Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Mid-Atlantic

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Mid-Atlantic, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census Middle Atlantic division. Included states / district: NJ NY PA. This ranks the named measure, not overall college quality. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 205 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania98.9%5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 2Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York98.4%9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey98.4%5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 4Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York98.0%4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 5Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania98.0%12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 6Barnard CollegeNew York, New York96.6%9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 7Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey, New York95.9%——$9k—69%1,1598 mi 8New York UniversityNew York, New York95.8%9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 9Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania95.1%27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 10Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York94.9%19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 11Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York94.8%14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 12United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York94.6%12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 13Uta Mesivta of Kiryas JoelMonroe, New York94.0%——$4k$32k70%2,95710 mi 14Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania94.0%7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 15Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania93.8%12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 16Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania93.7%26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 17Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania93.7%29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 18Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey93.6%48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 19Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York93.4%14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 20Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey93.0%58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 21Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania92.6%61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 22Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania92.2%29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 23University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania92.0%58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 24Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania92.0%42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 25Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York91.5%56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 26The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey91.3%62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 27Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania91.2%39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 28United Talmudical SeminaryBrooklyn, New York90.8%——$7k$25k58%2,2411 mi 29St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York90.8%54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 30Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York90.7%63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 31University of RochesterRochester, New York90.7%40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 32Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania90.2%28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 33Union CollegeSchenectady, New York90.2%44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 34Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York90.1%46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 35Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania89.9%72%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 36Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York89.8%49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 37Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania89.7%31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 38Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York89.6%21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 39New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey89.5%65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 40Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89.5%79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 41Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York89.4%39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 42Touro UniversityNew York, New York88.8%61%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 43Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York88.8%67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 44Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania88.7%89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 45CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York88.6%48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 46Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania88.6%79%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 47Fordham UniversityBronx, New York88.5%59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 48Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey88.4%68%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 49Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania88.3%72%1272——83%2,21661 mi 50Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, New York88.3%73%1290$53k$54k74%3,9101 mi 51Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, New York87.4%62%1366$41k$54k71%1,5303 mi 52SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York87.0%63%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 53SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York87.0%66%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 54Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania86.9%92%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 55St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York86.4%66%1214$29k$67k74%2,56510 mi 56Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York86.4%64%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 57Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania86.3%81%1232$29k$62k82%2,16395 mi 58Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York86.1%57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 59St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure, New York85.9%82%1197$27k$57k67%2,01249 mi 60School of Visual ArtsNew York, New York85.5%93%1320$58k$46k76%3,2441 mi 61University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania85.4%81%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 62University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York85.2%74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 63Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, New York85.2%82%1187$24k$78k70%3,1624 mi 64State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York85.0%62%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 65Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York84.8%75%1216$29k$56k73%1,87311 mi 66Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York84.8%77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 67The New SchoolNew York, New York84.8%63%—$59k$53k69%6,5631 mi 68Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York84.7%69%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 69Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York84.6%52%1380$35k$47k68%2,41449 mi 70Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania84.4%87%1080$21k$51k60%1,348110 mi 71Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania84.2%84%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 72Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania84.0%71%1095$20k$53k66%6,78868 mi 73Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey83.8%71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 74Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania83.7%78%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 mi 75Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York83.6%68%1319$34k$69k69%6,4886 mi 76Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey83.6%71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 77Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, New York83.6%71%1170$23k$55k67%1,14913 mi 78Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, New York83.5%83%1255$22k$63k73%2,43934 mi 79SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York83.5%72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 80University at AlbanyAlbany, New York83.4%69%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 81Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York83.4%88%1243$28k$74k65%1,6511 mi 82Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, Pennsylvania83.3%79%1227$24k$57k74%1,191113 mi 83Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania83.3%97%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi 84Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania83.2%90%—$23k$62k66%2,896100 mi 85West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania83.1%78%1187$23k$61k71%14,16413 mi 86DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, Pennsylvania83.0%77%1186$32k$61k72%2,12841 mi 87Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania83.0%86%1260$24k$76k71%1,32016 mi 88Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania83.0%77%1155$24k$62k74%1,557135 mi 89Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania83.0%84%1240$27k$63k65%1,68458 mi 90Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York82.9%66%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 91Siena UniversityLoudonville, New York82.7%69%1254$34k$76k75%3,40998 mi 92Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania82.6%80%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 93Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania82.5%81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 94Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey82.3%78%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 95Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania82.3%62%1116$24k$60k69%1,259130 mi 96Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania82.1%98%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 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.