Liberal Arts Colleges Where the Most Accepted Students Enroll
Students may spend weeks, months or years stressing over which college to attend.
Many colleges stress over the same thing, working to maximize the percentage of accepted students who decide to enroll.
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This figure is called yield, and a higher percentage can indicate a more desirable school for admitted students.
Among the 223 ranked National Liberal Arts Colleges reporting yield data to U.S. News, the average percentage of admitted students who enrolled in fall 2013 was 29.2 percent. These colleges award at least half of their degrees in the liberal arts.
When it came to individual colleges, yield ranged from 85.2 percent at the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy to 5.9 percent at The King's College in New York.
Another service academy, the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, which is also ranked among National Liberal Arts Colleges, reported a high yield rate as well. Of the 1,486 students accepted, 77.7 percent chose to enroll.
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Below are the fall 2013 yield rates for every National Liberal Arts College that reported the statistic to U.S. News. The rate can be affected by a school's early decision or early action options, as some of those programs bind students to attend if accepted. The data reflect first-time, first-year, degree-seeking students only.
School (state) | Students accepted | Students who enrolled in fall 2013 | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
1,380 | 1,176 | 85.2% | |
1,408 | 1,200 | 85.2% | |
159 | 127 | 79.9% | |
1,486 | 1,154 | 77.7% | |
551 | 397 | 72.1% | |
437 | 287 | 65.7% | |
1,197 | 762 | 63.7% | |
183 | 112 | 61.2% | |
656 | 391 | 59.6% | |
154 | 88 | 57.1% | |
2,309 | 1,289 | 55.8% | |
1,233 | 648 | 52.6% | |
647 | 337 | 52.1% | |
1,151 | 580 | 50.4% | |
890 | 448 | 50.3% | |
169 | 84 | 49.7% | |
727 | 346 | 47.6% | |
1,054 | 497 | 47.2% | |
318 | 150 | 47.2% | |
277 | 126 | 45.5% | |
1,200 | 544 | 45.3% | |
1,364 | 597 | 43.8% | |
597 | 261 | 43.7% | |
1,387 | 595 | 42.9% | |
984 | 418 | 42.5% | |
5,265 | 2,208 | 41.9% | |
1,147 | 480 | 41.8% | |
553 | 229 | 41.4% | |
1,132 | 466 | 41.2% | |
947 | 388 | 41% | |
1,288 | 522 | 40.5% | |
996 | 397 | 39.9% | |
2,345 | 933 | 39.8% | |
1,215 | 483 | 39.8% | |
1,267 | 500 | 39.5% | |
842 | 333 | 39.5% | |
424 | 167 | 39.4% | |
1,595 | 625 | 39.2% | |
207 | 81 | 39.1% | |
2,240 | 876 | 39.1% | |
1,257 | 492 | 39.1% | |
328 | 126 | 38.4% | |
1,313 | 497 | 37.9% | |
942 | 353 | 37.5% | |
396 | 147 | 37.1% | |
523 | 194 | 37.1% | |
1,832 | 666 | 36.4% | |
498 | 181 | 36.3% | |
2,792 | 1,006 | 36% | |
1,364 | 491 | 36% | |
1,476 | 527 | 35.7% | |
1,944 | 684 | 35.2% | |
338 | 119 | 35.2% | |
2,262 | 781 | 34.5% | |
1,408 | 483 | 34.3% | |
1,569 | 538 | 34.3% | |
198 | 68 | 34.3% | |
2,181 | 741 | 34% | |
2,238 | 759 | 33.9% | |
1,897 | 643 | 33.9% | |
1,081 | 365 | 33.8% | |
643 | 217 | 33.7% | |
1,399 | 472 | 33.7% | |
1,310 | 437 | 33.4% | |
1,406 | 469 | 33.4% | |
698 | 232 | 33.2% | |
1,146 | 377 | 32.9% | |
889 | 292 | 32.8% | |
371 | 121 | 32.6% | |
1,220 | 393 | 32.2% | |
849 | 272 | 32% | |
2,372 | 752 | 31.7% | |
1,063 | 335 | 31.5% | |
1,711 | 539 | 31.5% | |
1,936 | 605 | 31.3% | |
828 | 259 | 31.3% | |
333 | 104 | 31.2% | |
2,270 | 703 | 31% | |
1,555 | 480 | 30.9% | |
2,346 | 722 | 30.8% | |
2,054 | 631 | 30.7% | |
1,527 | 469 | 30.7% | |
786 | 241 | 30.7% | |
343 | 105 | 30.6% | |
1,395 | 423 | 30.3% | |
