College Rankings - Highest Freshman Retention Rate in California

Is there something in the water? The following colleges and universities have to be doing something special to keep such a high number of first-year students returning for another year.

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1
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
98.0 %
2
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
97.0 %
3
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
97.0 %
4
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
97.0 %
5
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
96.0 %
6
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
96.0 %
7
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
96.0 %
8
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
95.0 %
9
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
94.0 %
10
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA
94.0 %
11
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
92.0 %
12
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
92.0 %
13
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
92.0 %
14
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
91.0 %
15
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
91.0 %
16
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
90.0 %
17
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
90.0 %
18
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, CA
90.0 %
19
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
88.0 %
20
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
87.0 %
21
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
85.0 %
22
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
85.0 %
23
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA
84.0 %
24
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA
84.0 %
25
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
81.0 %