Public Colleges with Low Enrollment Rate

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 25 Public Colleges with Lowest Yield is 23.98% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Chicago State University has the lowest (i.e. fewer accepted students enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 5.82% and California State University-Channel Islands (6.05%) and Rutgers University-Camden (6.24%) 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.

Chicago State University has the lowest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 5.82% and California State University-Channel Islands has the second lowest yield of 6.05%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,769 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,117 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 79.72% and the average SAT score is 1,072 at the schools.

Table. Public Colleges With Lowest Yield Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Chicago State University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 5.82%
1.00%		40.52%-$12,754
($12,754)		2,31727.00%11 to 1
2
2		California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CAPublic, 4-year 6.05%
0.75%		93.06%-$18,697
($6,817)		6,12856.00%17 to 1
3
-		Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJPublic, 4-year 6.24%
0.05%		77.75%1,120$35,841
($17,079)		5,96664.00%13 to 1
4
16		California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CAPublic, 4-year 6.89%
4.62%		98.83%-$19,793
($7,913)		6,02545.00%15 to 1
5
23		West Virginia State University Institute, WVPublic, 4-year 7.48%
4.92%		96.37%955$15,219
($9,499)		3,78535.00%16 to 1
6
8		Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 7.60%
2.55%		91.03%960$9,795
($8,795)		6,90634.00%15 to 1
7
1		California State University-East Bay Hayward, CAPublic, 4-year 7.73%
0.26%		96.81%-$18,935
($7,055)		13,67345.00%22 to 1
8
6		CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year 8.08%
2.14%		83.39%980$15,302
($7,352)		3,64023.00%13 to 1
9
1		CUNY York College Jamaica, NYPublic, 4-year 8.09%
0.06%		59.42%1,100$15,308
($7,358)		6,44633.00%14 to 1
10
3		California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CAPublic, 4-year 8.45%
0.66%		94.83%-$19,317
($7,437)		7,04561.00%20 to 1
11
21		University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MIPublic, 4-year 8.73%
4.06%		68.83%1,100$26,478
($13,566)		5,98546.00%13 to 1
12
65		Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LAPublic, 4-year 8.76%
6.68%		60.21%-$16,390
($7,490)		1,95017.00%13 to 1
13
4		University of California-Merced Merced, CAPublic, 4-year 9.08%
0.14%		39.18%-$44,944
($14,167)		9,10367.00%19 to 1
14
2		Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CAPublic, 4-year 9.13%
0.39%		94.73%-$20,070
($8,190)		6,63759.00%18 to 1
15
105		Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, ILPublic, 4-year 9.26%
8.62%		70.40%-$22,726
($12,383)		5,75618.00%9 to 1
16
5		California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CAPublic, 4-year 9.79%
0.54%		88.19%-$19,576
($7,696)		9,61349.00%19 to 1
17
8		California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CAPublic, 4-year 9.90%
2.17%		91.32%-$18,944
($7,064)		16,42646.00%22 to 1
18
3		University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MDPublic, 4-year 10.03%
0.69%		90.36%-$19,728
($8,898)		2,51837.00%11 to 1
19
71		SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NYPublic, 4-year 10.05%
5.97%		78.44%1,250$20,228
($8,578)		2,84261.00%13 to 1
20
2		Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPublic, 4-year 10.06%
1.16%		78.73%-$35,348
($16,586)		11,01766.00%13 to 1
21
9		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CAPublic, 4-year 10.18%
2.30%		62.54%-$45,337
($14,560)		19,47876.00%23 to 1
22
27		State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NYPublic, 4-year 10.24%
3.90%		80.39%1,170$18,679
($8,769)		6,90663.00%16 to 1
23
6		Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILPublic, 4-year 10.38%
0.75%		67.75%1,010$15,566
($13,124)		8,85754.00%15 to 1
24
2		San Francisco State University San Francisco, CAPublic, 4-year 10.39%
1.45%		96.15%-$19,304
($7,424)		25,28254.00%19 to 1
25
12		California State University-Chico Chico, CAPublic, 4-year 10.41%
0.48%		93.72%-$19,944
($8,064)		14,18364.00%20 to 1
Average8.75%79.72%1,072$21,769
($9,945)		8,33948.00%16 to 1