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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | 80 | 80 | 81 |
| Augustana | Rock Island | 85 | 87 | 83 |
| Aurora | Aurora | 71 | 72 | 73 |
| Southwestern Illinois | Belleville | 58 | 59 | 59 |
| Black Hawk | Moline | 50 | 54 | 58 |
| Bradley | Peoria | 86 | 85 | 84 |
| Chicago State | Chicago | 49 | 56 | 48 |
| U of Chicago | Chicago | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| Chicago CC-Kennedy-King | Chicago | 43 | 39 | 35 |
| Chicago CC-Malcolm X | Chicago | 38 | 48 | 49 |
| Chicago CC-Harry S Truman | Chicago | 41 | 49 | 46 |
| Chicago CC-Richard J Daley | Chicago | 42 | 55 | 53 |
| Chicago CC-Har Washington | Chicago | 47 | 53 | 48 |
| Chicago CC-Wilbur Wright | Chicago | 51 | 59 | 57 |
| Columbia Chicago | Chicago | 66 | 67 | 71 |
| Concordia-Chicago | River Forest | 64 | 63 | 61 |
| Danville Area CC | Danville | 51 | 53 | 59 |
| DePaul | Chicago | 85 | 84 | 84 |
| DuPage | Glen Ellyn | 61 | 64 | 60 |
| Eastern Illinois | Charleston | 77 | 72 | 72 |
| Elgin CC | Elgin | 68 | 69 | 67 |
| Elmhurst | Elmhurst | 79 | 79 | 82 |
| Governors State | University Park | 55 | 51 | |
| Illinois-Chicago Circle | Chicago | 78 | 80 | 78 |
| Benedictine | Lisle | 74 | 69 | 69 |
| Illinois-Urbana | Champaign | 93 | 92 | 92 |
| Illinois Wesleyan | Bloomington | 89 | 91 | 84 |
| Illinois Central | East Peoria | 55 | 63 | 62 |
| Illinois College | Jacksonville | 78 | 77 | 78 |
| IIT | Chicago | 87 | 88 | 88 |
| Illinois State | Normal | 82 | 80 | 78 |
| Illinois Valley CC | Oglesby | 56 | 58 | 56 |
| John A Logan | Carterville | 50 | 50 | 46 |
| John Wood CC | Quincy | 57 | 63 | 60 |
| Joliet Junior | Joliet | 49 | 54 | 57 |
| Kankakee CC | Kankakee | 58 | 61 | 58 |
| Kaskaskia | Centralia | 52 | 50 | 58 |
| Kishwaukee | Malta | 56 | 58 | 61 |
| Knox | Galesburg | 88 | 84 | 81 |
| Lake County | Grayslake | 57 | 64 | 63 |
| Lake Forest | Lake Forest | 83 | 83 | 88 |
| Lake Land | Mattoon | 57 | 63 | 65 |
| Lewis and Clark CC | Godfrey | 58 | 65 | 66 |
| Lewis | Romeoville | 80 | 81 | 84 |
| Lincoln Land CC | Springfield | 53 | 57 | 63 |
| Loyola Chicago | Chicago | 86 | 84 | 85 |
| McHenry County | Crystal Lake | 58 | 56 | 60 |
| McKendree | Lebanon | 73 | 75 | 75 |
| Millikin | Decatur | 78 | 74 | 74 |
| Moody Bible Institute | Chicago | 79 | 78 | 78 |
| Moraine Valley CC | Palos Hills | 57 | 62 | 66 |
| Morton | Cicero | 58 | 61 | 61 |
| National Louis | Chicago | 63 | 62 | 56 |
| North Central College | Naperville | 79 | 79 | 77 |
| North Park | Chicago | 76 | 74 | 74 |
| Northern Illinois | Dekalb | 69 | 72 | 71 |
| Northwestern | Evanston | 96 | 97 | 98 |
| Northeastern Illinois | Chicago | 60 | 51 | 57 |
| Oakton CC | Des Plaines | 61 | 64 | 68 |
| Olivet Nazarene | Bourbonnais | 75 | 76 | 76 |
| Parkland | Champaign | 47 | 59 | 59 |
| Prairie State | Chicago Heights | 43 | 41 | 50 |
| Rend Lake | Ina | 57 | 62 | 66 |
| Robert Morris Illinois | Chicago | 47 | 48 | 49 |
| Rock Valley | Rockford | 58 | 62 | 66 |
| Roosevelt | Chicago | 60 | 64 | 73 |
| Dominican | River Forest | 81 | 78 | 77 |
| St Francis | Joliet | 79 | 79 | 81 |
| St Xavier | Chicago | 72 | 72 | 76 |
| Illinois-Springfield | Springfield | 74 | 75 | 78 |
| S Illinois-Carbondale | Carbondale | 63 | 67 | 75 |
| S Illinois-Edwardsville | Edwardsville | 70 | 73 | 78 |
| Triton | River Grove | 47 | 49 | 50 |
| Waubonsee CC | Sugar Grove | 60 | 61 | 62 |
| Western Illinois | Macomb | 68 | 66 | 67 |
| Wheaton | Wheaton | 94 | 93 | 92 |
| William Rainey Harper | Palatine | 59 | 64 | 69 |
| Heartland CC | Normal | 52 | 56 | 63 |
| American InterContinental | Hoffman Estates | 28 | 29 | 21 |
| Rasmussen-Illinois | Rockford | 36 | ||
| Chamberlain-Illinois | Addison | 68 | 82 | 65 |
