2022 Most Favored Colleges To Enroll Rankings
At a Glance
The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percentage of enrolled students.
It is calculated by dividing the number of enrolled students by the number of total accepted students. It is different from the acceptance rate which is the percentage of admitted students over the number of total applicants.
The "admitted" does not mean that all admitted students would enroll in school and an admitted student may or may not enroll in school.
Suppose that 2,000 students have applied, 500 students have allowed admitting, and finally, 300 students have enrolled in a school. In this case, the yield is 60% (300 / 500 * 100) where the acceptance rate is 25% (500 / 2,000 * 100) .
The higher yield means that more students choose the school to enroll in other than other similar/rivalry schools. In general, the yield of the most top-ranked schools is high while the acceptance rate is low.
Most Favored Colleges To Enroll Comparison Table
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR | 5,496 | 2,674 | 2,361 | 48.65% | 88.29% | $4,198 | 13,892 | - |
| 2 | United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD | 15,699 | 1,426 | 1,194 | 9.08% | 83.73% | - | 4,594 | 1,340 |
| 3 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY | 14,969 | 1,294 | 1,056 | 8.64% | 81.61% | - | 4,536 | 1,325 |
| 4 | Brigham Young University-Provo Provo, UT | 11,292 | 7,820 | 6,309 | 69.25% | 80.68% | $5,970 | 36,461 | 1,305 |
| 5 | United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | 10,747 | 1,443 | 1,132 | 13.43% | 78.45% | - | 4,307 | 1,325 |
| 6 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 34,350 | 2,510 | 1,847 | 7.31% | 73.59% | $59,298 | 17,834 | 1,535 |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | 20,075 | 1,457 | 1,070 | 7.26% | 73.44% | $53,450 | 11,254 | 1,545 |
| 8 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | 40,248 | 2,015 | 1,407 | 5.01% | 69.83% | $53,968 | 30,391 | 1,520 |
| 9 | Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN | 5,301 | 1,605 | 1,099 | 30.28% | 68.47% | $14,223 | 9,363 | 1,055 |
| 10 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | 45,227 | 2,349 | 1,606 | 5.19% | 68.37% | $56,169 | 15,953 | 1,495 |
| 11 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | 32,835 | 1,848 | 1,154 | 5.63% | 62.45% | $48,502 | 7,853 | 1,510 |
| 12 | Brown University Providence, RI | 36,793 | 2,822 | 1,756 | 7.67% | 62.23% | $60,584 | 9,948 | 1,500 |
| 13 | Arizona State University-Skysong Scottsdale, AZ | 5,559 | 4,035 | 2,484 | 72.59% | 61.56% | $10,928 | 53,993 | - |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 42,205 | 3,789 | 2,321 | 8.98% | 61.26% | $60,042 | 26,552 | 1,515 |
| 15 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 51,500 | 5,514 | 3,249 | 10.71% | 58.92% | $59,282 | 23,620 | 1,470 |
| 16 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 40,462 | 2,695 | 1,521 | 6.66% | 56.44% | $60,532 | 30,135 | 1,515 |
| 17 | Yale University New Haven, CT | 35,220 | 2,299 | 1,264 | 6.53% | 54.98% | $57,700 | 12,060 | 1,520 |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | 21,253 | 4,035 | 2,193 | 18.99% | 54.35% | $57,699 | 12,809 | 1,475 |
| 19 | Barnard College New York, NY | 9,411 | 1,280 | 690 | 13.60% | 53.91% | $57,479 | 2,744 | 1,434 |
| 20 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | 9,402 | 861 | 464 | 9.16% | 53.89% | $56,350 | 1,777 | - |
| 21 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | 21,392 | 1,972 | 1,057 | 9.22% | 53.60% | $59,458 | 6,292 | 1,500 |
| 22 | Southeastern University Lakeland, FL | 5,689 | 2,427 | 1,267 | 42.66% | 52.20% | $27,520 | 9,546 | 1,065 |
| 23 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | 39,263 | 3,654 | 1,901 | 9.31% | 52.03% | $58,701 | 22,603 | 1,490 |
| 24 | Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | 18,601 | 15,460 | 8,018 | 83.11% | 51.86% | $17,690 | 41,181 | 1,115 |
| 25 | Duke University Durham, NC | 39,639 | 3,068 | 1,580 | 7.74% | 51.50% | $57,633 | 16,172 | 1,520 |
| 26 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX | 12,622 | 10,399 | 5,338 | 82.39% | 51.33% | $18,733 | 32,441 | 988 |
| 27 | Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID | 10,234 | 9,928 | 4,887 | 97.01% | 49.22% | $4,300 | 44,481 | 1,100 |
| 28 | University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA | 11,149 | 9,081 | 4,304 | 81.45% | 47.40% | $15,488 | 19,793 | 1,085 |
