Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the West

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in the West, ranked by first-year retention rate. Region: Census West region. Included states / district: AZ CO ID MT NV NM UT WY 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 167 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 7United States Air Force AcademyUSAF Academy, Colorado96.5%14%1350——88%4,114711 mi 8University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California95.9%10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 9California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California95.5%31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 10University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington94.7%39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 11University of California-IrvineIrvine, California94.0%29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 12University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California94.0%27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 13Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California93.9%48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 14Scripps CollegeClaremont, California93.8%38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 15Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California93.8%25%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 16Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado93.6%18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 17University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California93.0%33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 18Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington92.9%82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 19University of California-DavisDavis, California92.8%42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 20Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado92.8%61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 21Chapman UniversityOrange, California91.8%65%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 22University of San DiegoSan Diego, California91.4%52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 23Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah91.0%68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 24San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California90.6%36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 25University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado90.1%78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 26Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, California89.8%44%1452$38k$76k81%1,87718 mi 27University of DenverDenver, Colorado88.9%78%1355$36k$71k76%6,025742 mi 28West Coast University-OntarioOntario, California88.9%——$50k$103k39%2,67137 mi 29Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon88.8%78%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 30Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California88.6%45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 31University of the PacificStockton, California88.5%71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 32University of PortlandPortland, Oregon88.3%89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 33University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California87.9%66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 34Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon87.8%77%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 35Reed CollegePortland, Oregon87.6%25%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 36University of California-RiversideRiverside, California87.6%76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 37Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California87.6%63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 38California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California87.4%75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 39San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California86.8%85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 40California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California86.8%46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 41Whitman CollegeWalla Walla, Washington86.7%38%1410$33k$68k81%1,531209 mi 42Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona86.6%90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 43Willamette UniversitySalem, Oregon86.5%77%1377$25k$57k71%1,59248 mi 44University of OregonEugene, Oregon86.4%88%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi 45University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah86.2%86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 46Art Center College of DesignPasadena, California85.9%75%—$49k$72k79%2,01721 mi 47Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado85.9%89%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 48University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington85.8%91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 49Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California85.5%84%1287$39k$64k77%3,188< 1 mi 50Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California85.5%84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 51Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California85.4%87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 52Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California85.0%77%1328$29k$65k70%1,3022 mi 53Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington84.9%——$23k$62k60%1,252207 mi 54The Master's University and SeminarySanta Clarita, California84.7%84%—$33k$57k68%1,62224 mi 55Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington84.2%77%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 56Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California84.0%88%1195$22k$67k62%2,75930 mi 57University of RedlandsRedlands, California84.0%83%1241$30k$73k67%2,04951 mi 58University of Puget SoundTacoma, Washington84.0%72%1296$38k$70k68%1,5941 mi 59Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California83.9%74%1261$31k$57k68%3,47413 mi 60Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado83.7%——$30k$50k64%5,549740 mi 61University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California83.7%62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 62Stanbridge UniversityIrvine, California83.6%10%—$45k$62k62%2,6436 mi 63George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon83.4%94%1197$32k$60k72%2,69946 mi 64University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona82.8%86%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 65San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California82.7%96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 66California State University-StanislausTurlock, California82.5%98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 67California State University-FullertonFullerton, California82.4%91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 68Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona82.2%77%1250$40k$84k68%3,218222 mi 69University of California-MercedMerced, California82.1%91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 70Carroll CollegeHelena, Montana82.0%71%1200$24k$62k69%1,092485 mi 71Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington81.9%78%1168$20k$67k69%2,4018 mi 72California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California81.9%94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 73The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho81.8%49%1180$19k$48k63%1,041363 mi 74California State University-ChicoChico, California81.6%93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 75California State University-FresnoFresno, California81.6%95%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 76University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii80.7%87%1102$16k$58k64%15,0292 mi 77University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington80.0%83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 78California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California79.9%97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 79Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, Oregon79.7%85%—$27k$79k70%1,62137 mi 80University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming79.7%97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 81University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada79.7%74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 82California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California79.6%94%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 83Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon79.5%90%1090$35k$61k67%1,51638 mi 84Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington79.4%93%1289$21k$63k65%13,5441 mi 85University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada79.2%96%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 86Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California79.2%93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 87Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho78.8%87%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 88California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California78.8%94%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 89California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California78.8%76%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 90Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada78.8%87%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 91California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California78.6%95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 92The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana78.6%100%—$17k$43k51%1,198486 mi 93Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana78.5%82%1183$22k$53k57%14,451548 mi 94Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington78.3%87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 95University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii78.0%95%985$10k$52k50%2,5193 mi 96Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington77.6%90%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 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.