Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Michigan

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Michigan, 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 42 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan97.5%16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 2Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, Michigan96.6%21%1415——90%1,57361 mi 3Kettering UniversityFlint, Michigan94.3%79%1251$35k$95k71%1,20541 mi 4Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan90.0%85%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 5Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan88.8%92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 mi 6Hope CollegeHolland, Michigan88.4%79%1249$27k$58k80%3,2886 mi 7Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan86.8%71%1233$23k$58k74%3,19332 mi 8Alma CollegeAlma, Michigan85.0%57%—$21k$55k63%1,14844 mi 9Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan84.5%75%1280$19k$66k76%1,14936 mi 10University of Detroit MercyDetroit, Michigan83.5%75%1134$15k$71k67%2,4388 mi 11Andrews UniversityBerrien Springs, Michigan83.2%82%1150$13k$53k72%1,22411 mi 12Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan82.7%81%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 13University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan82.5%56%1115$9k$60k58%5,9526 mi 14College for Creative StudiesDetroit, Michigan82.2%92%—$35k$45k71%1,2304 mi 15Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan82.0%98%—$18k$45k57%3,13435 mi 16Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan81.1%85%—$15k$54k58%12,56836 mi 17Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan78.8%——$13k$49k51%1,3256 mi 18Northwood UniversityMidland, Michigan78.6%65%—$27k$63k63%1,97418 mi 19Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfield, Michigan78.4%56%—$33k$69k61%1,66814 mi 20Aquinas CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan78.3%90%1025$17k$50k65%1,08330 mi 21Cornerstone UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan78.3%78%—$20k$47k62%1,29832 mi 22Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, Michigan78.0%84%—$14k$47k52%6,5561 mi 23Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan77.9%88%1120$9k$59k58%12,35126 mi 24University of Michigan-FlintFlint, Michigan77.8%70%1102$7k$53k40%4,41141 mi 25Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan77.6%91%1012$9k$55k47%8,10648 mi 26Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan77.6%72%1052$11k$52k48%5,98912 mi 27Spring Arbor UniversitySpring Arbor, Michigan77.1%52%1170$19k$52k64%1,01064 mi 28Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan76.3%83%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi 29Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan75.4%90%1091$18k$56k59%10,03543 mi 30Arizona College of Nursing-SouthfieldSouthfield, Michigan75.0%100%—$39k$35k—59415 mi 31Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan71.5%63%980$18k$59k60%1,63216 mi 32Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan70.8%81%—$14k$59k62%1,30074 mi 33Siena Heights UniversityAdrian, Michigan70.0%69%954$17k$58k39%1,49530 mi 34Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan68.8%80%1066$15k$52k46%10,05524 mi 35Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan66.1%82%1080$13k$36k36%3,02649 mi 36Cleary UniversityHowell, Michigan65.8%68%—$22k$54k41%73844 mi 37Adrian CollegeAdrian, Michigan65.4%73%1034$25k$56k48%1,60432 mi 38Grace Christian UniversityWyoming, Michigan65.2%99%—$12k$42k51%71627 mi 39The University of OlivetOlivet, Michigan61.4%83%—$21k$48k35%89268 mi 40Chamberlain University-MichiganTroy, Michigan60.0%86%—$28k$92k100%62917 mi 41Rochester Christian UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan59.6%98%—$21k$49k44%79225 mi 42Concordia University Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan44.6%69%—$33k$56k48%70227 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.