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Most Favored Wisconsin Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Wisconsin. 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.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, has the highest yield rate of 42.97% for academic year 2022-2023 in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Platteville is positioned second with 31.42% yield and University of Wisconsin-River Falls follows them with 29%. 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 Wisconsin.
Most Favored Wisconsin Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Public, four-yearsLa Crosse, WI
42.97% 7,290 5,413 2,326 74.25%
2University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Public, four-yearsPlatteville, WI
31.42% 5,354 4,574 1,437 85.43%
3University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Public, four-yearsRiver Falls, WI
29.34% 4,091 3,456 1,014 84.48%
4University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public, four-yearsMadison, WI
29.21% 60,214 29,539 8,628 49.06%
5University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Public, four-yearsWhitewater, WI
26.84% 9,448 7,783 2,089 82.38%
6University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Public, four-yearsEau Claire, WI
26.77% 10,403 7,971 2,134 76.62%
7Marian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFond Du Lac, WI
24.92% 1,262 903 225 71.55%
8University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Public, four-yearsStevens Point, WI
23.81% 8,120 7,231 1,722 89.05%
9University of Wisconsin-Stout
Public, four-yearsMenomonie, WI
23.28% 6,231 5,378 1,252 86.31%
10Viterbo University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLa Crosse, WI
23.18% 1,401 1,014 235 72.38%