下面是由USNews发布的2011年美国综合性大学排名中关于新生保有率Freshmen Retention Rate National Universities 的排名。USNews美国综合性大学排名中的这份排名是指学校的大学新生能够在放暑假之后来学校上二年级的比例。下面是详细内容。
As many as one in three first-year students doesn't make it back for sophomore year. The reasons run the gamut, of course, from family problems to loneliness to academic struggles to a lack of money. If schools you're considering have a low freshman retention rate, you'll want to ask the admissions office why. Some colleges do a great job of taking care of their freshmen; some don't. The retention rates shown below, from lowest to highest, are the average proportion of freshmen entering starting in fall 2005 through fall 2008 who returned to school the following fall.
| Ranking | School | Average freshman retention rate |
| 1 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 99% |
| 2 | Columbia University New York, NY | 98% |
| 2 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 98% |
| 2 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 98% |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 98% |
| 2 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 98% |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 98% |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 98% |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 98% |
| 2 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 98% |
| 11 | Brown University Providence, RI | 97% |
| 11 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 97% |
| 11 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 97% |
| 11 | Rice University Houston, TX | 97% |
| 11 | University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 97% |
| 11 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | 97% |
| 11 | Duke University Durham, NC | 97% |
| 11 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 97% |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | 97% |
| 20 | University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 96% |
| 20 | University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 96% |
| 20 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 96% |
| 20 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 96% |
| 20 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 96% |
| 20 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | 96% |
| 20 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 96% |
| 20 | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 96% |
| 28 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | 95% |
| 28 | College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA | 95% |
| 28 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 95% |
| 28 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | 95% |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 95% |
| 28 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | 95% |
| 34 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | 94% |
| 34 | University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA | 94% |
| 34 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 94% |
| 34 | University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA | 94% |
| 34 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 94% |
| 34 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 94% |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI | 94% |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA | 93% |
| 41 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | 93% |
| 41 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | 93% |
| 41 | University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD | 93% |
| 41 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | 93% |
| 41 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | 93% |
| 41 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | 93% |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | 92% |
| 48 | Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH | 92% |
| 48 | University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX | 92% |
| 48 | New York University New York, NY | 92% |
| 48 | Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX | 92% |
| 53 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | 91% |
| 53 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | 91% |
| 53 | Yeshiva University New York, NY | 91% |
| 53 | Boston University Boston, MA | 91% |
| 53 | George Washington University Washington, DC | 91% |
| 53 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | 91% |
| 53 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | 91% |
| 53 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | 91% |
| 53 | University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 91% |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | 91% |
| 63 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | 90% |
| 63 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ | 90% |
| 63 | University of California--Davis Davis, CA | 90% |
| 63 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | 90% |
| 63 | Fordham University New York, NY | 90% |
| 63 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | 90% |
| 63 | Binghamton University--SUNY Binghamton, NY | 90% |
| 63 | North Carolina State University--Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 90% |
| 63 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | 90% |
| 63 | Miami University--Oxford Oxford, OH | 90% |
| 63 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ | 90% |
| 74 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | 89% |
| 74 | University of California--Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | 89% |
| 74 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | 89% |
| 74 | Clark University Worcester, MA | 89% |
| 74 | Indiana University--Bloomington Bloomington, IN | 89% |
| 74 | Stony Brook--SUNY Stony Brook, NY | 89% |
| 74 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA | 89% |
| 81 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | 88% |
| 81 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | 88% |
| 81 | American University Washington, DC | 88% |
| 81 | University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY | 88% |
| 81 | University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN | 88% |
| 86 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO | 87% |
| 86 | University of Denver Denver, CO | 87% |
| 86 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | 87% |
| 86 | Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | 87% |
| 96 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | 87% |
| 96 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark Newark, NJ | 87% |
| 96 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA | 87% |
| 96 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC | 87% |
| 94 | University of Dayton Dayton, OH | 86% |
| 94 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK | 86% |
| 94 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY | 86% |
| 94 | Auburn University Auburn University, AL | 86% |
| 94 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO | 86% |
| 94 | University of California--Riverside Riverside, CA | 86% |
| 94 | Howard University Washington, DC | 86% |
| 94 | Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN | 86% |
| 94 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA | 86% |
| 103 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | 85% |
| 103 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | 85% |
| 103 | Baylor University Waco, TX | 85% |
| 103 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | 85% |
| 103 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | 85% |
| 103 | University of Massachusetts--Amherst Amherst, MA | 85% |
| 103 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY | 85% |
| 103 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | 85% |
| 103 | University of Maryland--Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | 85% |
| 103 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | 85% |
| 113 | Biola University La Mirada, CA | 84% |
| 113 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | 84% |
| 113 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | 84% |
| 113 | Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | 84% |
| 113 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | 84% |
| 113 | University at Albany--SUNY Albany, NY | 84% |
| 113 | Brigham Young University--Provo Provo, UT | 84% |
| 113 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | 84% |
| 113 | University of South Florida Tampa, FL | 84% |
| 113 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | 84% |
| 113 | University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE | 84% |
