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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 71.56% for academic year 2022-2023 in District of Columbia. Georgetown University is positioned second with 48.70% yield and Howard University follows them with 24%. 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 District of Columbia.
Most Favored District of Columbia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Gallaudet University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
71.56% 380 225 161 59.21%
2Georgetown University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
48.70% 26,638 3,257 1,586 12.23%
3Howard University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
24.31% 19,188 10,253 2,493 53.43%
4American University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
22.22% 19,510 7,926 1,761 40.63%
5George Washington University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
22.02% 27,266 13,354 2,941 48.98%
6Trinity Washington University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
21.36% 758 735 157 96.97%
7The Catholic University of America
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWashington, DC
15.41% 5,801 4,965 765 85.59%