| 29 | Davidson College Davidson, NC | 5,621 | 1,124 | 520 | 20.00% | 46.26% | $55,000 | 1,983 | 1,380 |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | 57,241 | 18,290 | 8,459 | 31.95% | 46.25% | $40,032 | 50,476 | 1,340 |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI | 6,214 | 4,670 | 2,141 | 75.15% | 45.85% | $17,979 | 10,531 | - |
| 32 | Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA | 6,935 | 3,013 | 1,370 | 43.45% | 45.47% | $16,720 | 6,917 | 947 |
| 33 | Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH | 37,143 | 34,745 | 15,720 | 93.54% | 45.24% | $9,650 | 134,345 | - |
| 34 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | 21,190 | 3,561 | 1,592 | 16.81% | 44.71% | $57,928 | 19,371 | 1,465 |
| 35 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | 10,388 | 895 | 399 | 8.62% | 44.58% | $54,774 | 1,475 | 1,465 |
| 36 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | 5,306 | 708 | 315 | 13.34% | 44.49% | $56,475 | 1,264 | 1,415 |
| 37 | South Dakota State University Brookings, SD | 5,290 | 4,705 | 2,087 | 88.94% | 44.36% | $12,675 | 11,405 | 1,150 |
| 38 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | 7,696 | 1,085 | 479 | 14.10% | 44.15% | $57,353 | 1,876 | - |
| 39 | Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA | 6,036 | 5,877 | 2,580 | 97.37% | 43.90% | $20,767 | 14,426 | - |
| 40 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | 6,581 | 1,343 | 580 | 20.41% | 43.19% | $58,448 | 2,280 | 1,435 |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI | 6,202 | 5,232 | 2,258 | 84.36% | 43.16% | $17,145 | 11,017 | - |
| 42 | Tufts University Medford, MA | 23,127 | 3,770 | 1,615 | 16.30% | 42.84% | $60,862 | 12,219 | 1,455 |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 41,773 | 10,445 | 4,445 | 25.00% | 42.56% | $36,159 | 30,092 | 1,385 |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI | 6,046 | 4,832 | 2,055 | 79.92% | 42.53% | $16,607 | 11,989 | - |
| 45 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | 48,193 | 15,002 | 6,333 | 31.13% | 42.21% | $28,659 | 53,372 | 1,375 |
| 46 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | 30,115 | 3,330 | 1,405 | 11.06% | 42.19% | $54,160 | 28,890 | 1,515 |
| 47 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | 8,007 | 536 | 225 | 6.69% | 41.98% | $56,862 | 2,240 | 1,555 |
| 48 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | 13,256 | 10,740 | 4,475 | 81.02% | 41.67% | $24,116 | 31,142 | 1,140 |
| 49 | Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | 7,087 | 4,505 | 1,864 | 63.57% | 41.38% | $16,807 | 11,126 | 1,165 |
| 50 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | 28,206 | 13,647 | 5,646 | 48.38% | 41.37% | $31,120 | 39,147 | 1,355 |
| 51 | Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA | 5,903 | 5,579 | 2,308 | 94.51% | 41.37% | $13,734 | 11,627 | 1,005 |
| 52 | University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | 40,879 | 9,230 | 3,785 | 22.58% | 41.01% | $53,627 | 25,628 | 1,415 |
| 53 | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | 42,872 | 27,125 | 11,110 | 63.27% | 40.96% | $40,526 | 70,418 | 1,270 |
| 54 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | 108,870 | 15,602 | 6,386 | 14.33% | 40.93% | $43,003 | 44,589 | 1,415 |
| 55 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | 65,021 | 16,974 | 6,879 | 26.11% | 40.53% | $54,097 | 47,907 | 1,430 |
| 56 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO | 27,949 | 4,477 | 1,804 | 16.02% | 40.29% | $56,893 | 15,449 | 1,520 |
| 57 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 36,646 | 4,259 | 1,698 | 11.62% | 39.87% | $54,158 | 13,537 | 1,520 |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV | 9,644 | 8,419 | 3,351 | 87.30% | 39.80% | $24,348 | 20,722 | 1,160 |
| 59 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | 88,062 | 15,390 | 6,117 | 17.48% | 39.75% | $44,066 | 42,327 | 1,420 |
| 60 | New York University New York, NY | 80,210 | 16,918 | 6,701 | 21.09% | 39.61% | $54,880 | 52,775 | 1,455 |
| 61 | Colby College Waterville, ME | 13,922 | 1,430 | 566 | 10.27% | 39.58% | $59,430 | 2,155 | 1,450 |
| 62 | Georgia State University-Perimeter College Atlanta, GA | 10,289 | 8,032 | 3,148 | 78.06% | 39.19% | $9,712 | 17,383 | - |
| 63 | Rice University Houston, TX | 23,455 | 2,555 | 993 | 10.89% | 38.87% | $51,107 | 7,643 | 1,515 |
| 64 | Tarleton State University Stephenville, TX | 10,169 | 5,873 | 2,274 | 57.75% | 38.72% | $17,448 | 14,016 | 1,030 |
| 65 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | 10,257 | 1,395 | 539 | 13.60% | 38.64% | $60,864 | 2,050 | - |
