Schools Ranked by Enrollment Rate Page 3

Of those accepted into a college, colleges with a better history and reputation for offering strong programs will see a higher rate of enrollment. The acceptance rate figures are provided by the IPEDS database from the U.S. Department of Education. The most recently available data is for the winter 2013-14 entering undergraduate class.

The IPEDS database did not have retention rate figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School Student to
Faculty Ratio
Graduation
Rate
Retention
Rate
Acceptance
Rate
Enrollment
Rate
Institutional
Aid Rate
Default
Rate
201

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

19 to 1 53% 83% 63% 21% 52% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
202

Salem College

11 to 1 60% 83% 62% 21% 95% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
203

Malone University

12 to 1 57% 70% 69% 21% 86% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
204

Ohio University-Main Campus

18 to 1 67% 79% 74% 21% 53% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
205

George Fox University

14 to 1 70% 81% 77% 21% 90% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
206

James Madison University

16 to 1 83% 91% 73% 21% 34% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
207

Concordia University-Wisconsin

12 to 1 58% 76% 67% 21% 75% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
208

The University of Alabama

24 to 1 67% 86% 54% 20% 57% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
209

Azusa Pacific University

11 to 1 68% 88% 81% 20% 92% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
210

University of Colorado Boulder

18 to 1 71% 86% 80% 20% 43% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
211

Florida International University

25 to 1 58% 88% 50% 20% 69% 10% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
212

Florida State University

25 to 1 79% 93% 56% 20% 81% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
213

Toccoa Falls College

13 to 1 47% 66% 45% 20% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
214

University of Iowa

15 to 1 72% 85% 81% 20% 58% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
215

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

12 to 1 58% 86% 78% 20% 56% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
216

Endicott College

14 to 1 71% 86% 73% 20% 77% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
217

Plymouth State University

17 to 1 58% 76% 74% 20% 61% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
218

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

16 to 1 75% 85% 52% 20% 76% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
219

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

15 to 1 75% 93% 50% 20% 54% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
220

Otterbein University

10 to 1 61% 81% 75% 20% 81% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
221

Linfield College-McMinnville Campus

11 to 1 63% 86% 84% 20% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
222

Duquesne University

13 to 1 74% 85% 76% 20% 92% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
223

Geneva College

15 to 1 64% 83% 73% 20% 75% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
224

Anderson University

16 to 1 49% 73% 55% 20% 87% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
225

University of South Carolina-Columbia

19 to 1 72% 87% 65% 20% 71% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
226

Lipscomb University

12 to 1 55% 84% 61% 20% 73% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
227

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

14 to 1 41% 74% 28% 20% 87% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
228

Gonzaga University

12 to 1 83% 95% 73% 20% 96% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
229

Viterbo University

11 to 1 51% 78% 66% 20% 85% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
230

The University of West Florida

22 to 1 47% 72% 42% 19% 63% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
231

Agnes Scott College

9 to 1 68% 87% 62% 19% 95% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
232

McKendree University

14 to 1 56% 71% 63% 19% 75% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
233

Asbury University

11 to 1 63% 81% 57% 19% 77% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
234

Loyola University New Orleans

12 to 1 66% 77% 90% 19% 92% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
235

Central Michigan University

20 to 1 59% 79% 69% 19% 74% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
236

Madonna University

10 to 1 61% 82% 60% 19% 62% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
237

Spring Arbor University

11 to 1 52% 79% 69% 19% 88% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
238

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

18 to 1 61% 80% 78% 19% 69% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
239

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health

12 to 1 73% 81% 34% 19% 72% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
240

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

15 to 1 80% 93% 58% 19% 51% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
241

The New School

10 to 1 65% 81% 67% 19% 83% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
242

Piedmont International University

7 to 1 41% 74% 24% 19% 68% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
243

Ashland University

14 to 1 58% 75% 77% 19% 59% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
244

John Carroll University

13 to 1 73% 85% 82% 19% 97% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
245

Ohio Northern University

11 to 1 69% 86% 69% 19% 75% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
246

University of Oregon

19 to 1 71% 88% 74% 19% 60% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
247

Moravian College

12 to 1 69% 80% 75% 19% 91% 4% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
248

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

19 to 1 71% 88% 59% 19% 43% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
249

Union University

10 to 1 64% 84% 69% 19% 74% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
250

