Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Washington

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Washington, 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 20 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington94.7%39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 2Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington92.9%82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 3Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington86.7%38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 4University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington85.8%91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 5Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington84.9%——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 6Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington84.2%77%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 7University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington84.0%72%1296$38k$70k68%1,5941 mi 8Northwest UniversityKirkland, Washington83.9%83%1150$22k$55k71%6458 mi 9Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington81.9%78%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 10University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington80.0%83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 11Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington79.4%93%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 12Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington78.3%87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 13Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington77.6%90%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 mi 14DigiPen Institute of TechnologyRedmond, Washington76.2%64%1297$44k$80k61%99510 mi 15Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington72.4%83%—$24k$65k62%1,7622 mi 16Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington70.0%91%—$18k$62k54%7,83388 mi 17The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington69.9%96%1216$24k$45k41%2,1601 mi 18Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington67.4%91%—$14k$58k43%6,222217 mi 19Saint Martin's UniversityLacey, Washington64.6%90%1093$28k$62k52%1,1584 mi 20Heritage UniversityToppenish, Washington56.8%——$15k$49k54%812114 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.