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
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

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