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Most Favored Washington Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Washington. 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.
Northwest University, has the highest yield rate of 43.21% for academic year 2022-2023 in Washington. Eastern Washington University is positioned second with 30.50% yield and University of Washington-Seattle Campus follows them with 30%. 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 Washington.
Most Favored Washington Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Northwest University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsKirkland, WA
43.21% 383 361 156 94.26%
2Eastern Washington University
Public, four-yearsCheney, WA
30.50% 4,666 4,485 1,368 96.12%
3University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Public, four-yearsSeattle, WA
29.61% 52,488 24,942 7,386 47.52%
4Western Washington University
Public, four-yearsBellingham, WA
29.31% 11,864 10,997 3,223 92.69%
5Washington State University
Public, four-yearsPullman, WA
24.75% 19,401 16,123 3,991 83.10%
6Central Washington University
Public, four-yearsEllensburg, WA
23.53% 6,409 5,992 1,410 93.49%
7The Evergreen State College
Public, four-yearsOlympia, WA
22.70% 1,623 1,207 274 74.37%
8Pacific Lutheran University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTacoma, WA
17.75% 3,334 2,964 526 88.90%
9Gonzaga University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpokane, WA
17.65% 9,887 6,895 1,217 69.74%
10Seattle Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
15.23% 3,895 3,533 538 90.71%