Public Colleges with Low Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 25 Public Colleges with Lowest Yield is 23.99% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Rutgers University-Camden has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 6.00% and California State University-Channel Islands (6.00%) and Chicago State University (6.01%) are following it in the list of Public Colleges with Lowest Yield.

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.

Rutgers University-Camden has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 6.00% and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest yield of 6.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,638 and graduate tuition & fees is $20,947 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 78.64% and the average SAT score is 1,087 at the schools.

Table. Public Colleges With Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
2		Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year 6.00%
0.19%		78.00%1,120$35,841
($17,079)		5,96664.00%13 to 1
1
3		California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6.00%
0.80%		93.00%-$18,697
($6,817)		6,12856.00%17 to 1
3
2		Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 6.01%
1.19%		41.00%-$12,754
($12,754)		2,31727.00%11 to 1
4
16		California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 7.00%
4.51%		99.00%-$19,793
($7,913)		6,02545.00%15 to 1
4
24		West Virginia State University Institute, WVPublic, 4-year 7.00%
5.40%		95.99%955$15,219
($9,499)		3,78535.00%16 to 1
6
-		California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 8.00%
0.53%		97.00%-$18,935
($7,055)		13,67345.00%22 to 1
6
8		Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 8.00%
2.15%		91.00%960$9,795
($8,795)		6,90634.00%15 to 1
6
4		CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year 8.00%
2.06%		83.00%980$15,302
($7,352)		3,64023.00%13 to 1
6
2		CUNY York College Jamaica, NYPublic, 4-year 8.00%
0.15%		59.00%1,100$15,308
($7,358)		6,44633.00%14 to 1
6
1		California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 8.00%
0.21%		95.00%-$19,317
($7,437)		7,04561.00%20 to 1
11
109		Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 8.99%
8.89%		70.00%-$22,726
($12,383)		5,75618.00%9 to 1
12
-		Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 9.00%
0.52%		95.00%-$20,070
($8,190)		6,63759.00%18 to 1
12
20		University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MIPublic, 4-year 9.00%
3.79%		69.00%1,100$26,478
($13,566)		5,98546.00%13 to 1
12
3		University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 9.00%
0.06%		39.00%-$44,944
($14,167)		9,10367.00%19 to 1
15
62		Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LAPublic, 4-year 9.02%
6.42%		60.00%-$16,390
($7,490)		1,95017.00%13 to 1
16
5		California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
0.75%		88.00%-$19,576
($7,696)		9,61349.00%19 to 1
16
3		California State University-Chico Chico, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
0.07%		94.00%-$19,944
($8,064)		14,18364.00%20 to 1
16
9		California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
2.07%		91.00%-$18,944
($7,064)		16,42646.00%22 to 1
16
14		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
2.48%		63.00%-$45,337
($14,560)		19,47876.00%23 to 1
16
6		San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year 10.00%
1.84%		96.00%-$19,304
($7,424)		25,28254.00%19 to 1
16
1		Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year 10.00%
1.13%		68.00%1,010$15,566
($13,124)		8,85754.00%15 to 1
16
1		University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MDPublic, 4-year 10.00%
0.72%		90.00%-$19,728
($8,898)		2,51837.00%11 to 1
16
2		Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 10.00%
1.22%		79.00%-$35,348
($16,586)		11,01766.00%13 to 1
16
1		CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year 10.00%
0.72%		54.00%1,310$15,402
($7,452)		14,19554.00%13 to 1
16
74		SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NYPublic, 4-year 10.00%
6.02%		78.00%1,250$20,228
($8,578)		2,84261.00%13 to 1
Average8.68%78.64%1,087$21,638
($9,892)		8,63147.64%16 to 1