CTAS - College Tuition Advisory Services

This report shows retention (% of students who return to a college to begin their 2nd year after entering the year prior) for individual colleges. Tables are sorted by 2019 retention. Please use the searchable blocks to find specific colleges. Tables include the average retention for 2010-2014, 2015-2018 and then for 2019 (the most recent data provided by the Department of Education).

College	City	Avg Retention Percentage 2010 to 2014	Avg Retention Percentage 2015 to 2018	Retention Percentage 2019
Academy of Art	San Francisco	60	62	59
Alameda	Alameda	37	41	43
Allan Hancock	Santa Maria	59	62	58
American River	Sacramento	52	56	58
Antelope Valley	Lancaster	59	61	0
Art Center of Design	Pasadena	79	79	81
Azusa Pacific	Azusa	84	84	79
Bakersfield	Bakersfield	59	60	0
Barstow CC	Barstow	36	47	40
Biola	La Mirada	85	85	82
Butte	Oroville	62	60	59
Cabrillo	Aptos	61	61	63
California Baptist	Riverside	77	75	77
Cal Arts	Oakland	79	81	80
California Lutheran	Thousand Oaks	83	84	83
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	92	94	94
Cal State-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	71	75	76
Stanislaus State	Turlock	83	80	80
San Bernardino State	San Bernardino	87	85	85
Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	88	86	89
Chico State	Chico	86	84	83
Cal State-Dominguez Hills	Carson	77	78	75
Fresno State	Fresno	82	79	81
Fullerton State	Fullerton	86	87	88
Cal State-East Bay	Hayward	77	76	74
Long Beach State	Long Beach	88	88	86
Cal State-LA	Los Angeles	81	79	79
Northridge State	Northridge	75	78	81
Sacramento State	Sacramento	81	80	83
Berkeley	Berkeley	96	96	96
UC Davis	Davis	92	92	92
Cal-Irvine	Irvine	92	92	93
UCLA	Los Angeles	96	96	96
Cal-Riverside	Riverside	88	89	89
Cal-San Diego	La Jolla	94	94	93
Cal-Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	91	92	91
Cal-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	89	88	88
College of the Canyons	Santa Clarita	66	64	63
Cerritos	Norwalk	59	63	62
Chabot	Hayward	55	60	63
Chaffey	Rancho Cucamonga	64	63	60
Chapman	Orange	90	89	91
Concordia-Irvine	Irvine	76	75	72
Citrus	Glendora	64	63	63
City College of San Fran	San Francisco	52	52	52
Claremont McKenna	Claremont	96	95	95
Coastline CC	Fountain Valley	32	33	38
Compton	Compton	40	48	39
Contra Costa	San Pablo	48	50	51
Cosumnes River	Sacramento	57	57	59
Crafton Hills	Yucaipa	57	61	59
Cuesta	San Luis Obispo	55	57	56
Cuyamaca	El Cajon	53	56	54
Cypress	Cypress	61	64	0
De Anza	Cupertino	63	69	69
College of the Desert	Palm Desert	64	65	64
Diablo Valley	Pleasant Hill	61	66	65
Dominican Cal	San Rafael	83	84	88
East Los Angeles	Monterey Park	52	56	56
El Camino CC District	Torrance	64	66	66
Evergreen Valley	San Jose	53	63	59
FIDM-LA	Los Angeles	92	91	90
Foothill	Los Altos Hills	52	51	0
Fresno City College	Fresno	56	53	51
Fresno Pacific	Fresno	77	80	73
Fullerton	Fullerton	64	63	63
Gavilan	Gilroy	38	59	59
Glendale CC	Glendale	61	64	68
Golden West	Huntington Beach	61	60	63
Grossmont	El Cajon	58	61	58
Hartnell	Salinas	53	47	44
Humboldt State	Arcata	73	70	74
Imperial Valley	Imperial	67	70	73
Irvine Valley	Irvine	62	66	68
Reedley	Reedley	57	51	56
La Verne	La Verne	86	83	81
