Yield rate = enrolled students/admitted student (first year students

Yield 往往被用來作為衡量美國大學威望 (prestigious),競爭力(competitive)和排名 (ranks).

這里是部分大學 class of 2010 (2006年秋入學) yield and US News 2006 University ranks

Univ., Yield, US News Ranking

Harvard: 80% , 1

Yale: 70%, 2

Priceton: 69%, 1

Upenn: 68%, 4

Stanford: 67%, 5

MIT: 66%, 7

Columbia: 58%, 9

Brown: 53%, 15

Dartmouth: 49%, 9

.Cornell: 46%, 13

.Michigan: 44%, 25

.Duke: 41%, 5

.Caltech 38%, 7

.Rice: 35%, 17

.JHU: 34%, 13

.Emory: 28%, 20

LACs

1. Williams : 43%, 1

2. Swarthmore: 41%, 2

Top yield colleges(>60%) are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, U.Penn, Sanford, MIT.與US News ranking 相匹配.

但似乎杜克大學(Duke)及加州理工學院 (Caltech)的 yield not match it's ranking