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Colleges With Highest Yield in District of Columbia

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Most Favored District of Columbia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in District of Columbia. 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.
Gallaudet University, has the highest yield rate of 60.68% for academic year 2024-2025 in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is positioned second with 46.68% yield and Trinity Washington University follows them with 20%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in District of Columbia.
Most Favored District of Columbia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Gallaudet University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 60.68% 403 234 142 58.06%
2Georgetown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 46.68% 26,131 3,374 1,575 12.91%
3Trinity Washington University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 20.18% 1,240 1,234 249 99.52%
4Howard University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 19.36% 34,211 14,144 2,738 41.34%
5George Washington University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 19.33% 27,016 12,723 2,459 47.09%
6American University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 15.62% 17,173 10,640 1,662 61.96%
7The Catholic University of America
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC		 13.35% 6,714 5,558 742 82.78%

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