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Most Favored New York Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in New York. 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.
Cornell University, has the highest yield rate of 67.55% for academic year 2022-2023 in New York. Barnard College is positioned second with 66.00% yield and Columbia University in the City of New York follows them with 64%. 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 New York.
Most Favored New York Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Cornell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY
67.55% 69,195 5,168 3,491 7.47%
2Barnard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
66.00% 12,009 1,056 697 8.79%
3Columbia University in the City of New York
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
64.06% 60,879 2,404 1,540 3.95%
4Yeshiva University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
62.29% 1,615 1,021 636 63.22%
5New York University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
49.32% 100,662 12,539 6,184 12.46%
6Touro University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
48.21% 1,530 1,091 526 71.31%
7Hamilton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, NY
40.99% 9,899 1,166 478 11.78%
8Alliance University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
38.95% 285 285 111 100.00%
9Vassar College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY
31.99% 11,412 2,129 681 18.66%
10Medaille University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuffalo, NY
31.93% 1,689 1,162 371 68.80%