<p>Freshman Freshman
Institution retention rate enrollment
College of the Holy Cross 96% 754
Davidson College (NC) 96% 464
Haverford College ¶ 96% 314
Swarthmore College ¶ 96% 370
United States Naval Acad 96% 1,228
Wesleyan University (CT) 96% 720
Amherst College (MA) 97% 433
Carleton College (MN) 97% 504
Williams College (MA) 97% 534
Bowdoin College (ME) 98% 474
Pomona College (CA) 99% 378</p>
<p>Source: [USNews.com:</a> America’s Best Colleges 2008: Liberal Arts Colleges: Schools whose freshmen are least (and most) likely to return](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/Fresh_retention_Ratelibartco_brief.php]USNews.com:”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/webex/Fresh_retention_Ratelibartco_brief.php)</p>