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
American International	Springfield	64	66	68
Amherst	Amherst	98	96	96
Anna Maria	Paxton	63	65	65
Assumption	Worcester	83	82	84
Babson	Wellesley	94	95	94
Bay Path	Longmeadow	74	75	68
Becker	Worcester	64	71	77
Bentley	Waltham	94	93	92
Berklee School of Music	Boston	86	83	84
Boston College	Chestnut Hill	94	94	94
Boston University	Boston	92	93	93
Brandeis	Waltham	93	92	93
Bridgewater State	Bridgewater	80	77	75
Bristol CC	Fall River	56	56	55
Bunker Hill CC	Boston	60	56	58
Cape Cod CC	West Barnstable	48	50	54
Clark	Worcester	89	86	85
Curry	Milton	69	66	65
Dean	Franklin	64	67	68
Emerson	Boston	88	87	88
Emmanuel	Boston	80	77	78
Endicott	Beverly	83	84	85
Fitchburg State	Fitchburg	75	75	73
Framingham State	Framingham	74	73	73
Gordon	Wenham	81	84	83
Hampshire	Amherst	79	78	66
Harvard	Cambridge	97	98	97
College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	94	95	93
Holyoke CC	Holyoke	53	51	54
Lasell	Newton	71	73	74
Lesley	Cambridge	77	77	81
UMass-Lowell	Lowell	81	85	82
UMass	Amherst	88	90	90
UMass-Boston	Boston	76	76	74
Massachusetts Bay CC	Wellesley Hills	51	51	52
MCPHS University	Boston	84	83	80
Mass College of Art and Design	Boston	87	88	84
MIT	Cambridge	97	98	99
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay	88	88	86
Massasoit CC	Brockton	56	55	52
Merrimack	North Andover	83	82	82
Middlesex CC	Bedford	55	54	52
Mount Holyoke	South Hadley	90	90	92
Mount Wachusett CC	Gardner	50	51	51
Nichols	Dudley	65	73	76
Massachusetts Coll of Liberal Arts	North Adams	75	73	70
North Shore CC	Danvers	59	56	53
Northeastern	Boston	95	96	99
Northern Essex CC	Haverhill	56	50	50
Our Lady of the Elms	Chicopee	81	81	82
Quincy	Quincy	55	54	51
Quinsigamond CC	Worcester	51	52	55
Regis	Weston	79	81	88
Salem State	Salem	76	76	72
Simmons	Boston	85	82	82
Smith	Northampton	93	92	94
Springfield College	Springfield	84	84	85
Springfield Tech CC	Springfield	55	54	58
UMass-Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	75	73	70
Stonehill	Easton	87	88	82
Suffolk	Boston	75	75	77
Tufts	Medford	96	96	96
Wellesley	Wellesley	94	95	97
Wentworth Tech	Boston	80	83	83
Western New England	Springfield	76	78	76
Westfield State	Westfield	78	77	71
Wheaton	Norton	85	86	82
Williams	Williamstown	97	97	97
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	95	95	95
Worcester State	Worcester	79	78	78

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College Retention – Massachusetts colleges