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Most Favored Michigan Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Michigan. 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.
Hillsdale College, has the highest yield rate of 62.32% for academic year 2022-2023 in Michigan. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is positioned second with 47.27% yield and Northern Michigan University follows them with 32%. 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 Michigan.
Most Favored Michigan Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Hillsdale College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHillsdale, MI
62.32% 3,017 621 387 20.58%
2University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Public, four-yearsAnn Arbor, MI
47.27% 84,289 14,914 7,050 17.69%
3Northern Michigan University
Public, four-yearsMarquette, MI
32.28% 6,217 4,386 1,416 70.55%
4Siena Heights University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAdrian, MI
27.79% 1,545 1,004 279 64.98%
5Grand Valley State University
Public, four-yearsAllendale, MI
25.04% 17,123 15,474 3,875 90.37%
6Wayne State University
Public, four-yearsDetroit, MI
24.43% 14,002 10,547 2,577 75.32%
7Hope College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolland, MI
23.04% 5,152 4,145 955 80.45%
8Olivet College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOlivet, MI
22.33% 1,439 1,218 272 84.64%
9Adrian College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAdrian, MI
22.05% 3,329 2,299 507 69.06%
10Oakland University
Public, four-yearsRochester Hills, MI
21.16% 11,110 10,005 2,117 90.05%