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Washington Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in Washington. 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 Puget Sound, has the lowest yield rate of 9.17% for academic year 2022-2023 in Washington. Whitworth University is positioned second with 12.18% yield and Whitman 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 Washington.
Washington Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Puget Sound
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTacoma, WA
9.17% 5,345 4,418 405 82.66%
2Whitworth University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpokane, WA
12.18% 4,126 3,735 455 90.52%
3Whitman College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWalla Walla, WA
12.81% 5,497 2,622 336 47.70%
4Saint Martin's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLacey, WA
14.77% 2,095 1,991 294 95.04%
5Seattle University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
14.86% 7,934 6,756 1,004 85.15%
6Seattle Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
15.23% 3,895 3,533 538 90.71%
7Gonzaga University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpokane, WA
17.65% 9,887 6,895 1,217 69.74%
8Pacific Lutheran University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTacoma, WA
17.75% 3,334 2,964 526 88.90%
9The Evergreen State College
Public, four-yearsOlympia, WA
22.70% 1,623 1,207 274 74.37%
10Central Washington University
Public, four-yearsEllensburg, WA
23.53% 6,409 5,992 1,410 93.49%