| 113 | Samford University Birmingham, AL | 84% |
| 113 | St. Louis University St. Louis, MO | 84% |
| 113 | University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO | 84% |
| 113 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK | 84% |
| 113 | University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN | 84% |
| 129 | Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ | 83% |
| 129 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | 83% |
| 129 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR | 83% |
| 129 | University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA | 83% |
| 129 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | 83% |
| 129 | Washington State University Pullman, WA | 83% |
| 129 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | 83% |
| 136 | University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | 82% |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | 82% |
| 136 | University of the Pacific Stockton, CA | 82% |
| 136 | Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO | 82% |
| 136 | Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | 82% |
| 136 | Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY | 82% |
| 136 | Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL | 82% |
| 136 | University of Texas--Dallas Richardson, TX | 82% |
| 136 | New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | 82% |
| 136 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | 82% |
| 136 | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | 82% |
| 136 | Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | 82% |
| 136 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 82% |
| 149 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | 81% |
| 149 | Catholic University of America Washington, DC | 81% |
| 149 | Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA | 81% |
| 149 | New School New York, NY | 81% |
| 153 | University of La Verne La Verne, CA | 80% |
| 153 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | 80% |
| 153 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | 80% |
| 153 | Ohio University Athens, OH | 80% |
| 153 | North Dakota State University Fargo, ND | 80% |
| 153 | University of Mississippi University, MS | 80% |
| 153 | Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI | 80% |
| 153 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | 80% |
| 153 | Florida International University Miami, FL | 80% |
| 153 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | 80% |
| 163 | Adelphi University Garden City, NY | 79% |
| 163 | Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA | 79% |
| 163 | University of Illinois--Chicago Chicago, IL | 79% |
| 163 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | 79% |
| 163 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | 79% |
| 163 | Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK | 79% |
| 163 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | 79% |
| 163 | University of Maine Orono, ME | 79% |
| 163 | Pacific University Forest Grove, OR | 79% |
| 172 | George Fox University Newberg, OR | 78% |
| 172 | Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK | 78% |
| 172 | Hofstra University Hempstead, NY | 78% |
| 172 | University of Houston Houston, TX | 78% |
| 172 | University of Louisville Louisville, KY | 78% |
| 172 | St. John's University Queens, NY | 78% |
| 172 | University of Alabama--Birmingham Birmingham, AL | 78% |
| 172 | University of Hawaii--Manoa Honolulu, HI | 78% |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts--Lowell Lowell, MA | 78% |
| 172 | University of Nevada--Reno Reno, NV | 78% |
| 182 | East Carolina University Greenville, NC | 77% |
| 182 | Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA | 77% |
| 182 | South Dakota State University Brookings, SD | 77% |
| 182 | Ball State University Muncie, IN | 77% |
| 182 | University of North Carolina--Charlotte Charlotte, NC | 77% |
| 182 | University of Alabama--Huntsville Huntsville, AL | 77% |
| 182 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | 77% |
| 182 | University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | 77% |
| 190 | Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | 76% |
| 190 | University of North Carolina--Greensboro Greensboro, NC | 76% |
| 190 | Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL | 76% |
| 190 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID | 76% |
| 190 | New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM | 76% |
| 190 | University of North Texas Denton, TX | 76% |
| 190 | Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | 75% |
| 190 | St. Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN | 75% |
| 190 | Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH | 75% |
| 190 | Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL | 75% |
| 190 | Pace University New York, NY | 75% |
| 190 | University of Alaska--Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK | 75% |
| 190 | University of West Florida Pensacola, FL | 75% |
| 203 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA | 74% |
| 203 | University of Massachusetts--Boston Boston, MA | 74% |
| 203 | University of Louisiana--Lafayette Lafayette, LA | 74% |
| 203 | University of Memphis Memphis, TN | 74% |
| 203 | Kent State University Kent, OH | 74% |
| 203 | University of Nevada--Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | 74% |
| 203 | University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | 74% |
| 203 | Utah State University Logan, UT | 74% |
| 203 | Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | 74% |
| 212 | University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS | 73% |
| 212 | Jackson State University Jackson, MS | 73% |
| 212 | North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC | 73% |
| 212 | University of Hartford West Hartford, CT | 73% |
| 212 | University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | 73% |
| 212 | Widener University Chester, PA | 73% |
| 218 | Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | 72% |
| 218 | Oakland University Rochester, MI | 72% |
| 218 | University of Missouri--Kansas City Kansas City, MO | 72% |
| 218 | University of Montana Missoula, MT | 72% |
| 218 | Trinity International University Deerfield, IL | 72% |
| 218 | University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 72% |
| 218 | Montana State University Bozeman, MT | 72% |
| 218 | University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | 72% |
| 226 | Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ | 71% |
| 227 | University of Colorado--Denver Denver, CO | 71% |
| 227 | Wayne State University Detroit, MI | 71% |
| 229 | Texas Woman's University Denton, TX | 70% |
| 230 | Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN | 70% |
| 231 | Wichita State University Wichita, KS | 70% |
| 231 | Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA | 70% |
| 231 | Long Island University--C.W. Post Campus Brookville, NY | 70% |
| 231 | University of Missouri--St. Louis St. Louis, MO | 70% |
| 231 | Wright State University Dayton, OH | 70% |
| 236 | Immaculata University Immaculata, PA | 69% |
| 236 | University of Texas--El Paso El Paso, TX | 69% |
| 236 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | 69% |
| 236 | University of Toledo Toledo, OH | 69% |
| 240 | Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | 68% |
| 240 | Portland State University Portland, OR | 68% |
| 240 | Southern Illinois University--Carbondale Carbondale, IL | 68% |
| 240 | Tennessee State University Nashville, TN | 68% |
| 240 | University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO | 68% |
| 240 | University of Akron Akron, OH | 68% |
| 240 | Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | 68% |
| 247 | Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | 67% |
| 248 | Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | 66% |
| 249 | Spalding University Louisville, KY | 65% |
| 250 | South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC | 64% |
| 250 | University of Texas--Arlington Arlington, TX | 64% |
| 250 | Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 64% |
| 253 | Barry University Miami Shores, FL | 62% |
| 254 | Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH | 61% |
| 254 | Texas A&M University--Kingsville Kingsville, TX | 61% |
| 256 | Texas A&M University--Commerce Commerce, TX | 58% |
| 257 | Idaho State University Pocatello, ID | 57% |
| 258 | University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT | 52% |
| 259 | Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA | 50% |
