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Most Favored Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in United States. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
College of Saint Mary, has the highest yield rate of 94.62% for academic year 2022-2023 in United States. Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus is positioned second with 92.37% yield and Southeastern University follows them with 85%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates.
Most Favored Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1College of Saint Mary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOmaha, NE
94.62% 144 93 88 64.58%
2Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsPortales, NM
92.37% 1,713 472 436 27.55%
3Southeastern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLakeland, FL
85.24% 2,182 1,328 1,132 60.86%
4Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA
84.97% 33,767 1,337 1,136 3.96%
5University of Chicago
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL
84.80% 37,522 2,039 1,729 5.43%
6Stanford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA
83.66% 56,378 2,075 1,736 3.68%
7Harvard University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA
82.96% 61,221 1,984 1,646 3.24%
8Minot State University
Public, four-yearsMinot, ND
81.47% 498 464 378 93.17%
9Brigham Young University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvo, UT
79.05% 10,559 7,040 5,565 66.67%
10Harding University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSearcy, AR
78.86% 2,254 1,017 802 45.12%