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Michigan Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Michigan. 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.
Concordia University Ann Arbor, has the lowest yield rate of 6.10% for academic year 2024-2025 in Michigan. University of Michigan-Flint is positioned second with 6.63% yield and Albion College follows them with 7%. 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 Michigan.
Michigan Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Concordia University Ann Arbor
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnn Arbor, MI
6.10% 2,556 1,770 108 69.25%
2University of Michigan-Flint
Public, four-yearsFlint, MI
6.63% 11,873 8,366 555 70.46%
3Albion College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbion, MI
6.87% 6,421 5,182 356 80.70%
4Alma College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlma, MI
9.60% 5,208 2,970 285 57.03%
5Eastern Michigan University
Public, four-yearsYpsilanti, MI
9.71% 21,337 16,992 1,650 79.64%
6Central Michigan University
Public, four-yearsMount Pleasant, MI
11.26% 21,969 19,732 2,222 89.82%
7Kalamazoo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsKalamazoo, MI
11.73% 3,553 2,676 314 75.32%
8Aquinas College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGrand Rapids, MI
11.77% 2,193 1,971 232 89.88%
9Michigan Technological University
Public, four-yearsHoughton, MI
12.93% 11,491 10,621 1,373 92.43%
10University of Detroit Mercy
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDetroit, MI
13.23% 6,514 4,913 650 75.42%