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Most Favored Missouri Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Missouri. 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.
College of the Ozarks, has the highest yield rate of 75.69% for academic year 2022-2023 in Missouri. Washington University in St Louis is positioned second with 48.17% yield and Hannibal-LaGrange University follows them with 46%. 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 Missouri.
Most Favored Missouri Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1College of the Ozarks
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoint Lookout, MO
75.69% 2,239 473 358 21.13%
2Washington University in St Louis
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Louis, MO
48.17% 32,014 3,764 1,813 11.76%
3Hannibal-LaGrange University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHannibal, MO
45.75% 228 153 70 67.11%
4Missouri Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Louis, MO
42.38% 1,055 748 317 70.90%
5William Jewell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLiberty, MO
35.37% 1,676 687 243 40.99%
6Evangel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpringfield, MO
34.86% 1,449 984 343 67.91%
7Missouri Valley College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMarshall, MO
34.11% 1,824 1,117 381 61.24%
8University of Missouri-Kansas City
Public, four-yearsKansas City, MO
32.37% 5,180 3,599 1,165 69.48%
9Southwest Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBolivar, MO
32.27% 881 877 283 99.55%
10Truman State University
Public, four-yearsKirksville, MO
31.59% 4,912 2,213 699 45.05%