Among top-ranked universities, yield rates vary significantly, offering insight into student preferences and institutional appeal. The University of Notre Dame, tied at No. 18 in national rankings, boasts the highest yield rate among its peers at 62.00%, closely followed by Vanderbilt University—also ranked No. 18—with a yield of 61.23%. The University of Michigan (No. 21) comes next with a solid 47.34%, just ahead of Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), which reports a 46.77% yield. UC Berkeley, ranked No. 17, has a yield of 45.73%, nearly identical to Carnegie Mellon University (No. 21) at 45.67%. Rice University, tied at No. 18, rounds out the group with a yield rate of 44.20%. These figures highlight the competitive nature of student enrollment decisions among similarly ranked institutions.