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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 5.67% for academic year 2024-2025 in New York. Marymount Manhattan College is positioned second with 6.41% yield and Mount Saint Mary 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 New York.
New York Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1CUNY Medgar Evers College
Public, four-yearsBrooklyn, NY
5.67% 12,015 10,339 586 86.05%
2Marymount Manhattan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
6.41% 7,896 6,523 418 82.61%
3Mount Saint Mary College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNewburgh, NY
7.03% 3,219 2,861 201 88.88%
4CUNY York College
Public, four-yearsJamaica, NY
7.68% 15,563 9,976 766 64.10%
5Manhattan College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRiverdale, NY
8.01% 9,903 7,817 626 78.94%
6Long Island University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrookville, NY
8.05% 20,564 17,717 1,426 86.16%
7Pace University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
8.11% 30,030 22,798 1,850 75.92%
8New York Institute of Technology
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOld Westbury, NY
8.47% 13,237 10,725 908 81.02%
9SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Public, four-yearsUtica, NY
8.72% 5,329 4,335 378 81.35%
10SUNY Buffalo State University
Public, four-yearsBuffalo, NY
9.22% 18,219 13,290 1,226 72.95%