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Most Favored Indiana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Indiana. 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.
University of Notre Dame, has the highest yield rate of 61.71% for academic year 2024-2025 in Indiana. Indiana University-Southeast is positioned second with 39.70% yield and Indiana University-South Bend follows them with 39%. 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 Indiana.
Most Favored Indiana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Notre Dame
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNotre Dame, IN
61.71% 29,942 3,374 2,082 11.27%
2Indiana University-Southeast
Public, four-yearsNew Albany, IN
39.70% 2,040 1,723 684 84.46%
3Indiana University-South Bend
Public, four-yearsSouth Bend, IN
38.98% 2,815 2,360 920 83.84%
4Oakland City University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOakland City, IN
32.45% 549 453 147 82.51%
5Taylor University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsUpland, IN
32.31% 2,425 1,783 576 73.53%
6Indiana University-Kokomo
Public, four-yearsKokomo, IN
31.56% 1,938 1,676 529 86.48%
7University of Southern Indiana
Public, four-yearsEvansville, IN
29.96% 4,602 4,409 1,321 95.81%
8Purdue University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsWest Lafayette, IN
29.20% 78,745 39,272 11,467 49.87%
9Indiana University-East
Public, four-yearsRichmond, IN
29.17% 2,035 1,368 399 67.22%
10Bethel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMishawaka, IN
27.44% 985 962 264 97.66%