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Kansas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Kansas. 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.
Ottawa University-Ottawa, has the lowest yield rate of 14.13% for academic year 2024-2025 in Kansas. Bethel College-North Newton is positioned second with 15.76% yield and Kansas Wesleyan University follows them with 19%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Kansas.
Kansas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Ottawa University-Ottawa
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOttawa, KS
14.13% 2,611 2,166 306 82.96%
2Bethel College-North Newton
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNorth Newton, KS
15.76% 1,154 1,079 170 93.50%
3Kansas Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalina, KS
18.59% 1,975 1,420 264 71.90%
4Southwestern College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinfield, KS
19.14% 1,452 1,097 210 75.55%
5Wichita State University
Public, four-yearsWichita, KS
20.08% 9,916 9,316 1,871 93.95%
6Newman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWichita, KS
20.40% 1,080 799 163 73.98%
7University of Saint Mary
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLeavenworth, KS
20.72% 1,159 1,004 208 86.63%
8Bethany College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLindsborg, KS
22.12% 1,550 868 192 56.00%
9McPherson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcPherson, KS
22.44% 1,846 1,417 318 76.76%
10Benedictine College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAtchison, KS
22.86% 2,715 2,664 609 98.12%