Freshman Retention Rate Rankings - US National Liberal Arts Colleges 2016

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School Average freshman retention rate

Amherst College

(Amherst, MA)

98%

Harvey Mudd College

(Claremont, CA)

98%

Pomona College

(Claremont, CA)

98%

Bowdoin College

(Brunswick, ME)

97%

Carleton College

(Northfield, MN)

97%

Haverford College

(Haverford, PA)

97%

United States Naval Academy

(Annapolis, MD)

97%

Williams College

(Williamstown, MA)

97%

Barnard College

(New York, NY)

96%

Claremont McKenna College

(Claremont, CA)

96%

Davidson College

(Davidson, NC)

96%

Hillsdale College

(Hillsdale, MI)

96%

Kenyon College

(Gambier, OH)

96%

Middlebury College

(Middlebury, VT)

96%

Soka University of America

(Aliso Viejo, CA)

96%

Swarthmore College

(Swarthmore, PA)

96%

Vassar College

(Poughkeepsie, NY)

96%

Washington and Lee University

(Lexington, VA)

96%

Wellesley College

(Wellesley, MA)

96%

Colgate University

(Hamilton, NY)

95%

College of the Holy Cross

(Worcester, MA)

95%

Colorado College

(Colorado Springs, CO)

95%

Hamilton College

(Clinton, NY)

95%

United States Military Academy

(West Point, NY)

95%

Wesleyan University

(Middletown, CT)

95%

Wheaton College

(Wheaton, IL)

95%

Bates College

(Lewiston, ME)

94%

Bucknell University

(Lewisburg, PA)

94%

Colby College

(Waterville, ME)

94%

Grinnell College

(Grinnell, IA)

94%

Lafayette College

(Easton, PA)

94%

Macalester College

(St. Paul, MN)

94%

Reed College

(Portland, OR)

94%

Skidmore College

(Saratoga Springs, NY)

94%

Smith College

(Northampton, MA)

94%

St. Olaf College

(Northfield, MN)

94%

University of Richmond

(Univ. of Richmond, VA)

94%

Whitman College

(Walla Walla, WA)

94%

Oberlin College

(Oberlin, OH)

93%

Occidental College

(Los Angeles, CA)

93%

Scripps College

(Claremont, CA)

93%

Union College

(Schenectady, NY)

93%

DePauw University

(Greencastle, IN)

92%

Franklin and Marshall College

(Lancaster, PA)

92%

Kalamazoo College

(Kalamazoo, MI)

92%

Pitzer College

(Claremont, CA)

92%

United States Air Force Academy

(USAF Academy, CO)

92%

Bryn Mawr College

(Bryn Mawr, PA)

91%

Centre College

(Danville, KY)

91%

Gustavus Adolphus College

(St. Peter, MN)

91%

Mount Holyoke College

(South Hadley, MA)

91%

Muhlenberg College

(Allentown, PA)

91%

Rhodes College

(Memphis, TN)

91%

St. Lawrence University

(Canton, NY)

91%

Connecticut College

(New London, CT)

90%

Denison University

(Granville, OH)

90%

Dickinson College

(Carlisle, PA)

90%

Gettysburg College

(Gettysburg, PA)

90%

Grove City College

(Grove City, PA)

90%

Hope College

(Holland, MI)

90%

Illinois Wesleyan University

(Bloomington, IL)

90%

Thomas Aquinas College

(Santa Paula, CA)

90%

Trinity College

(Hartford, CT)

90%

Ursinus College

(Collegeville, PA)

90%

Beloit College

(Beloit, WI)

89%

College of St. Benedict

(St. Joseph, MN)

89%

College of Wooster

(Wooster, OH)

89%

Furman University

(Greenville, SC)

89%

Lawrence University

(Appleton, WI)

89%

Sewanee—​University of the South

(Sewanee, TN)

89%

Spelman College

(Atlanta, GA)

89%

St. John's University

(Collegeville, MN)

89%

St. Michael's College

(Colchester, VT)

89%

Wofford College

(Spartanburg, SC)

89%

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

(Geneva, NY)

88%

Juniata College

(Huntingdon, PA)

88%

Knox College

(Galesburg, IL)

88%

St. Mary's College

(Notre Dame, IN)

88%

St. Mary's College of Maryland

(St. Mary's City, MD)

88%

Stonehill College

(Easton, MA)

88%

Bard College

(Annandale on Hudson, NY)

87%

Calvin College

(Grand Rapids, MI)

87%

Houghton College

(Houghton, NY)

87%

Lewis & Clark College

(Portland, OR)

87%

Luther College

(Decorah, IA)

87%

Sarah Lawrence College

(Bronxville, NY)

87%

Siena College

(Loudonville, NY)

87%

St. Anselm College

(Manchester, NH)

87%

University of Puget Sound

(Tacoma, WA)

87%

Westmont College

(Santa Barbara, CA)

87%

Allegheny College

(Meadville, PA)

86%

St. John's College

(Annapolis, MD)

86%

Transylvania University

(Lexington, KY)

86%

Virginia Military Institute

(Lexington, VA)

86%

Wabash College

(Crawfordsville, IN)

86%

Willamette University

(Salem, OR)

86%

Augustana College

(Rock Island, IL)

85%

Earlham College

(Richmond, IN)

85%

Hendrix College

(Conway, AR)

85%

Linfield College

(McMinnville, OR)

85%

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