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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Akron | Akron | 68 | 72 | 70 |
Ashland | Ashland | 73 | 77 | 75 |
Baldwin Wallace | Berea | 80 | 81 | 80 |
Bowling Green-Firelands | Huron | 50 | 50 | 57 |
Bowling Green State | Bowling Green | 71 | 76 | 76 |
Capital | Columbus | 74 | 76 | 77 |
Case Western Reserve | Cleveland | 92 | 93 | 93 |
Cedarville | Cedarville | 85 | 85 | 84 |
Central State | Wilberforce | 49 | 48 | 45 |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati | 85 | 86 | 88 |
Cincinnati State Tech | Cincinnati | 44 | 46 | 42 |
Cincinnati-Clermont | Batavia | |||
Cincinnati-Blue Ash | Blue Ash | |||
Ohio Christian | Circleville | 55 | 64 | 61 |
Clark State CC | Springfield | 38 | 45 | |
Cleveland State | Cleveland | 66 | 70 | 73 |
Columbus College of Art | Columbus | 79 | 78 | 76 |
Columbus State CC | Columbus | 41 | 52 | 56 |
Cuyahoga CC District | Cleveland | 44 | 50 | 52 |
Dayton | Dayton | 88 | 90 | 89 |
Denison | Granville | 90 | 89 | 89 |
Edison State CC | Piqua | 48 | 45 | 36 |
Findlay | Findlay | 77 | 79 | 76 |
Franklin | Columbus | 25 | 33 | 45 |
Heidelberg | Tiffin | 64 | 68 | 71 |
Hocking | Nelsonville | 45 | 52 | 38 |
Eastern Gateway CC | Steubenville | 42 | 42 | 31 |
John Carroll | Cleveland | 87 | 84 | 89 |
Hondros Nursing | Westerville | |||
Kent State-Stark | Canton | 59 | 61 | 58 |
Kent State | Kent | 77 | 80 | 80 |
Kenyon | Gambier | 94 | 92 | 89 |
Lakeland CC | Kirtland | 43 | 46 | 51 |
Lorain County CC | Elyria | 51 | 54 | |
Malone | Canton | 68 | 72 | 60 |
Marietta | Marietta | 74 | 68 | 79 |
Miami U-Hamilton | Hamilton | 55 | 63 | 58 |
Miami-Middletown | Middletown | 51 | 59 | 64 |
Miami U-Oxford | Oxford | 89 | 91 | 89 |
Mt Union | Alliance | 74 | 77 | 72 |
Mount Vernon Nazarene | Mount Vernon | 75 | 78 | 78 |
Mount St Joseph | Cincinnati | 69 | 71 | 72 |
Muskingum | New Concord | 68 | 72 | 72 |
North Central State | Mansfield | 44 | 49 | 53 |
Notre Dame College | Cleveland | 62 | 63 | 59 |
Northwestern Ohio | Lima | 59 | 61 | 46 |
Oberlin | Oberlin | 93 | 90 | 91 |
Ohio U-Dominican | Columbus | 64 | 66 | 60 |
Ohio Northern | Ada | 86 | 84 | 85 |
Ohio State-Mansfield | Mansfield | 66 | 67 | 33 |
Ohio State-Marion | Marion | 66 | 67 | 48 |
Ohio State-Newark | Newark | 59 | 65 | 28 |
Ohio State | Columbus | 92 | 94 | 94 |
Ohio U-Chillicothe | Chillicothe | 48 | 54 | 54 |
Ohio U-Lancaster | Lancaster | 58 | 53 | 56 |
Ohio U | Athens | 79 | 80 | 81 |
Ohio Wesleyan | Delaware | 80 | 78 | 77 |
Otterbein | Westerville | 76 | 81 | 82 |
Owens CC | Perrysburg | 42 | 46 | 46 |
U of Rio Grande | Rio Grande | 51 | 50 | 53 |
Shawnee State | Portsmouth | 51 | 68 | 78 |
Sinclair CC | Dayton | 45 | 47 | |
Stark State | North Canton | 43 | 44 | 45 |
Franciscan Univ | Steubenville | 85 | 85 | 88 |
Tiffin | Tiffin | 65 | 63 | 64 |
Toledo | Toledo | 65 | 73 | 75 |
Walsh | North Canton | 74 | 78 | 75 |
Wilmington College | Wilmington | 72 | 67 | 65 |
Wittenberg | Springfield | 77 | 73 | 70 |
Wooster | Wooster | 89 | 86 | 86 |
Wright State | Dayton | 61 | 64 | 60 |
Xavier | Cincinnati | 83 | 84 | 82 |
Youngstown State | Youngstown | 66 | 75 | 72 |
Fortis-Columbus | Westerville | 65 | 55 | 55 |