College Rankings - Highest Freshman Retention Rate in Massachusetts

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
MIT
Cambridge, MA
98.0 %
2
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
97.0 %
3
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
97.0 %
4
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
96.0 %
5
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
96.0 %
6
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
96.0 %
7
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
95.0 %
8
Tufts University
Medford, MA
95.0 %
9
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
94.0 %
10
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
94.0 %
11
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
93.0 %
12
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
93.0 %
13
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
92.0 %
14
Boston University
Boston, MA
91.0 %
15
Smith College
Northampton, MA
90.0 %
16
Emerson College
Boston, MA
90.0 %
17
Clark University
Worcester, MA
88.0 %
18
UMass
Amherst, MA
84.0 %
19
Wheaton College - Massachusetts
Norton, MA
83.0 %
20
Simmons College
Boston, MA
83.0 %
21
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA
79.0 %