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 Yield Dropped From Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has recently decided to drop yield as a factor in their calculations for ranking the top schools in the country. Their seemed to be a belief that many schools were manipulating their Yield number by accepting more students through binding Early-Decision programs and accepting students “more-likely” to attend. By doing this schools could in theory increase their rankings, thus their prestige and popularity.

Yield = the percentage of students enrolling that are accepted at a particular school).

Elite schools might have yields as high as 50 to 70%, whereas a State school or a less competitive school might only have a yield of 20-30%. Harvard has a yield of roughly 90%, meaning 90% of all students that are accepted to Harvard end up enrolling. This number forces Harvard to admit a very low number of students each year because they know virtually all that are accepted will enroll.




 
 
 
 
 
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