Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Missouri

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Missouri, 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 38 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri95.0%12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 2University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri92.7%78%1247$20k$63k75%23,929318 mi 3College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri90.2%12%1118$6k$42k64%1,444459 mi 4Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri87.8%75%1317$24k$71k80%7,267256 mi 5Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri86.6%73%1317$16k$83k64%5,521344 mi 6Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri84.7%84%1320$13k$56k69%2,513283 mi 7Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, Missouri84.7%95%—$22k$62k66%5,658264 mi 8Ozark Christian CollegeJoplin, Missouri83.5%94%—$21k$41k64%602491 mi 9Midwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryKansas City, Missouri81.5%96%—$23k$51k48%747409 mi 10Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri79.2%58%1218$21k$41k62%1,383437 mi 11Rockhurst UniversityKansas City, Missouri79.1%70%1120$26k$67k75%1,580414 mi 12Kansas City Art InstituteKansas City, Missouri78.3%55%—$28k$37k58%812414 mi 13Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri77.3%91%1122$18k$50k58%13,313438 mi 14Evangel UniversitySpringfield, Missouri76.4%72%1188$19k$47k65%1,229436 mi 15Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri75.8%74%950$16k$44k58%6,373320 mi 16University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri75.4%72%1204$13k$60k55%6,817415 mi 17Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri75.1%——$23k$45k42%4,950317 mi 18Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, Missouri73.9%86%1119$16k$48k54%4,378389 mi 19William Jewell CollegeLiberty, Missouri73.8%38%1095$18k$59k68%924399 mi 20University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri73.6%64%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 21University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri73.6%63%1199$15k$53k57%5,024254 mi 22Westminster CollegeFulton, Missouri71.0%79%1118$24k$52k55%638307 mi 23Avila UniversityKansas City, Missouri70.5%88%972$16k$53k52%1,312419 mi 24Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri68.7%86%1102$27k$51k64%2,304262 mi 25Harris-Stowe State UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri68.4%——$10k$31k28%960256 mi 26Culver-Stockton CollegeCanton, Missouri67.2%99%—$22k$46k39%807236 mi 27Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri65.6%57%1190$20k$53k49%4,624256 mi 28Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri65.3%69%910$27k$47k48%1,488263 mi 29Southwest Baptist UniversityBolivar, Missouri64.8%68%1088$22k$43k55%1,341423 mi 30Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri62.8%97%1065$12k$43k42%3,019489 mi 31Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri61.8%57%1048$23k$49k51%1,040324 mi 32Lincoln UniversityJefferson City, Missouri59.9%——$19k$39k21%1,392328 mi 33William Woods UniversityFulton, Missouri58.0%71%—$27k$42k47%1,300306 mi 34Park UniversityParkville, Missouri57.6%——$21k$56k38%4,555414 mi 35Missouri Western State UniversitySaint Joseph, Missouri53.8%——$13k$43k39%2,219402 mi 36Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, Missouri53.0%69%974$18k$43k22%1,443348 mi 37Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesFayette, Missouri52.9%88%1120$15k$49k0%2,092324 mi 38Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesSpringfield, Missouri50.0%——$11k$41k43%632437 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.