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Texas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Texas. 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.
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, has the lowest yield rate of 5.52% for academic year 2024-2025 in Texas. Concordia University Texas is positioned second with 8.03% yield and University of the Incarnate Word follows them with 9%. 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 Texas.
Texas Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBelton, TX
5.52% 13,004 12,452 687 95.76%
2Concordia University Texas
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAustin, TX
8.03% 2,401 2,191 176 91.25%
3University of the Incarnate Word
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Antonio, TX
9.15% 11,316 11,105 1,016 98.14%
4Saint Edward's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAustin, TX
9.54% 5,830 4,747 453 81.42%
5Houston Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX
10.52% 8,455 7,139 751 84.44%
6Dallas Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDallas, TX
11.21% 6,163 5,475 614 88.84%
7McMurry University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAbilene, TX
12.00% 4,837 2,759 331 57.04%
8Abilene Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAbilene, TX
12.11% 11,332 7,482 906 66.03%
9Hardin-Simmons University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAbilene, TX
12.23% 3,479 3,131 383 90.00%
10University of Houston-Victoria
Public, four-yearsVictoria, TX
12.26% 1,880 1,803 221 95.90%