Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Pacific Region

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the Pacific Region, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census Pacific division. Included states / district: AK CA HI OR WA. 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 112 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange CountyAnaheim, California100.0%——$33k$103k60%3,19211 mi 2Stanford UniversityStanford, California98.2%4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 3Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California98.1%10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 4Pomona CollegeClaremont, California97.5%7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 5University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California97.3%9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 6University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California96.8%11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 7University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California95.9%10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 8California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California95.5%31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 9University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington94.7%39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 10University of California-IrvineIrvine, California94.0%29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 11University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California94.0%27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 12Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California93.9%48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 13Scripps CollegeClaremont, California93.8%38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 14Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California93.8%25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 15University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California93.0%33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 16Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington92.9%82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 17University of California-DavisDavis, California92.8%42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 18Chapman UniversityOrange, California91.8%65%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 19University of San DiegoSan Diego, California91.4%52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 20San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California90.6%36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 21Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California89.8%44%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 22West Coast University-OntarioOntario, California88.9%——$50k$103k39%2,67137 mi 23Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon88.8%78%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 24Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California88.6%45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 25University of the PacificStockton, California88.5%71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 26University of PortlandPortland, Oregon88.3%89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 27University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California87.9%66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 28Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon87.8%77%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 29Reed CollegePortland, Oregon87.6%25%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 30University of California-RiversideRiverside, California87.6%76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 31Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California87.6%63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 32California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California87.4%75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 33San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California86.8%85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 34California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California86.8%46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 35Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington86.7%38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 36Willamette UniversitySalem, Oregon86.5%77%1377$25k$57k71%1,59248 mi 37University of OregonEugene, Oregon86.4%88%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 38Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California85.9%75%—$49k$72k79%2,01721 mi 39University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington85.8%91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 40Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California85.5%84%1287$39k$64k77%3,188< 1 mi 41Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California85.5%84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 42Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California85.4%87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 43Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California85.0%77%1328$29k$65k70%1,3022 mi 44Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington84.9%——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 45The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita, California84.7%84%—$33k$57k68%1,62224 mi 46Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington84.2%77%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 47Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California84.0%88%1195$22k$67k62%2,75930 mi 48University of RedlandsRedlands, California84.0%83%1241$30k$73k67%2,04951 mi 49University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington84.0%72%1296$38k$70k68%1,5941 mi 50Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California83.9%74%1261$31k$57k68%3,47413 mi 51University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California83.7%62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 52Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, California83.6%10%—$45k$62k62%2,6436 mi 53George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon83.4%94%1197$32k$60k72%2,69946 mi 54San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California82.7%96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 55California State University-StanislausTurlock, California82.5%98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 56California State University-FullertonFullerton, California82.4%91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 57University of California-MercedMerced, California82.1%91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 58Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington81.9%78%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 59California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California81.9%94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 60California State University-ChicoChico, California81.6%93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 61California State University-FresnoFresno, California81.6%95%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 62University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii80.7%87%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 63University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington80.0%83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 64California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California79.9%97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 65Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, Oregon79.7%85%—$27k$79k70%1,62137 mi 66California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California79.6%94%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 67Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon79.5%90%1090$35k$61k67%1,51638 mi 68Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington79.4%93%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 69Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California79.2%93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 70California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California78.8%94%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 71California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California78.8%76%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 72California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California78.6%95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 73Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington78.3%87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 74University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii78.0%95%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 75Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington77.6%90%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 mi 76La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California77.3%92%—$46k$62k60%1,11630 mi 77William Jessup UniversityRocklin, California76.9%93%1150$28k$56k56%1,29451 mi 78Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon76.1%91%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 79California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California76.0%98%—$13k$48k49%5,6122 mi 80California State University-East BayHayward, California75.7%97%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 81Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California75.4%——$41k$39k34%3,5871 mi 82Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon75.0%63%1255$18k$64k56%1,044135 mi 83Concordia University-IrvineIrvine, California74.8%66%—$28k$65k58%1,5366 mi 84Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, California74.5%82%1310$51k$58k66%1,2232 mi 85California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California74.4%85%—$26k$62k62%8,17934 mi 86University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska74.1%——$11k$49k38%4,207236 mi 87California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California73.7%93%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 88Brigham Young University-HawaiiLaie, Hawaii73.5%47%1130$17k$52k53%2,8891 mi 89California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California73.4%93%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 90University of Hawaii at HiloHilo, Hawaii72.8%61%1028$12k$48k48%2,1602 mi 91Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon72.7%98%—$17k$52k47%3,10338 mi 92California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California72.4%95%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi 93Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington72.4%83%—$24k$65k62%1,7622 mi 94California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California71.9%91%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 95Westcliff UniversityIrvine, California71.6%73%—$35k—62%2,3637 mi 96Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California71.6%64%—$14k$59k50%1,544110 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.