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Freshman Retention Rate National Universities

As many as one in three first year students doesn't make it back for sophomore year. The reasons run the gamut, from family problems and loneliness to academic struggles and a lack of money. If schools you're considering have a low freshman retention rate, you'll want to ask the admissions office why. Some colleges do a great job of taking care of their freshman; some don't. The retention rates shown below, from highest to lowest, are the average proportion of freshmen entering starting in fall 2007 through fall 2010 who returned to school the following fall.

Save	School	Average freshman retention rate
	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	92%
	New York University New York, NY	92%
	Pennsylvania State University–University Park University Park, PA	92%
	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ	92%
	Texas A&M University–College Station College Station, TX	92%
	University of California–Davis Davis, CA	92%
	University of Delaware Newark, DE	92%
	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	92%
	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	92%
	Binghamton University–SUNY Binghamton, NY	91%
	Boston University Boston, MA	91%
	Clemson University Clemson, SC	91%
	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	91%
	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	91%
	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	91%
	North Carolina State University–Raleigh Raleigh, NC	91%
	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	91%
	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	91%
	University of California–Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	91%
	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	91%
	Yeshiva University New York, NY	91%
	American University Washington, DC	90%
	Fordham University New York, NY	90%
	Indiana University–Bloomington Bloomington, IN	90%
	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	90%

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Average freshman retention rate

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

92%

New York University

New York, NY

92%

Pennsylvania State University–University Park

University Park, PA

92%