce, Puerto Rico79.1%58%—$13k$32k52%4,442< 1 mi 69The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas78.9%100%962$9k$51k50%21,005361 mi 70California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California78.8%94%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 71California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California78.8%76%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 72Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada78.8%87%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 73University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois78.8%65%1141$13k$64k67%1,22332 mi 74CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York78.7%64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 75California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California78.6%95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 76Universidad Politecnica de Puerto RicoHato Rey, Puerto Rico78.3%——$18k$48k28%3,5941 mi 77Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey78.2%95%—$23k$57k67%1,99015 mi 78New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York78.0%81%1311$22k$70k59%3,4402 mi 79Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois77.9%90%1002$12k$60k55%2,5619 mi 80Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey77.9%88%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 81Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut77.9%91%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 82University of Puerto RicoBayamon, Puerto Rico77.8%35%—$8k$34k37%2,8514 mi 83Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas77.8%44%993$4k$48k46%6,667102 mi 84University of St ThomasHouston, Texas77.7%90%1090$19k$59k69%3,22020 mi 85CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York77.6%54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 86La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California77.3%92%—$46k$62k60%1,11630 mi 87Caldwell UniversityCaldwell, New Jersey77.3%71%1260$25k$54k57%1,57512 mi 88University of DallasIrving, Texas77.2%53%1227$23k$58k73%1,403241 mi 89University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, Puerto Rico77.2%55%—$9k$36k50%8,5722 mi 90Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois77.1%81%1076$19k$59k60%3,97438 mi 91Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey77.0%91%—$15k$57k53%2,6275 mi 92Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, New York76.9%87%1217$29k$74k56%2,9512 mi 93William Jessup UniversityRocklin, California76.9%93%1150$28k$56k56%1,29451 mi 94University of North TexasDenton, Texas76.6%72%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 95Inter American University of Puerto Rico-MetroSan Juan, Puerto Rico76.4%70%—$10k$31k39%2,6074 mi 96Inter American University of Puerto Rico-FajardoFajardo, Puerto Rico76.3%27%—$9k$23k38%1,0721 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.