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Most Favored Kansas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Kansas. 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.
Barclay College, has the highest yield rate of 66.67% for academic year 2024-2025 in Kansas. Friends University is positioned second with 44.70% yield and Fort Hays State University follows them with 42%. 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 Kansas.
Most Favored Kansas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Barclay College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHaviland, KS
66.67% 153 78 52 50.98%
2Friends University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWichita, KS
44.70% 1,025 566 253 55.22%
3Fort Hays State University
Public, four-yearsHays, KS
41.84% 2,619 2,364 989 90.26%
4Tabor College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHillsboro, KS
37.67% 559 361 136 64.58%
5Pittsburg State University
Public, four-yearsPittsburg, KS
31.90% 3,138 2,806 895 89.42%
6Sterling College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSterling, KS
30.38% 820 395 120 48.17%
7Kansas State University
Public, four-yearsManhattan, KS
27.48% 15,509 12,669 3,482 81.69%
8MidAmerica Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOlathe, KS
26.44% 1,099 866 229 78.80%
9Baker University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaldwin City, KS
25.53% 998 940 240 94.19%
10University of Kansas
Public, four-yearsLawrence, KS
25.46% 22,363 20,905 5,323 93.48%