California State University-Fresno

25 to 1 58% 83% 52% 18% 75% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
251

University of Delaware

16 to 1 79% 92% 67% 18% 62% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
252

University of Central Florida

30 to 1 70% 89% 49% 18% 69% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
253

Mercer University

13 to 1 61% 87% 67% 18% 85% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
254

Olivet Nazarene University

14 to 1 61% 77% 77% 18% 89% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
255

University of Illinois at Springfield

14 to 1 48% 77% 63% 18% 65% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
256

Midway University

15 to 1 56% 78% 46% 18% 86% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
257

Framingham State University

15 to 1 56% 74% 71% 18% 57% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
258

Kettering University

14 to 1 54% 93% 70% 18% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
259

Hope College

11 to 1 76% 88% 72% 18% 87% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
260

University of Michigan-Dearborn

15 to 1 53% 80% 62% 18% 63% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
261

Daniel Webster College

16 to 1 49% 68% 62% 18% 70% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
262

Rowan University

18 to 1 67% 86% 71% 18% 43% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
263

Roberts Wesleyan College

13 to 1 62% 78% 66% 18% 79% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
264

University of North Carolina Wilmington

17 to 1 71% 85% 61% 18% 53% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
265

Baldwin Wallace University

13 to 1 67% 83% 60% 18% 84% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
266

Muskingum University

14 to 1 52% 74% 74% 18% 83% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
267

Oral Roberts University

16 to 1 58% 80% 64% 18% 87% 10% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
268

Wilkes University

15 to 1 59% 77% 82% 18% 84% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
269

The University of Texas at Austin

18 to 1 80% 95% 39% 18% 45% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
270

Norwich University

12 to 1 56% 74% 57% 18% 93% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
271

University of Mary Washington

14 to 1 70% 82% 83% 18% 41% 2% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
272

Pacific Lutheran University

11 to 1 68% 83% 76% 18% 96% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
273

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

20 to 1 84% 94% 53% 18% 43% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
274

Northern Arizona University

18 to 1 52% 74% 77% 17% 64% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
275

Saint Leo University

15 to 1 45% 71% 73% 17% 65% 10% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
276

Northwest Nazarene University

15 to 1 49% 77% 56% 17% 80% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
277

Wartburg College

11 to 1 70% 80% 74% 17% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
278

Siena Heights University

12 to 1 37% 72% 77% 17% 71% 6% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
279

William Jewell College

10 to 1 62% 82% 49% 17% 94% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
280

University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

19 to 1 79% 85% 79% 17% 58% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
281

Ohio State University-Main Campus

19 to 1 83% 94% 49% 17% 65% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
282

Oklahoma Christian University

13 to 1 49% 79% 59% 17% 96% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
283

Temple University

14 to 1 71% 90% 56% 17% 72% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
284

Columbia International University

14 to 1 62% 73% 34% 17% 91% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
285

King University

16 to 1 45% 73% 44% 17% 71% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
286

Dallas Baptist University

13 to 1 58% 72% 42% 17% 86% 8% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
287

Averett University-Non-Traditional Programs

7 to 1 100% N/A 55% 17% 34% 11% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
288

Anderson University

11 to 1 54% 75% 60% 16% 89% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
289

Ball State University

14 to 1 60% 82% 61% 16% 65% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
290

Buena Vista University

9 to 1 51% 78% 68% 16% 85% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
291

Luther College

12 to 1 77% 85% 67% 16% 97% 3% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
292

Bay Path University

12 to 1 57% 80% 77% 16% 76% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
293

MCPHS University

16 to 1 72% 84% 87% 16% 87% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
294

Lawrence Technological University

12 to 1 56% 81% 55% 16% 51% 7% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
295

Northwood University-Michigan

14 to 1 57% 78% 69% 16% 83% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
296

Augsburg College

12 to 1 56% 79% 59% 16% 82% 5% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
297

Stephens College

10 to 1 55% 72% 68% 16% 100% 9% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
298

Rochester Institute of Technology

13 to 1 68% 89% 57% 16% 82% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
299

Saint Joseph's College-New York

11 to 1 68% 86% 68% 16% 82% N/A N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A
300

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

16 to 1 43% 75% 54% 16% 65% 13% N/A N/A
,
N/AN/A

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more