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 |
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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 |