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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Charter | Anchorage | 49 | 56 | |
Bellevue | Bellevue | |||
Bellingham Tech | Bellingham | 61 | 67 | |
Big Bend CC | Moses Lake | 60 | 60 | 61 |
Central Washington | Ellensburg | 75 | 73 | 70 |
Centralia | Centralia | 52 | ||
Clark | Vancouver | 55 | ||
Clover Park Tech | Lakewood | 59 | 49 | |
Columbia Basin | Pasco | 57 | ||
Eastern Washington | Cheney | 75 | 75 | 69 |
Edmonds CC | Lynnwood | 57 | 60 | |
Everett CC | Everett | 58 | 62 | 61 |
Evergreen State | Olympia | 71 | 64 | 65 |
Pierce-Ft Steilacoom | Lakewood | 47 | 46 | |
Gonzaga | Spokane | 92 | 93 | 93 |
Green River | Auburn | 58 | 57 | |
Highline | Des Moines | 55 | ||
Bates Tech | Tacoma | 66 | 63 | 67 |
Lake Washington Tech | Kirkland | 55 | ||
Lower Columbia | Longview | 53 | 51 | |
North Seattle | Seattle | 49 | ||
Olympic | Bremerton | |||
Pacific Lutheran | Tacoma | 81 | 82 | 81 |
Puget Sound | Tacoma | 87 | 84 | 80 |
South Seattle | Seattle | 100 | ||
Seattle Central | Seattle | |||
Seattle Pacific | Seattle | 84 | 81 | 80 |
Seattle | Seattle | 86 | 85 | 87 |
Shoreline CC | Shoreline | 62 | 59 | 53 |
Skagit Valley | Mount Vernon | 51 | ||
South Puget Sound CC | Olympia | 55 | 58 | 60 |
Spokane CC | Spokane | 53 | 51 | |
Spokane Falls CC | Spokane | 52 | 51 | |
Tacoma CC | Tacoma | 59 | 58 | |
Walla Walla CC | Walla Walla | 59 | 66 | |
Walla Walla | College Place | 78 | 81 | 78 |
Washington State | Pullman | 80 | 78 | 78 |
Washington | Seattle | 93 | 93 | 94 |
Wenatchee Valley | Wenatchee | 59 | 61 | |
Western Washington | Bellingham | 83 | 81 | 81 |
Whatcom CC | Bellingham | 58 | 59 | |
Whitman | Walla Walla | 94 | 92 | 89 |
Whitworth | Spokane | 85 | 84 | 83 |
Yakima Valley | Yakima | 56 | ||
Washington-Bothell | Bothell | 81 | 84 | 82 |
Washington-Tacoma | Tacoma | 73 | 76 | 79 |
Pierce-Puyallup | Puyallup | 47 | 46 | 42 |
Cascadia | Bothell | 58 |