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Most Favored Georgia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Georgia. 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.
Thomas University, has the highest yield rate of 61.21% for academic year 2022-2023 in Georgia. Kennesaw State University is positioned second with 49.05% yield and Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus follows them with 42%. 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 Georgia.
Most Favored Georgia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Thomas University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsThomasville, GA
61.21% 358 165 101 46.09%
2Kennesaw State University
Public, four-yearsKennesaw, GA
49.05% 21,106 14,320 7,024 67.85%
3Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA
42.05% 50,610 8,672 3,647 17.13%
4Emmanuel College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFranklin Springs, GA
39.17% 766 480 188 62.66%
5Georgia College & State University
Public, four-yearsMilledgeville, GA
38.65% 4,414 3,529 1,364 79.95%
6Emory University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAtlanta, GA
37.80% 33,179 3,767 1,424 11.35%
7University of Georgia
Public, four-yearsAthens, GA
37.50% 39,320 16,729 6,273 42.55%
8University of West Georgia
Public, four-yearsCarrollton, GA
37.16% 4,783 3,832 1,424 80.12%
9Covenant College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLookout Mountain, GA
35.38% 813 684 242 84.13%
10Georgia Southwestern State University
Public, four-yearsAmericus, GA
34.18% 1,939 1,419 485 73.18%