Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 25 Most Favored Colleges is 23.23% for the academic year 2024-2025.

Sacred Heart Major Seminary has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 100.00% and Pontifical College Josephinum (100.00%) and Pacific Islands University (100.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Sacred Heart Major Seminary has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 100.00% and Pontifical College Josephinum has the second highest yield of 100.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $28,311 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,469 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Most Favored Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 58.01% and the average SAT score is 1,328, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Comparison between Most Favored Colleges

Table. Most Favored Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
74
Sacred Heart Major Seminary Detroit, MIPrivate, 4-year 100.00%
50.00%
100.00%-$24,14035167.00%7 to 1
1
12
Pontifical College Josephinum Columbus, OHPrivate, 4-year 100.00%
20.00%
95.83%-$31,5538832.00%5 to 1
1Pacific Islands University Mangilao, GUPrivate, 4-year 100.00%100.00%-$7,5166267.00%15 to 1
4
6
Colorado State University Global Denver, COPublic, 4-year 99.39%
17.25%
98.40%-$9,000
($9,000)
10,257-23 to 1
5
126
Mississippi Christian University Clinton, MSPrivate, 4-year 90.99%
49.39%
29.11%-$23,5004,16459.00%14 to 1
6Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SCPublic, 4-year 90.93%22.72%1,190$38,508
($12,570)
3,79375.00%11 to 1
7
3
University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year 88.29%
0.35%
4.48%1,550$69,32418,56696.00%5 to 1
8
1
Hebrew Theological College Skokie, ILPrivate, 4-year 87.50%
4.89%
57.14%-$15,15018250.00%5 to 1
9
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 85.83%
0.19%
4.55%1,560$62,39611,88696.00%3 to 1
10
4
Harvard University Cambridge, MAPrivate, 4-year 83.60%
0.12%
3.65%1,550$61,67630,25998.00%7 to 1
11
38
Albizu University-Miami Miami, FLPrivate, 4-year 83.02%
24.05%
75.71%-$13,81881840.00%12 to 1
12
-
Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year 81.91%
0.97%
3.61%1,550$65,91018,62592.00%6 to 1
13
31
Simmons College of Kentucky Louisville, KYPrivate, 4-year 81.46%
20.01%
100.00%-$16,39850614.00%10 to 1
14
11
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Fayette, MOPrivate, 4-year 80.73%
8.61%
87.53%-$7,5003,802-28 to 1
15
4
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NCPrivate, 4-year 78.67%
2.38%
74.63%1,110$11,3183,22058.00%9 to 1
16
14
Minot State University Minot, NDPublic, 4-year 77.92%
10.08%
64.62%1,060$8,702
($8,702)
2,75145.00%11 to 1
17
10
DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, ILPrivate, 4-year 77.79%
4.93%
98.38%860$17,00831,29637.00%43 to 1
18
3
Brigham Young University Provo, UTPrivate, 4-year 77.53%
2.14%
67.78%1,360$6,68835,87381.00%21 to 1
19
2
Princeton University Princeton, NJPrivate, 4-year 75.48%
1.18%
4.62%1,550$62,6889,13798.00%5 to 1
20
-
University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, AKPublic, 4-year 75.34%
1.34%
63.29%-$24,840
($8,936)
2,00028.00%9 to 1
21
51
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year 75.28%
24.88%
95.70%-$16,5302,59250.00%13 to 1
22
14
DeVry University-California Ontario, CAPrivate, 4-year 73.10%
9.56%
98.50%-$17,0082,40322.00%26 to 1
23
18
Thomas University Thomasville, GAPrivate, 4-year 70.71%
9.04%
38.30%1,060$11,6401,47128.00%12 to 1
24
1
Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year 69.78%
0.59%
3.87%1,540$67,25015,56496.00%5 to 1
25
4
Randall University Moore, OKPrivate, 4-year 69.57%
1.28%
57.86%-$17,71429826.00%11 to 1
Average82.99%58.01%1,328$28,311
($9,802)
8,39958.91%13 to 1