| 66 | Florida International University Miami, FL | 16,904 | 9,784 | 3,763 | 57.88% | 38.46% | $18,963 | 58,836 | 1,185 |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | 10,738 | 8,450 | 3,249 | 78.69% | 38.45% | $21,119 | 24,565 | - |
| 68 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 11,959 | 3,825 | 1,452 | 31.98% | 37.96% | $57,760 | 8,789 | - |
| 69 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | 40,852 | 8,719 | 3,260 | 21.34% | 37.39% | $33,964 | 39,771 | 1,450 |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI | 6,340 | 4,982 | 1,854 | 78.58% | 37.21% | $15,290 | 15,314 | - |
| 71 | Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY | 8,574 | 8,381 | 3,117 | 97.75% | 37.19% | $26,496 | 17,517 | 1,080 |
| 72 | University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | 47,957 | 21,661 | 8,043 | 45.17% | 37.13% | $22,467 | 71,881 | 1,250 |
| 73 | University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA | 5,085 | 4,011 | 1,482 | 78.88% | 36.95% | $21,222 | 9,507 | 1,130 |
| 74 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | 43,892 | 4,877 | 1,801 | 11.11% | 36.93% | $58,852 | 13,927 | 1,420 |
| 75 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | 8,744 | 1,322 | 482 | 15.12% | 36.46% | $50,450 | 1,987 | 1,480 |
| 76 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY | 7,156 | 4,305 | 1,568 | 60.16% | 36.42% | $18,305 | 10,018 | 1,070 |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | 5,461 | 4,040 | 1,463 | 73.98% | 36.21% | $14,092 | 8,860 | 1,065 |
| 78 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 26,189 | 4,524 | 1,637 | 17.27% | 36.18% | $58,485 | 13,519 | 1,510 |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI | 5,882 | 5,090 | 1,838 | 86.54% | 36.11% | $17,004 | 8,302 | - |
| 80 | Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN | 9,096 | 8,568 | 3,093 | 94.20% | 36.10% | $27,742 | 22,080 | 1,095 |
| 81 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK | 17,164 | 11,515 | 4,144 | 67.09% | 35.99% | $24,539 | 24,535 | 1,135 |
| 82 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | 59,712 | 9,618 | 3,460 | 16.11% | 35.97% | $60,275 | 46,287 | 1,435 |
| 83 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | 11,630 | 1,054 | 374 | 9.06% | 35.48% | $54,456 | 1,437 | 1,468 |
| 84 | University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA | 6,634 | 5,149 | 1,821 | 77.62% | 35.37% | $17,576 | 13,419 | 995 |
| 85 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA | 9,870 | 6,641 | 2,338 | 67.28% | 35.21% | $24,086 | 16,450 | 1,105 |
| 86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | 17,495 | 13,601 | 4,771 | 77.74% | 35.08% | $26,692 | 25,108 | 1,215 |
| 87 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | 10,603 | 1,254 | 434 | 11.83% | 34.61% | $60,890 | 1,745 | 1,495 |
| 88 | Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA | 5,618 | 4,435 | 1,534 | 78.94% | 34.59% | $25,702 | 12,349 | 985 |
| 89 | Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | 9,208 | 8,669 | 2,986 | 94.15% | 34.44% | $26,316 | 20,854 | - |
| 90 | Babson College Wellesley, MA | 6,501 | 1,753 | 603 | 26.97% | 34.40% | $54,144 | 3,340 | 1,360 |
| 91 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | 15,451 | 12,883 | 4,422 | 83.38% | 34.32% | $24,444 | 27,772 | 1,200 |
| 92 | Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA | 17,250 | 15,727 | 5,341 | 91.17% | 33.96% | $17,539 | 26,949 | 1,082 |
| 93 | Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA | 9,887 | 7,756 | 2,617 | 78.45% | 33.74% | $17,638 | 12,304 | 1,065 |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | 7,938 | 6,597 | 2,222 | 83.11% | 33.68% | $25,774 | 11,728 | 1,110 |
| 95 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL | 9,472 | 3,124 | 1,039 | 32.98% | 33.26% | $17,725 | 9,184 | 1,090 |
| 96 | Columbus State University Columbus, GA | 5,336 | 4,179 | 1,387 | 78.32% | 33.19% | $17,295 | 8,372 | 970 |
| 97 | Arkansas State University-Main Campus Jonesboro, AR | 5,836 | 3,921 | 1,293 | 67.19% | 32.98% | $12,883 | 13,106 | 1,110 |
| 98 | University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | 5,662 | 4,912 | 1,614 | 86.75% | 32.86% | $14,546 | 13,615 | 1,115 |
| 99 | Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | 20,409 | 16,814 | 5,518 | 82.39% | 32.82% | $24,517 | 36,360 | 1,145 |
| 100 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | 30,771 | 20,239 | 6,608 | 65.77% | 32.65% | $32,893 | 37,024 | 1,270 |