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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 70.71% for academic year 2024-2025 in Georgia. Emmanuel University is positioned second with 64.05% yield and Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus follows them with 46%. 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 Georgia.
Most Favored Georgia Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Thomas University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsThomasville, GA
70.71% 517 198 140 38.30%
2Emmanuel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFranklin Springs, GA
64.05% 500 370 237 74.00%
3Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsAtlanta, GA
45.60% 59,789 8,413 3,836 14.07%
4Emory University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAtlanta, GA
40.37% 33,450 3,562 1,438 10.65%
5Covenant College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLookout Mountain, GA
39.61% 823 712 282 86.51%
6University of Georgia
Public, four-yearsAthens, GA
38.30% 42,732 16,108 6,169 37.70%
7Kennesaw State University
Public, four-yearsKennesaw, GA
38.00% 34,680 23,995 9,117 69.19%
8Georgia College & State University
Public, four-yearsMilledgeville, GA
36.49% 6,310 4,936 1,801 78.23%
9Toccoa Falls College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsToccoa Falls, GA
36.39% 1,125 742 270 65.96%
10Shorter University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRome, GA
33.49% 904 872 292 96.46%