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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.
Albion College, has the lowest yield rate of 9.21% for academic year 2022-2023 in Michigan. University of Detroit Mercy is positioned second with 10.87% yield and Kalamazoo College follows them with 13%. 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 in Michigan.
Michigan Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Albion College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbion, MI
9.21% 6,827 4,541 418 66.52%
2University of Detroit Mercy
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDetroit, MI
10.87% 5,163 4,674 508 90.53%
3Kalamazoo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsKalamazoo, MI
12.68% 3,702 2,934 372 79.25%
4University of Michigan-Flint
Public, four-yearsFlint, MI
12.79% 6,140 4,074 521 66.35%
5Central Michigan University
Public, four-yearsMount Pleasant, MI
12.86% 19,888 15,701 2,019 78.95%
6Eastern Michigan University
Public, four-yearsYpsilanti, MI
13.13% 19,919 16,578 2,177 83.23%
7Lake Superior State University
Public, four-yearsSault Ste Marie, MI
15.06% 2,408 1,852 279 76.91%
8Western Michigan University
Public, four-yearsKalamazoo, MI
15.12% 20,501 17,334 2,621 84.55%
9Alma College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlma, MI
15.28% 3,372 2,180 333 64.65%
10University of Michigan-Dearborn
Public, four-yearsDearborn, MI
15.45% 12,026 6,506 1,005 54.10%