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Most Favored Alabama Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Alabama. 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.
Oakwood University, has the highest yield rate of 38.41% for academic year 2022-2023 in Alabama. University of North Alabama is positioned second with 29.72% yield and Alabama A & M University follows them with 28%. 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 in Alabama.
Most Favored Alabama Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Oakwood University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHuntsville, AL
38.41% 1,446 984 378 68.05%
2University of North Alabama
Public, four-yearsFlorence, AL
29.72% 4,009 3,836 1,140 95.68%
3Alabama A & M University
Public, four-yearsNormal, AL
28.30% 8,907 6,092 1,724 68.40%
4Samford University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBirmingham, AL
26.97% 4,337 3,611 974 83.26%
5University of Alabama in Huntsville
Public, four-yearsHuntsville, AL
26.89% 5,581 4,359 1,172 78.10%
6Auburn University
Public, four-yearsAuburn, AL
26.53% 45,693 19,988 5,303 43.74%
7University of Alabama at Birmingham
Public, four-yearsBirmingham, AL
25.71% 9,947 8,622 2,217 86.68%
8Troy University
Public, four-yearsTroy, AL
25.22% 7,035 6,672 1,683 94.84%
9Jacksonville State University
Public, four-yearsJacksonville, AL
19.68% 12,570 9,863 1,941 78.46%
10University of South Alabama
Public, four-yearsMobile, AL
19.68% 12,550 8,203 1,614 65.36%