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Most Favored Idaho Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Idaho. 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.
Boise State University, has the highest yield rate of 24.09% for academic year 2024-2025 in Idaho. University of Idaho is positioned second with 19.94% yield and Lewis-Clark State College follows them with 15%. 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 Idaho.
Most Favored Idaho Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Boise State University
Public, four-yearsBoise, ID
24.09% 16,082 14,025 3,379 87.21%
2University of Idaho
Public, four-yearsMoscow, ID
19.94% 13,443 10,154 2,025 75.53%
3Lewis-Clark State College
Public, four-yearsLewiston, ID
14.71% 4,086 3,583 527 87.69%
4The College of Idaho
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCaldwell, ID
14.68% 3,650 1,792 263 49.10%
5Northwest Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNampa, ID
9.94% 3,247 2,102 209 64.74%