Most Popular Schools: National Universities

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One of the best indicators of a school's popularity among students is the school's yield—the percentage of applicants accepted by a college who end up enrolling at that institution in the fall. The figures in this table are from the fall 2008 entering class and show the admissions yield and overall acceptance rate. If a school has a high yield (a large proportion of those admitted enroll), it means that the school is probably very popular and has a top reputation and that the students are highly motivated to go there. A very low yield indicates that the school could be a "safety" school or second choice for many of those who apply. Colleges use yield as a key factor in determining how many students they need to admit each year.

All schools in this table are classified for rankings purposes as National Universities. (See the definition.)

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	U.S. News Rank	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Brigham Young University–Provo (UT)	71	69%	78%
Harvard University (MA)	1	8%	76%
Stanford University (CA)	4	9%	71%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (NE)	96	63%	69%
Yale University (CT)	3	9%	68%
Yeshiva University (NY)	52	67%	67%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA)	4	12%	66%
University of Pennsylvania (PA)	4	17%	63%
Columbia University (NY)	8	10%	60%
Princeton University (NJ)	1	10%	59%
University of Florida (FL)	47	39%	59%
Texas A&M University–College Station (TX)	61	70%	55%
Brown University (RI)	16	14%	55%
University of Notre Dame (IN)	20	27%	54%
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (NC)	28	34%	53%
University of Texas–Austin (TX)	47	44%	52%
University of Utah (UT)	126	81%	51%
University of Georgia (GA)	58	56%	51%
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)	115	53%	50%
Dartmouth College (NH)	11	13%	49%
University of Virginia (VA)	24	37%	48%
Missouri University of Science & Technology (MO)	128	92%	48%
University of Oklahoma (OK)	102	82%	48%
Ohio State University–Columbus (OH)	53	62%	47%
University of Kentucky (KY)	128	79%	47%
University of Missouri (MO)	102	85%	47%
University of Tennessee (TN)	106	65%	47%
Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge (LA)	128	73%	46%
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (MI)	27	42%	46%
Cornell University (NY)	15	21%	46%