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New York Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in New York. 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.
CUNY Medgar Evers College, has the lowest yield rate of 7.01% for academic year 2021-2022 in New York. Long Island University is positioned second with 7.37% yield and Marymount Manhattan College follows them with 9%. 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 New York.
New York Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2022)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1CUNY Medgar Evers College
Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY
7.01% 10,533 9,045 634 85.87%
2Long Island University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrookville, NY
7.37% 17,423 16,259 1,198 93.32%
3Marymount Manhattan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
8.68% 6,799 5,229 454 76.91%
4The College of Saint Rose
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlbany, NY
8.98% 4,525 3,454 310 76.33%
5Manhattan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiverdale, NY
9.04% 10,988 8,218 743 74.79%
6Manhattanville College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPurchase, NY
9.25% 2,971 2,464 228 82.94%
7Alfred University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlfred, NY
9.25% 6,243 4,193 388 67.16%
8Wells College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAurora, NY
9.46% 2,167 1,480 140 68.30%
9CUNY York College
Public, four-yearsJamaica, NY
9.67% 13,852 9,283 898 67.02%
10Hofstra University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHempstead, NY
9.84% 24,886 16,862 1,659 67.76%