Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Indiana

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Indiana, 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 41 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola, Indiana100.0%40%—$16k$57k0%60780 mi 2University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana99.1%11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 3Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, Indiana93.0%63%1180$24k$70k77%866111 mi 4Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana92.7%50%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 5Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana91.7%77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 6Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana91.1%78%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 7Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana89.3%74%1220$25k$52k74%2,025114 mi 8DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana88.6%57%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 9Saint Mary's CollegeNotre Dame, Indiana88.1%76%1246$25k$59k69%1,45824 mi 10Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana87.5%85%1274$36k$77k80%4,317135 mi 11Huntington UniversityHuntington, Indiana83.8%76%1052$19k$47k64%1,08290 mi 12University of EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana83.3%78%—$18k$54k64%1,539253 mi 13Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana82.9%89%1082$23k$60k67%1,974105 mi 14Hanover CollegeHanover, Indiana81.8%84%1201$22k$54k67%1,031221 mi 15Goshen CollegeGoshen, Indiana80.1%84%950$14k$52k65%77348 mi 16Trine UniversityAngola, Indiana79.9%85%—$25k$57k64%2,32480 mi 17Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana77.7%86%1160$15k$52k62%13,988131 mi 18Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake, Indiana77.4%82%1119$20k$45k69%1,46463 mi 19Earlham CollegeRichmond, Indiana77.2%73%1219$25k$51k69%670149 mi 20Marian UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana75.9%95%—$24k$59k67%2,266136 mi 21Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana75.4%89%1178$19k$63k70%2,08314 mi 22Franklin CollegeFranklin, Indiana72.9%70%1145$23k$55k60%900161 mi 23Bethel UniversityMishawaka, Indiana72.4%98%1014$19k$49k53%1,00827 mi 24Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana72.2%76%1139$12k$55k54%13,830139 mi 25Indiana University-NorthwestGary, Indiana71.4%73%1055$5k$43k37%2,6615 mi 26University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana71.0%67%—$22k$54k56%3,005144 mi 27University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana70.7%96%981$18k$55k55%1,56794 mi 28Holy Cross CollegeNotre Dame, Indiana70.4%75%—$27k$50k73%63924 mi 29Indiana University-KokomoKokomo, Indiana69.3%86%1065$4k$50k46%2,35296 mi 30Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana66.6%84%1100$13k$46k36%5,48495 mi 31Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, Indiana66.3%71%—$19k$52k46%93675 mi 32Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana65.8%81%—$11k$48k43%6,188149 mi 33Purdue University NorthwestHammond, Indiana65.7%72%1024$6k$48k43%5,6715 mi 34Indiana University-South BendSouth Bend, Indiana65.1%84%1081$9k$45k40%3,93327 mi 35Indiana University-SoutheastNew Albany, Indiana63.8%84%1072$8k$48k39%3,170239 mi 36Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Mary of the Woods, Indiana61.8%72%—$32k$44k47%853147 mi 37Indiana University-EastRichmond, Indiana61.8%67%1061$8k$47k40%2,589146 mi 38Anderson UniversityAnderson, Indiana59.9%79%1035$25k$49k54%1,057129 mi 39Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne, Indiana59.4%70%—$23k$47k48%1,44197 mi 40Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesFort Wayne, Indiana54.5%——$20k$47k28%2,68697 mi 41Calumet College of Saint JosephWhiting, Indiana42.3%——$22k$47k23%5292 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.