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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
	DePaul University Chicago, IL	86%
	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	86%
	Iowa State University Ames, IA	86%
	Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO	86%
	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	86%
	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	86%
	University of California–Riverside Riverside, CA	86%
	University of Maryland–Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	86%
	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	86%
	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	86%
	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	85%
	Biola University La Mirada, CA	85%
	Brigham Young University–Provo Provo, UT	85%
	Illinois State University Normal, IL	85%
	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	85%
	Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY	85%
	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	85%
	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	85%
	University at Albany–SUNY Albany, NY	85%
	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	85%
	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	85%
	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	85%
	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	85%
	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	85%
	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	85%
	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	85%
	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	85%
	Baylor University Waco, TX	84%
	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	84%
	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA	84%
	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	84%
	University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO	84%
	University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE	84%
	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	84%
	University of Texas–Dallas Richardson, TX	84%
	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	84%
	Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	83%
	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	83%
	Howard University Washington, DC	83%
	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS	83%
	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	83%
	St. John Fisher College Rochester, NY	83%
	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	83%
	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	83%
	Washington State University Pullman, WA	83%
	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	82%
	Florida International University Miami, FL	82%
	Maryville University of St. Louis St Louis, MO	82%
	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI	82%
	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	82%

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School

Average freshman retention rate

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

86%

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

86%

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

86%

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rolla, MO

86%

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark

Newark, NJ

86%

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

86%

University of California–Riverside

Riverside, CA

86%

University of Maryland–Baltimore County

Baltimore, MD

86%

University of San Diego

San Diego, CA

86%

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

86%

Azusa Pacific University

Azusa, CA

85%

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

85%

Brigham Young University–Provo

Provo, UT

85%

Illinois State University

Normal, IL

85%

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, IL

85%

Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Brooklyn, NY

85%

St. Louis University

St. Louis, MO

85%

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

85%

University at Albany–SUNY

Albany, NY

85%

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

85%

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

85%

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

85%

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

85%

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

85%

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

85%

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

85%

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

85%

Baylor University

Waco, TX

84%

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

84%

Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

84%

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

84%

University of Colorado–Boulder

Boulder, CO

84%

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

84%

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

84%

University of Texas–Dallas

Richardson, TX

84%

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA

84%

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

83%

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

83%

Howard University

Washington, DC

83%

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

83%

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

83%

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, NY

83%

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

83%

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

83%

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

83%

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

82%

Florida International University

Miami, FL

82%

Maryville University of St. Louis

St Louis, MO

82%

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

82%

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

82%

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