Yield Rates of Private Colleges 2019-20
01. Stanford University: 82.49%
02. Harvard University: 82.08%
03. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 76.09% (2018-19)
04. Princeton University: 70.45%
05. University of Pennsylvania: 69.65%
06. Yale University: 69.17%
07. Dartmouth College: 63.63%
08. Brown University: 60.81%
09. Cornell University: 59.83%
10. Bowdoin College (LAC): 59.05%
11. Columbia University: 58.65%
12. University of Notre Dame: 58.35%
13. Barnard College (LAC): 56.88%
14. Northwestern University: 54.61%
15. Duke University: 54.23%
16. Pomona College (LAC): 54.03%
17. Claremont McKenna College (LAC): 52.48%
18. Bates College (LAC): 50.00%
19. Washington University in St. Louis: 49.18%
20. Davidson College (LAC): 48.80%
21. Georgetown University: 48.39%
22. Tufts University: 47.36%
23. Vanderbilt University: 47.15%
24. Haverford College (LAC): 44.81%
25. New York University: 44.68%
26. Williams College (LAC): 44.61%
27. Wellesley College (LAC): 44.38%
28. California Institute of Technology: 43.95%
29. University of Southern California: 41.92%
30. Colorado College (LAC): 41.90%
31. Rice University: 40.83%
32. Swarthmore College (LAC): 40.80%
33. Harvey Mudd College (LAC): 40.51%
34. Middlebury College (LAC): 40.39%
35. Washington and Lee University (LAC): 40.28%
36. Amherst College (LAC): 39.33%
37. Carleton College (LAC): 37.50%
38. Carnegie Mellon University: 37.15%
39. Wake Forest University: 36.59%
40. Wesleyan University (LAC): 35.27%
41. Colgate University (LAC): 34.98%
42. Smith College (LAC): 34.84%
43. Hamilton College (LAC): 34.60%
44. Bryn Mawr College (LAC): 33.94%
45. College of the Holy Cross (LAC): 33.64%
46. Tulane University: 33.53%
47. Mount Holyoke College (LAC): 33.27%
48. Vassar College (LAC): 32.49%
49. Emory University: 29.35%
50. Scripps College (LAC): 29.27%
51. Bucknell University (LAC): 28.61%
52. Oberlin College (LAC): 28.44%
53. Lehigh University: 27.99%
54. Boston University: 26.78%
55. Northeastern University: 26.65%
56. American University: 26.23%
57. Villanova University: 26.20%
58. Brandeis University: 24.35% (2018-19)
59. University of Richmond (LAC): 23.771%
60. George Washington University: 23.768%
61. Boston College: 23.73%
62. Macalester College (LAC): 23.58%
63. Southern Methodist University: 23.39%
64. Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 22.89%
65. Gonzaga University: 21.73%
66. Kenyon College (LAC): 21.44%
67. Baylor University: 21.10%
68. University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL: 20.87%
69. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: 20.27% (2018-19)
70. Elon University: 20.14%
71. Loyola Marymount University: 18.00%
72. Pepperdine University: 17.93%
73. Santa Clara University: 17.48%
74. Case Western Reserve University: 17.23%
75. University of San Diego: 17.05%
76. Clark University: 16.49%
77. Marquette University: 15.80%
78. Drexel University: 13.36%
79. University of Denver: 10.94%
80. Fordham University: 10.32%
- LAC: Liberal Arts College.
- References: 2019-2020 Common Data Sets. 2018-19 data were used for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brandeis University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute because they have not released their 2019-20 Common Data Sets.
- University of Chicago, Colby College, Grinnell College, Johns Hopkins University, University of Rochester, Syracuse University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Saint Louis University have not released their Common Data Sets.