Laney	Oakland	36	43	47
La Sierra	Riverside	75	76	77
Long Beach City College	Long Beach	58	62	59
LA Harbor	Wilmington	57	59	59
LA Pierce	Woodland Hills	61	60	63
LA Southwest	Los Angeles	40	41	42
LA Trade	Los Angeles	41	40	42
LA Valley	Valley Glen	54	55	56
Los Angeles City	Los Angeles	44	44	49
Los Angeles Mission	Sylmar	55	52	52
Los Medanos	Pittsburg	58	63	62
Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles	90	89	89
Marin	Kentfield	46	54	55
Merced	Merced	61	60	58
Merritt	Oakland	33	36	37
MiraCosta	Oceanside	54	70	0
Mission	Santa Clara	49	51	51
Modesto Junior	Modesto	62	60	0
Monterey Peninsula	Monterey	35	53	57
Moorpark	Moorpark	66	67	69
Mt San Antonio	Walnut	70	70	93
Mt Saint Mary's	Los Angeles	79	76	72
Mt San Jacinto CC	San Jacinto	58	59	52
Napa Valley	Napa	61	63	63
National U	La Jolla	41	42	60
Occidental	Los Angeles	92	91	92
Ohlone	Fremont	55	52	73
Orange Coast	Costa Mesa	66	65	65
Oxnard	Oxnard	53	60	60
Pacific	Stockton	84	83	82
Palomar	San Marcos	58	58	57
Pasadena City College	Pasadena	63	68	0
Pepperdine	Malibu	92	91	90
Point Loma Nazarene	San Diego	84	86	87
Pomona	Claremont	97	97	97
Porterville	Porterville	58	62	64
Santa Ana	Santa Ana	46	41	0
Univ of Redlands	Redlands	88	83	84
College of the Redwoods	Eureka	45	47	46
Rio Hondo	Whittier	54	63	0
Riverside City	Riverside	56	58	59
Sacramento City	Sacramento	37	36	36
Saddleback	Mission Viejo	60	61	62
San Diego City	San Diego	47	50	49
San Diego Mesa	San Diego	45	46	0
San Diego Miramar	San Diego	48	54	55
San Diego State	San Diego	87	88	88
San Diego	San Diego	89	88	92
San Francisco State	San Francisco	81	79	78
Univ of San Francisco	San Francisco	86	84	84
San Joaquin Delta	Stockton	66	68	63
San Jose City	San Jose	46	47	42
San Jose State	San Jose	85	85	86
San Mateo	San Mateo	55	60	56
Santa Barbara City	Santa Barbara	51	54	61
Santa Clara	Santa Clara	95	94	94
Santa Monica	Santa Monica	62	60	0
Santa Rosa Junior	Santa Rosa	60	59	59
College of the Sequoias	Visalia	59	60	64
Shasta	Redding	49	49	0
Sierra	Rocklin	62	61	60
Skyline	San Bruno	58	63	0
San Bernardino Valley	San Bernardino	57	58	55
Saint Mary's	Moraga	88	86	83
Solano CC	Fairfield	57	58	0
Sonoma State	Rohnert Park	80	79	77
Vanguard	Costa Mesa	75	75	75
Southwestern	Chula Vista	58	63	58
USC	Los Angeles	96	96	96
Taft	Taft	24	28	26
Ventura	Ventura	58	61	62
Victor Valley	Victorville	56	58	59
Berkeley City	Berkeley	38	41	51
West LA College	Culver City	45	50	0
West Valley	Saratoga	58	61	66
Westmont	Santa Barbara	87	82	80
Whittier	Whittier	84	77	79
Yuba	Marysville	52	56	64
Arizona Global Campus	Clinton	39	26	24
Stanford	Stanford	98	98	98
Brandman	Orange		60	0
Las Positas	Livermore	65	66	68
San Marcos State	San Marcos	80	78	77
Santiago Canyon	Orange	58	62	61
Cal State-Monterey Bay	Seaside	80	80	80
Cal State-Channel Islands	Camarillo	79	78	76
West Coast-Los Angeles	Los Angeles	82	77	76
Folsom Lake	Folsom	55	57	56
Cal-Merced	Merced	83	82	84
West Hills-Lemoore	Lemoore	51	59	59
Trident International	Cypress	25	19	24
West Coast-Orange County	Anaheim	87	81	82
West Coast-Ontario	Ontario	75	72	70
Unitek	Fremont		80
Moreno Valley	Moreno Valley	46	49	50
Norco	Norco	56	59	60

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