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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 43.15% for academic year 2024-2025 in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Platteville is positioned second with 29.71% yield and University of Wisconsin-Madison follows them with 29%. 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 Wisconsin.
Most Favored Wisconsin Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Public, four-yearsLa Crosse, WI
43.15% 7,136 5,388 2,325 75.50%
2University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Public, four-yearsPlatteville, WI
29.71% 4,934 4,410 1,310 89.38%
3University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public, four-yearsMadison, WI
28.59% 65,894 29,782 8,514 45.20%
4University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Public, four-yearsEau Claire, WI
28.13% 8,824 7,266 2,044 82.34%
5University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Public, four-yearsKenosha, WI
26.14% 2,649 1,997 522 75.39%
6University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Public, four-yearsGreen Bay, WI
25.22% 5,899 5,226 1,318 88.59%
7University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Public, four-yearsRiver Falls, WI
25.12% 5,519 4,510 1,133 81.72%
8University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Public, four-yearsWhitewater, WI
24.74% 10,187 8,732 2,160 85.72%
9University of Wisconsin-Stout
Public, four-yearsMenomonie, WI
24.41% 5,547 4,863 1,187 87.67%
10University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Public, four-yearsMilwaukee, WI
23.76% 16,079 14,581 3,464 90.68%