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Pennsylvania Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Pennsylvania. 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.
Chestnut Hill College, has the lowest yield rate of 7.16% for academic year 2024-2025 in Pennsylvania. Arcadia University is positioned second with 7.38% yield and Albright 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 Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Chestnut Hill College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
7.16% 2,964 2,207 158 74.46%
2Arcadia University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGlenside, PA
7.38% 10,163 8,153 602 80.22%
3Albright College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsReading, PA
7.40% 5,754 4,392 325 76.33%
4Rosemont College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRosemont, PA
7.86% 1,450 1,107 87 76.34%
5Drexel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
8.09% 37,314 29,642 2,399 79.44%
6University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Public, four-yearsBradford, PA
8.34% 4,075 3,608 301 88.54%
7Wilkes University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilkes-Barre, PA
9.32% 7,660 6,943 647 90.64%
8La Salle University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPhiladelphia, PA
9.46% 4,782 4,619 437 96.59%
9La Roche University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPittsburgh, PA
9.75% 1,976 1,497 146 75.76%
10Robert Morris University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMoon Township, PA
10.16% 6,933 6,232 633 89.89%