735 | 223 | 30.3% | |
1,747 | 527 | 30.2% | |
3,688 | 1,104 | 29.9% | |
549 | 162 | 29.5% | |
2,190 | 638 | 29.1% | |
442 | 128 | 29% | |
1,657 | 480 | 29% | |
1,240 | 356 | 28.7% | |
2,353 | 672 | 28.6% | |
902 | 257 | 28.5% | |
2,931 | 832 | 28.4% | |
1,087 | 309 | 28.4% | |
1,726 | 489 | 28.3% | |
896 | 252 | 28.1% | |
1,548 | 435 | 28.1% | |
1,244 | 347 | 27.9% | |
2,790 | 775 | 27.8% | |
2,310 | 635 | 27.5% | |
2,181 | 596 | 27.3% | |
1,308 | 356 | 27.2% | |
1,089 | 296 | 27.2% | |
1,797 | 485 | 27% | |
386 | 104 | 26.9% | |
1,691 | 454 | 26.8% | |
834 | 222 | 26.6% | |
2,049 | 545 | 26.6% | |
1,473 | 392 | 26.6% | |
2,193 | 582 | 26.5% | |
1,850 | 491 | 26.5% | |
3,061 | 805 | 26.3% | |
2,560 | 674 | 26.3% | |
2,134 | 559 | 26.2% | |
523 | 136 | 26% | |
845 | 220 | 26% | |
571 | 148 | 25.9% | |
816 | 211 | 25.9% | |
763 | 197 | 25.8% | |
1,761 | 451 | 25.6% | |
2,076 | 529 | 25.5% | |
2,327 | 589 | 25.3% | |
1,404 | 354 | 25.2% | |
2,517 | 627 | 24.9% | |
1,723 | 427 | 24.8% | |
2,432 | 604 | 24.8% | |
1,980 | 488 | 24.6% | |
881 | 216 | 24.5% | |
1,093 | 267 | 24.4% | |
2,283 | 555 | 24.3% | |
2,378 | 579 | 24.3% | |
1,758 | 426 | 24.2% | |
2,051 | 496 | 24.2% | |
2,589 | 625 | 24.1% | |
992 | 238 | 24% | |
2,325 | 559 | 24% | |
2,056 | 489 | 23.8% | |
1,032 | 245 | 23.7% | |
1,650 | 391 | 23.7% | |
584 | 135 | 23.1% | |
1,275 | 295 | 23.1% | |
1,200 | 275 | 22.9% | |
1,972 | 449 | 22.8% | |
2,904 | 660 | 22.7% | |
769 | 174 | 22.6% | |
1,704 | 383 | 22.5% | |
625 | 140 | 22.4% | |
2,414 | 537 | 22.2% | |
1,870 | 415 | 22.2% | |
1,307 | 287 | 22% | |
1,594 | 349 | 21.9% | |
211 | 46 | 21.8% | |
1,737 | 377 | 21.7% | |
1,939 | 416 | 21.5% | |
1,804 | 386 | 21.4% | |
859 | 183 | 21.3% | |
2,574 | 548 | 21.3% | |
1,834 | 389 | 21.2% | |
1,780 | 378 | 21.2% | |
1,204 | 254 | 21.1% | |
1,772 | 366 | 20.7% | |
2,927 | 604 | 20.6% | |
3,113 | 641 | 20.6% | |
1,912 | 392 | 20.5% | |
1,439 | 292 | 20.3% | |
2,232 | 453 | 20.3% | |
3,037 | 610 | 20.1% | |
1,970 | 395 | 20.1% | |
1,909 | 382 | 20% | |
3,802 | 756 | 19.9% | |
1,839 | 364 | 19.8% | |
1,505 | 298 | 19.8% | |
1,449 | 285 | 19.7% | |
1,525 | 299 | 19.6% | |
1,242 | 243 | 19.6% | |
733 | 140 | 19.1% | |
1,994 | 381 | 19.1% | |
2,110 | 403 | 19.1% | |
902 | 171 | 19% | |
2,066 | 391 | 18.9% | |
1,471 | 270 | 18.4% | |
3,421 | 627 | 18.3% | |
2,967 | 536 | 18.1% | |
2,537 | 458 | 18.1% | |
2,820 | 508 | 18% | |
2,534 | 453 | 17.9% | |
3,034 | 542 | 17.9% | |
3,145 | 560 | 17.8% | |
3,035 | 540 | 17.8% | |
3,776 | 655 | 17.3% | |
1,569 | 270 | 17.2% | |
41 | 7 | 17.1% | |
3,910 | 670 | 17.1% | |
1,870 | 309 | 16.5% | |
2,771 | 446 | 16.1% | |
2,505 | 401 | 16% | |
2,118 | 334 | 15.8% | |
2,469 | 385 | 15.6% | |
3,328 | 512 | 15.4% | |
2,656 | 400 | 15.1% | |
1,028 | 154 | 15% | |
5,035 | 714 | 14.2% | |
5,428 | 765 | 14.1% | |
2,498 | 346 | 13.9% | |
1,675 | 229 | 13.7% | |
1,333 | 181 | 13.6% | |
3,096 | 418 | 13.5% | |
1,751 | 232 | 13.2% | |
4,643 | 610 | 13.1% | |
3,463 | 453 | 13.1% | |
2,478 | 307 | 12.4% | |
1,321 | 161 | 12.2% | |
4,612 | 549 | 11.9% | |
4,059 | 477 | 11.8% | |
4,542 | 528 | 11.6% | |
4,690 | 545 | 11.6% | |
2,455 | 282 | 11.5% | |
2,851 | 326 | 11.4% | |
3,088 | 349 | 11.3% | |
2,158 | 127 | 5.9% |
The yield data above are correct as of Jan. 21, 2015. For additional admissions data, complete rankings and much more, access the U.S. News College Compass.
Susannah Snider is an education reporter at U.S. News, covering paying for college and graduate school. You can follow her on Twitter or email her at ssnider@usnews.com.
