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Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) in United States. 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.
Rutgers University-Camden, has the lowest yield rate of 2.44% for academic year 2024-2025 in United States. Talladega College is positioned second with 2.77% yield and Wingate University follows them with 3%. 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.
Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Rutgers University-Camden
Public, four-yearsCamden, NJ
2.44% 32,840 21,768 531 66.29%
2Talladega College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTalladega, AL
2.77% 10,307 8,804 244 85.42%
3Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWingate, NC
2.82% 30,339 27,647 780 91.13%
4Edward Waters University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJacksonville, FL
3.02% 10,283 8,735 264 84.95%
5Saint Augustine's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC
3.16% 2,059 696 22 33.80%
6Southern University at New Orleans
Public, four-yearsNew Orleans, LA
3.17% 6,526 5,149 163 78.90%
7Paine College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAugusta, GA
3.58% 3,105 2,963 106 95.43%
8Chicago State University
Public, four-yearsChicago, IL
3.76% 10,638 4,602 173 43.26%
9Hawaii Pacific University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHonolulu, HI
3.81% 14,206 12,198 465 85.87%
10Shaw University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC
4.10% 7,390 5,924 243 80.16%