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Kentucky Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Kentucky. 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.
Alice Lloyd College, has the lowest yield rate of 10.59% for academic year 2024-2025 in Kentucky. Thomas More University is positioned second with 12.53% yield and Bellarmine University follows them with 13%. 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 Kentucky.
Kentucky Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Alice Lloyd College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPippa Passes, KY
10.59% 2,673 2,011 213 75.23%
2Thomas More University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCrestview Hills, KY
12.53% 3,242 2,929 367 90.35%
3Bellarmine University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLouisville, KY
13.10% 4,779 4,115 539 86.11%
4Campbellsville University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCampbellsville, KY
13.97% 5,000 3,987 557 79.74%
5Spalding University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLouisville, KY
15.63% 727 723 113 99.45%
6Transylvania University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLexington, KY
16.29% 1,851 1,602 261 86.55%
7Murray State University
Public, four-yearsMurray, KY
17.39% 10,486 8,984 1,562 85.68%
8Kentucky Wesleyan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOwensboro, KY
17.71% 2,113 1,513 268 71.60%
9Morehead State University
Public, four-yearsMorehead, KY
18.21% 9,134 7,052 1,284 77.21%
10Brescia University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOwensboro, KY
18.65% 2,145 756 141 35.24%