Here is the list of America's Most Popular National Universities. The statistics are derived from acceptance rate of the university in a particular fall semester to the university's yield. If a school has a high yield (a large proportion of those admitted enroll), it means that the school is most likely very popular with a top reputation and that the students are highly motivated to go there. A very low yield means that the school could be a “safety” or second choice for many of those who apply. Colleges use yield as a key factor in determining how many students they need to admit each year. Figures in the following table are derived from the applicants entering in fall 2006.
| U.S. News Rank | School | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
| 79 | Brigham Young University—Provo (UT) | 70% | 79% |
| 2 | Harvard University (MA) | 9% | 79% |
| 1 | Princeton University (NJ) | 10% | 69% |
| 4 | Stanford University (CA) | 11% | 67% |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 13% | 66% |
| 91 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln* | 73% | 66% |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 18% | 66% |
| 52 | Yeshiva University (NY) | 79% | 66% |
| 49 | University of Florida* | 48% | 63% |
| 62 | Texas A&M University—College Station* | 77% | 59% |
| 14 | Brown University (RI) | 14% | 58% |
| 9 | Columbia University (NY) | 12% | 58% |
| 19 | University of Notre Dame (IN) | 27% | 58% |
| 28 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill* | 37% | 57% |
| 44 | University of Texas—Austin* | 49% | 56% |
| 59 | University of Georgia* | 58% | 55% |
| 85 | University of Kansas* | 77% | 53% |
| 57 | Ohio State University—Columbus* | 68% | 51% |
| 23 | University of Virginia* | 37% | 51% |
| 91 | University of Alabama* | 70% | 50% |
| 11 | Dartmouth College (NH) | 16% | 50% |
| 38 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign* | 65% | 50% |
| 85 | North Carolina State University—Raleigh* | 61% | 48% |
| 42 | University of Washington* | 68% | 48% |
| 12 | Cornell University (NY) | 25% | 47% |
| 23 | Georgetown University (DC) | 22% | 47% |
| 91 | University of Missouri—Columbia* | 78% | 47% |
| 96 | University of Tennessee* | 74% | 47% |
| 85 | Iowa State University* | 90% | 46% |
| 35 | Georgia Institute of Technology* | 69% | 44% |
| 71 | Michigan State University* | 73% | 44% |
| 25 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor* | 47% | 44% |
| 96 | University of Arizona* | 86% | 42% |
| 21 | University of California—Berkeley* | 24% | 42% |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin—Madison* | 58% | 42% |
| 8 | Duke University (NC) | 23% | 41% |
| 67 | Clemson University* (SC) | 55% | 40% |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park* | 58% | 40% |
| 75 | Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) | 54% | 40% |
| 25 | University of California—Los Angeles* | 26% | 40% |
| 71 | Virginia Tech* | 68% | 40% |
| 33 | College of William and Mary* (VA) | 32% | 39% |
| 85 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry* (VA) | 58% | 39% |
| 19 | Vanderbilt University (TN) | 34% | 39% |
| 75 | Indiana University—Bloomington* | 80% | 38% |
| 14 | Northwestern University (IL) | 30% | 38% |
| 54 | University of Maryland—College Park* | 44% | 38% |
| 71 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities* | 57% | 38% |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 17% | 37% |
| 96 | Howard University (DC) | 48% | 37% |
| 37 | New York University | 36% | 37% |
| 96 | Auburn University* (AL) | 72% | 36% |
| 79 | University of Colorado—Boulder* | 88% | 36% |
| 64 | University of Iowa* | 83% | 36% |
| 30 | Wake Forest University (NC) | 43% | 36% |
| 64 | Purdue University—West Lafayette* (IN) | 85% | 35% |
| 54 | George Washington University (DC) | 38% | 34% |
| 54 | Pepperdine University (CA) | 28% | 34% |
| 17 | Rice University (TX) | 24% | 34% |
| 9 | University of Chicago | 38% | 34% |
| 85 | University of Denver | 73% | 34% |
| 59 | University of Pittsburgh* | 56% | 34% |
| 59 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—New Brunswick* (NJ) | 58% | 33% |
| 67 | Southern Methodist University (TX) | 54% | 33% |
| 14 | Johns Hopkins University (MD) | 27% | 32% |
| 64 | University of Connecticut* | 51% | 32% |
| 27 | University of Southern California | 25% | 32% |
| 91 | University of Tulsa (OK) | 76% | 32% |
| 12 | Washington University in St. Louis | 21% | 32% |
| 75 | Baylor University (TX) | 43% | 31% |
| 28 | Tufts University (MA) | 27% | 31% |
| 71 | University of Delaware* | 47% | 31% |
| 35 | Boston College | 29% | 30% |
| 75 | Colorado School of Mines* | 84% | 30% |
| 17 | Emory University (GA) | 32% | 30% |
| 67 | Miami University—Oxford* (OH) | 78% | 30% |
| 50 | Syracuse University (NY) | 51% | 30% |
| 31 | Lehigh University (PA) | 39% | 29% |
| 31 | Brandeis University (MA) | 36% | 28% |
| 44 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) | 67% | 28% |
| 96 | SUNY—Stony Brook* | 47% | 27% |
| 52 | University of Miami (FL) | 40% | 27% |
| 96 | University of Massachusetts—Amherst* | 71% | 26% |
| 96 | University of the Pacific (CA) | 69% | 26% |
| 82 | SUNY—Binghamton* | 43% | 25% |
| 42 | University of California—Davis* | 68% | 25% |
| 96 | Northeastern University (MA) | 45% | 24% |
| 62 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) | 45% | 24% |
| 62 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) | 67% | 24% |
| 22 | Carnegie Mellon University (PA) | 34% | 23% |
| 82 | Marquette University (WI) | 70% | 23% |
| 57 | row Boston University | 58% | 22% |
| 96 | University of California—Riverside* | 83% | 22% |
| 38 | University of California—San Diego* | 49% | 22% |
| 35 | University of Rochester (NY) | 45% | 22% |
| 44 | University of California—Irvine* | 60% | 21% |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 67% | 20% |
| 91 | Clark University (MA) | 60% | 20% |
| 67 | Fordham University (NY) | 47% | 20% |
| 82 | St. Louis University | 67% | 19% |
| 44 | University of California—Santa Barbara* | 53% | 19% |
| 96 | University of Vermont* | 65% | 19% |
| 96 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 54% | 18% |
| 85 | American University (DC) | 53% | 17% |
| 79 | University of California—Santa Cruz* | 80% | 17% |
| 50 | Tulane University (LA) | 38% | 17% |
Note: These are the Top 100 ranked schools in this category, sorted in descending order by their yield. * denotes a public school.
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