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Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
New England College, has the lowest yield rate of 4.01% for academic year 2022-2023 in United States. La Roche University is positioned second with 4.08% yield and Edward Waters University follows them with 4%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates.
Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1New England College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenniker, NH
4.01% 6,416 6,412 257 99.94%
2La Roche University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA
4.08% 3,222 3,137 128 97.36%
3Edward Waters University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJacksonville, FL
4.23% 8,988 7,509 318 83.54%
4University of Holy Cross
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Orleans, LA
4.49% 917 801 36 87.35%
5Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWingate, NC
4.74% 20,292 17,482 828 86.15%
6Notre Dame of Maryland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
4.79% 1,680 1,169 56 69.58%
7Chicago State University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
4.82% 7,404 3,592 173 48.51%
8Florida Memorial University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMiami Gardens, FL
4.90% 11,931 8,344 409 69.94%
9Hawaii Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
5.00% 13,354 11,631 582 87.10%
10Paine College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAugusta, GA
5.29% 3,302 1,701 90 51.51%