Students are eager to enroll at Kennesaw State, according to data from U.S. News & World Report.
For the second consecutive year, the U.S. News study determined that Kennesaw State has one of the nation’s highest admissions yield rates, meaning the percentage of admitted students who enroll. Of 8,487 accepted students, 5,237 enrolled at Kennesaw State in fall 2017 for a yield of 61.7 percent, ranking KSU 10th nationally and No. 1 in Georgia. Kennesaw State is the only public university to make the top 10 list.
“Kennesaw State has truly become a destination university for students,” said KSU President Pamela Whitten. “We provide a quality education with a focus on the types of engaged learning opportunities—including internships and co-ops, undergraduate research, and service learning—that enable students to apply what they learn in class to real-world situations.”
The U.S. News & World Report recognized Kennesaw State for its yield rate, which was nearly double the average among other national universities. The average yield among national universities was 32 percent.
Other schools listed among those with the highest admissions yield include Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The data reflects first-time, first-year, degree-seeking students only. Enrollment at Kennesaw State was 35,846 for fall 2017.
For more on the U.S. News & World Report admissions yield rankings, click here. An overview of Kennesaw State that U.S. News compiled for its report is available here.
