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Yield rate
The percentage of admitted students who actually enroll. A high yield signals strong perceived value relative to alternatives.
Yield rate = enrolled students ÷ admitted students. Schools with high yield rates (above 60 %) are generally seen by admitted students as a clear top choice — Harvard, Stanford, and MIT typically yield above 80 %. A low yield doesn't mean a school is bad; it means many admitted students chose a different option, often for cost reasons.
Yield matters to applicants because it influences how schools manage waitlists, merit aid, and demonstrated-interest signals.
See also
Acceptance rate
The percentage of applicants admitted to a college in a given year, calculated as admitted students divided by total applicants.
Demonstrated interest
A signal a school tracks to gauge how likely an admitted student is to enroll — visits, emails, info-sessions, and application-essay specificity.
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