Class of 2020 Yield Rates
Colleges Report Matriculation for the Class of 2020
This college admissions season saw record-low admission rates, but what colleges are really concerned about is yield – the percentage of admitted students who enroll. Yield rates for the class of 2020 are starting to emerge – giving prospective students a better picture of the most recent freshman class.Why does yield matter?
There’s a lot that goes into building a class. Everything that colleges do throughout the year all leads up to that May 1 enrollment deadline. Yield is important because it sets the tone for the next academic year and the next admissions season. Everything, from class size to program funding and more, factors in yield.
Increasingly, colleges are finding it harder and harder these days to predict yield, because students are applying to more colleges than ever before. Since yield is becoming to hard to predict, colleges are using strategies like early application rounds and demonstrated interest to increase and better gauge yield for the next class. This is important information for students just starting the college admission process, as it helps them understand what colleges are looking for and how they can use that to their advantage.
Here are some of the available yield rates for the class of 2020 and yield rates for the class of 2019 for comparison.
| School | Class of 2020 Yield | Class of 2019 Yield |
| Brown University | TBA | 56% |
| Columbia University | TBA | 63% |
| Cornell University | TBA | 51% |
| Dartmouth College | 53.1% | 50.3% |
| Georgetown University | 48% | 47.6% |
| Harvard University | 80% | 81% |
| MIT | 74% | 73% |
| Princeton University | 68.5% | 67.7% |
| Stanford University | TBA | 81.1% |
| University of Chicago | 66% | 61% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 68-69% | 66% |
| Yale University | TBA | 69.5% |
We will update this list as more information becomes available so be sure to check back!