Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New England

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in New England, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census New England division. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT. 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 105 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts99.1%5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 2Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island98.8%5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 3Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut98.8%4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 4United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut98.6%22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 5Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire98.4%5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 6Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts98.3%4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 7Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts97.3%9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 8Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts96.9%5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 9Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts96.9%8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 10Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine96.8%7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 11Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts96.5%14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 12Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts96.0%16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 13Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts95.5%11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 14Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island95.0%19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 15Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut94.9%16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 16College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts94.8%18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 17Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts94.7%11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 18Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts94.6%17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 19Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts94.3%21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 20Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island94.0%51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 21Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts93.7%60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 22Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont93.7%11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 23Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine93.7%7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 24Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts92.7%45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 25University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut92.5%52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 26University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts91.9%60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 27Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut91.3%33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 28Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine91.3%13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 29Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut90.0%29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 30Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut89.7%37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 31University of VermontBurlington, Vermont89.2%65%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 32Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut89.1%72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 33Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, Massachusetts89.1%76%—$24k$44k69%1,8313 mi 34Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts88.6%36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 35Berklee College of MusicBoston, Massachusetts88.6%44%—$49k$34k67%7,4682 mi 36Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire88.1%78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 37Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts87.4%51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 38University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire87.3%88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 39Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts87.0%41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 40Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island86.9%65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 41Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts86.8%95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 42Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts86.2%40%1370$29k$62k77%2,21437 mi 43Simmons UniversityBoston, Massachusetts84.8%70%1316$25k$63k72%1,6703 mi 44Gordon CollegeWenham, Massachusetts84.4%69%1265$25k$52k69%1,2782 mi 45Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts84.4%71%1274$41k$58k76%3,125< 1 mi 46University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts84.0%83%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 47Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts84.0%66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 48Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts83.9%83%—$29k$75k75%1,66940 mi 49Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts83.8%91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 50Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut83.7%83%1160$21k$56k58%3,41826 mi 51University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut83.7%88%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 52University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island83.6%72%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 53University of MaineOrono, Maine83.4%97%—$18k$49k55%8,49624 mi 54Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut83.1%65%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 55University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut82.9%96%1219$30k$61k54%4,14634 mi 56Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island82.8%68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 57Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts82.2%68%1308$30k$68k73%1,77312 mi 58Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island82.0%88%1050$31k$43k55%3,8681 mi 59Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont81.7%83%1312$36k$58k65%2,75266 mi 60University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut81.6%83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 61Roger Williams UniversityBristol, Rhode Island81.1%88%1223$38k$70k69%3,946< 1 mi 62Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts80.7%72%1275$31k$48k74%1,75152 mi 63Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, Vermont79.9%85%1245$25k$61k73%1,09266 mi 64University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine79.4%92%—$38k$56k68%2,1351 mi 65Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts79.3%70%—$38k$76k70%3,91615 mi 66Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont79.3%74%1190$22k$66k60%2,42898 mi 67Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire78.7%90%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 68Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts78.6%76%1250$27k$68k68%1,8543 mi 69Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts78.1%88%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 70Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut77.9%91%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 71Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut77.1%73%1080$17k$59k48%7,82228 mi 72University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut76.5%60%1160$34k$60k63%4,8412 mi 73Rivier UniversityNashua, New Hampshire75.7%83%1070$28k$52k52%1,23131 mi 74Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts75.4%82%1216$30k$68k61%4,2681 mi 75Husson UniversityBangor, Maine75.3%81%1180$21k$45k59%2,61818 mi 76Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts75.3%96%—$16k$57k50%4,291< 1 mi 77Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts75.1%88%1180$16k$57k53%7,82913 mi 78Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts74.0%83%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 79Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts74.0%85%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 mi 80University of Southern MainePortland, Maine73.9%79%1116$14k$50k40%4,2221 mi 81Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts73.9%81%—$17k$57k54%3,61557 mi 82Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island73.3%92%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 83Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut73.2%87%1110$18k$59k52%3,51120 mi 84Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts72.8%85%1120$14k$55k44%1,10849 mi 85University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmington, Maine72.8%97%1130$17k$44k52%1,14046 mi 86Nichols CollegeDudley, Massachusetts72.5%81%1140$33k$58k63%1,16332 mi 87Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts72.3%97%—$31k$51k58%1,1224 mi 88Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts71.0%84%1180$16k$52k48%2,56620 mi 89University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts70.4%84%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 90Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts70.4%81%1100$28k$50k59%1,22610 mi 91Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts69.5%87%1150$14k$54k55%2,75241 mi 92Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire68.5%88%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 93Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts68.3%74%—$31k$38k54%1,08918 mi 94Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont67.8%82%—$18k$50k47%3,590109 mi 95Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts66.2%88%1125$29k$54k51%1,7806 mi 96University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts63.6%91%1182$21k$69k52%5,2215 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.