Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Maryland

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Maryland, 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 24 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-MarylandBaltimore, Maryland100.0%———$40k38%1,0436 mi 2Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland98.1%6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 3United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland97.3%9%1307——93%4,474< 1 mi 4University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland96.2%45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 5Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland87.1%75%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 6St. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's City, Maryland85.8%69%1261$18k$60k70%1,603< 1 mi 7University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland85.0%72%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 8Washington CollegeChestertown, Maryland83.9%57%1280$28k$66k65%8915 mi 9Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, Maryland83.4%77%1258$43k$45k72%1,1893 mi 10Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland82.8%82%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 11Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland78.8%79%—$27k$62k68%3,10214 mi 12Goucher CollegeBaltimore, Maryland78.6%78%1248$22k$53k57%9649 mi 13Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland77.7%87%1252$18k$62k68%6,05713 mi 14McDaniel CollegeWestminster, Maryland76.0%78%—$22k$61k63%1,61730 mi 15Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland73.3%82%971$15k$51k41%9,0195 mi 16Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityBaltimore, Maryland72.8%82%—$19k$65k50%7096 mi 17Mount St. Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg, Maryland70.8%74%1176$23k$64k65%1,76849 mi 18Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland69.3%89%—$17k$55k50%2,909112 mi 19Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland68.2%72%—$19k$55k38%5,04310 mi 20Hood CollegeFrederick, Maryland68.0%78%—$21k$57k57%1,19440 mi 21Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland66.2%46%975$10k$46k26%1,8444 mi 22University of Maryland Eastern ShorePrincess Anne, Maryland61.8%96%—$13k$48k35%2,3916 mi 23University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland60.0%79%940$14k$61k38%1,1333 mi 24University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland55.4%——$22k$65k33%49,66410 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.