Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Northeast

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Northeast, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census Northeast region. Included states / district: CT ME MA NH RI VT 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 310 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 2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania98.9%5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 3Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island98.8%5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 4Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut98.8%4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 5United States Coast Guard AcademyNew London, Connecticut98.6%22%1339——93%1,1082 mi 6Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire98.4%5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 7Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York98.4%9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 8Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey98.4%5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 9Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts98.3%4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 10Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York98.0%4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 11Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania98.0%12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 12Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts97.3%9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 13Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts96.9%5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 14Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts96.9%8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 15Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine96.8%7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 16Barnard CollegeNew York, New York96.6%9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 17Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts96.5%14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 18Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts96.0%16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 19Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey, New York95.9%——$9k—69%1,1598 mi 20New York UniversityNew York, New York95.8%9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 21Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts95.5%11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 22Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania95.1%27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 23Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island95.0%19%1473$51k$68k89%2,0841 mi 24Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York94.9%19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 25Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut94.9%16%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 26Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York94.8%14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 27College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts94.8%18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 28Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts94.7%11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 29United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York94.6%12%1355——87%4,4085 mi 30Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts94.6%17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 31Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts94.3%21%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 32Uta Mesivta of Kiryas JoelMonroe, New York94.0%——$4k$32k70%2,95710 mi 33Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania94.0%7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 34Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island94.0%51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 35Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania93.8%12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 36Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania93.7%26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 37Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania93.7%29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 38Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts93.7%60%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 39Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont93.7%11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 40Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine93.7%7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 41Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey93.6%48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 42Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York93.4%14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 43Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey93.0%58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 44Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts92.7%45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 45Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania92.6%61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 46University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut92.5%52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 47Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania92.2%29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 48University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania92.0%58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 49Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania92.0%42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 50University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts91.9%60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 51Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York91.5%56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 52The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey91.3%62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 53Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut91.3%33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 54Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine91.3%13%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 55Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania91.2%39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 56United Talmudical SeminaryBrooklyn, New York90.8%——$7k$25k58%2,2411 mi 57St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York90.8%54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 58Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York90.7%63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 59University of RochesterRochester, New York90.7%40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 60Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania90.2%28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 61Union CollegeSchenectady, New York90.2%44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 62Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York90.1%46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 63Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut90.0%29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 64Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania89.9%72%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 65Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York89.8%49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 66Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut89.7%37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 67Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania89.7%31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 68Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York89.6%21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 69New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey89.5%65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 70Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89.5%79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 71Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York89.4%39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 72University of VermontBurlington, Vermont89.2%65%1374$19k$62k79%11,74366 mi 73Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut89.1%72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 74Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, Massachusetts89.1%76%—$24k$44k69%1,8313 mi 75Touro UniversityNew York, New York88.8%61%1348$30k$53k72%4,0401 mi 76Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York88.8%67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 77Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania88.7%89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 78CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York88.6%48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 79Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts88.6%36%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 80Berklee College of MusicBoston, Massachusetts88.6%44%—$49k$34k67%7,4682 mi 81Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania88.6%79%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 82Fordham UniversityBronx, New York88.5%59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 83Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey88.4%68%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 84Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania88.3%72%1272——83%2,21661 mi 85Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, New York88.3%73%1290$53k$54k74%3,9101 mi 86Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire88.1%78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 87Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts87.4%51%1358$49k$63k77%3,8701 mi 88Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, New York87.4%62%1366$41k$54k71%1,5303 mi 89University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire87.3%88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 90Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts87.0%41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 91SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York87.0%63%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 92SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York87.0%66%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 93Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island86.9%65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 94Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania86.9%92%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 95Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts86.8%95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 96St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York86.4%66%1214$29k$67k74%2,56510 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.