Most Favored Colleges

Most Favored Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in United States. 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.

Mississippi College, has the highest yield rate of 90.99% for academic year 2024-2025 in United States. Citadel Military College of South Carolina is positioned second with 90.93% yield and University of Chicago follows them with 88%. 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.

Most Favored Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Mississippi College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS	90.99%	2,212	644	586	29.11%
2	Citadel Military College of South Carolina Public, four-yearsCharleston, SC	90.93%	3,252	739	672	22.72%
3	University of Chicago Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsChicago, IL	88.29%	43,612	1,955	1,726	4.48%
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	85.83%	28,232	1,284	1,102	4.55%
5	Harvard University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCambridge, MA	83.60%	54,008	1,970	1,647	3.65%
6	Stanford University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStanford, CA	81.91%	57,326	2,067	1,693	3.61%
7	College of the Ozarks Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoint Lookout, MO	81.14%	2,919	350	284	11.99%
8	Minot State University Public, four-yearsMinot, ND	77.92%	701	453	353	64.62%
9	Brigham Young University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsProvo, UT	77.53%	11,698	7,929	6,147	67.78%
10	Princeton University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPrinceton, NJ	75.48%	40,468	1,868	1,410	4.62%

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