Yield (college admissions)
Yield in
college admissions is the percent of students who enroll in a particular college or university after having been offered admission.[1][2]
It is calculated by dividing the number of students who enroll at a school in a given year by the total number of offers of acceptance sent. The yield rate is usually calculated once per year.
Purpose
A higher yield is ofter taken to indicate greater interest in enrolling at a particular school of higher education. As a statistical measure, it has been used by college ratings services as a measure of selectivity, such that a higher yield rate is a sign of a more selective college. For example, the yield rate for
U.S. News college ranking.[2] This practice is known as yield protection
.
References
- ^ a b Steinberg, Jacques (May 12, 2010). "The Early Line on Admission Yields (and Wait-List Offers)". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- ^ a b Golden, Daniel (May 29, 2001). "Glass Floor: Colleges Reject Top Applicants, Accepting Only the Students Likely to Enroll". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
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