Abstract: With nearly one billion dollars allocated annually to support military connected students enrolled at community colleges, there has been surprising little scaled research on the efficacy of campus efforts designed to retain and graduate student veterans. This paper presents an exploratory study of first to second year institution level retention rates for Post-9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) students. Using publicly available data, encompassing multiple databases from the Department of Veteran's Affairs and Department of Education, our analyses included records from 1,540 two-year institutions. Institution level analyses provided trends of where PGIB students are enrolling, proportion of services offered specifically to support veterans, and two models to explore if specific veterans supports/services were associated with institution level retention. Through our models we found a small proportion of variance in retention rates, with for-profit and private institutional status/control presenting the strongest positive association of institutional retention for students enrolled in other-than-bachelor's degree programs. However, our findings should be considered exploratory. Institutions should use this information to explore their local context when crafting policy. Recommendations for continued assessment, accountability, data clarification on behalf of the VA, and future research are offered.