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Most Favored Kentucky Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Kentucky. 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.
Berea College, has the highest yield rate of 53.75% for academic year 2024-2025 in Kentucky. Northern Kentucky University is positioned second with 36.85% yield and University of the Cumberlands follows them with 33%. 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 Kentucky.
Most Favored Kentucky Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Berea College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBerea, KY
53.75% 3,857 746 401 19.34%
2Northern Kentucky University
Public, four-yearsHighland Heights, KY
36.85% 6,058 4,098 1,510 67.65%
3University of the Cumberlands
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamsburg, KY
33.29% 3,037 3,001 999 98.81%
4Western Kentucky University
Public, four-yearsBowling Green, KY
30.18% 9,840 9,237 2,788 93.87%
5Kentucky Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrayson, KY
27.99% 962 586 164 60.91%
6Kentucky State University
Public, four-yearsFrankfort, KY
27.01% 1,453 1,396 377 96.08%
7Asbury University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilmore, KY
26.15% 2,063 1,308 342 63.40%
8Georgetown College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGeorgetown, KY
25.97% 1,353 1,232 320 91.06%
9University of Louisville
Public, four-yearsLouisville, KY
25.08% 15,668 12,442 3,120 79.41%
10University of Kentucky
Public, four-yearsLexington, KY
22.23% 31,517 29,293 6,513 92.94%