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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 64.77% for academic year 2022-2023 in Kentucky. Kentucky Christian University is positioned second with 42.38% yield and Western Kentucky University follows them with 38%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Kentucky.
Most Favored Kentucky Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Berea College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBerea, KY
64.77% 2,217 545 353 24.58%
2Kentucky Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrayson, KY
42.38% 606 269 114 44.39%
3Western Kentucky University
Public, four-yearsBowling Green, KY
37.86% 7,505 7,276 2,755 96.95%
4Asbury University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilmore, KY
33.91% 1,105 870 295 78.73%
5University of the Cumberlands
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilliamsburg, KY
33.32% 2,314 1,921 640 83.02%
6University of Kentucky
Public, four-yearsLexington, KY
28.89% 22,109 20,979 6,061 94.89%
7Northern Kentucky University
Public, four-yearsHighland Heights, KY
27.58% 6,905 5,939 1,638 86.01%
8Eastern Kentucky University
Public, four-yearsRichmond, KY
26.90% 15,821 10,174 2,737 64.31%
9Centre College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDanville, KY
23.36% 2,724 1,712 400 62.85%
10University of Louisville
Public, four-yearsLouisville, KY
23.25% 15,462 12,608 2,931 81.54%