Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Mountain West

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Mountain West, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census Mountain division. Included states / district: AZ CO ID MT NV NM UT WY. 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 55 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado96.5%14%1350——88%4,114711 mi 2Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado93.6%18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 3Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado92.8%61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 4Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah91.0%68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 5University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado90.1%78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 6University of DenverDenver, Colorado88.9%78%1355$36k$71k76%6,025742 mi 7Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona86.6%90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 8University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah86.2%86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 9Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado85.9%89%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 10Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado83.7%——$30k$50k64%5,549740 mi 11University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona82.8%86%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 12Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona82.2%77%1250$40k$84k68%3,218222 mi 13Carroll CollegeHelena, Montana82.0%71%1200$24k$62k69%1,092485 mi 14The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho81.8%49%1180$19k$48k63%1,041363 mi 15University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming79.7%97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 16University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada79.7%74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 17University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada79.2%96%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 18Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho78.8%87%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 19Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada78.8%87%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 20The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana78.6%100%—$17k$43k51%1,198486 mi 21Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana78.5%82%1183$22k$53k57%14,451548 mi 22Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho77.4%65%1130$30k$52k71%1,024371 mi 23Arizona College of Nursing-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada76.9%100%—$31k$35k82%1,222226 mi 24Montana Technological UniversityButte, Montana76.7%91%1126$16k$54k58%1,480472 mi 25University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico76.2%95%1038$15k$45k55%17,244460 mi 26University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado75.8%86%1082$18k$52k51%5,598766 mi 27University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho75.6%76%1116$15k$55k57%7,747254 mi 28Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah75.5%82%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 29Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona75.5%90%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 30The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana74.8%96%1190$17k$45k48%7,488392 mi 31New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico73.4%89%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 32University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado72.7%75%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 33Western Colorado UniversityGunnison, Colorado72.4%100%1230$16k$47k51%1,586616 mi 34Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona72.0%79%1077$22k$42k43%73,371165 mi 35Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho72.0%——$12k$46k39%7,583573 mi 36Regis UniversityDenver, Colorado71.4%86%1220$18k$72k61%2,627746 mi 37Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, Arizona71.4%100%—$32k$35k89%1,202164 mi 38Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah70.8%92%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 39University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado68.3%97%1133$16k$55k47%8,697708 mi 40Arizona College of Nursing-PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona67.9%100%—$37k$35k—1,229173 mi 41Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado66.1%77%1111$17k$46k36%3,079515 mi 42Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado64.3%95%1120$10k$56k40%3,042688 mi 43Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado62.9%99%1019$15k$52k32%15,002745 mi 44Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico62.0%92%964$5k$39k45%3,357545 mi 45Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho61.1%88%—$16k$46k40%2,385259 mi 46Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico58.1%——$9k$39k32%2,026301 mi 47Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana55.6%——$17k$44k30%2,626662 mi 48Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignLakewood, Colorado54.0%——$32k$43k32%2,050742 mi 49Arizona Christian UniversityGlendale, Arizona53.7%71%—$33k$52k40%1,165170 mi 50Adams State UniversityAlamosa, Colorado50.7%——$13k$44k39%1,250597 mi 51Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado50.6%——$17k$37k19%28,086706 mi 52Nightingale CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah50.0%——$31k$27k21%5,986545 mi 53New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico49.8%——$15k$46k26%1,451546 mi 54University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona40.8%——$14k$38k21%85,991163 mi 55The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona34.7%——$31k$35k11%20,1527 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.