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Most Favored Oklahoma Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Oklahoma. 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.
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, has the highest yield rate of 51.24% for academic year 2024-2025 in Oklahoma. University of Central Oklahoma is positioned second with 42.94% yield and East Central University follows them with 42%. 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 Oklahoma.
Most Favored Oklahoma Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Public, four-yearsDurant, OK
51.24% 1,315 1,005 515 76.43%
2University of Central Oklahoma
Public, four-yearsEdmond, OK
42.94% 5,855 4,574 1,964 78.12%
3East Central University
Public, four-yearsAda, OK
42.35% 2,148 1,249 529 58.15%
4Northeastern State University
Public, four-yearsTahlequah, OK
39.01% 1,727 1,720 671 99.59%
5Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Public, four-yearsAlva, OK
38.67% 1,375 900 348 65.45%
6Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBartlesville, OK
38.06% 810 536 204 66.17%
7Oklahoma Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsEdmond, OK
36.07% 1,186 1,145 413 96.54%
8University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Public, four-yearsChickasha, OK
35.66% 980 645 230 65.82%
9University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
Public, four-yearsNorman, OK
29.33% 24,893 19,069 5,593 76.60%
10Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
Public, four-yearsStillwater, OK
26.91% 24,910 18,693 5,030 75.04%