In the NESCAC, Middlebury falls about in the middle in terms of RD yield.
Bowdoin:
Overall yield: 53.6%
RD yield: 35.1%
Williams:
Overall yield: 43%
RD yield: 29.1%
Note: Williams admitted an unusually high 113 from the WL in fall 2024, which, similar to ED, has a very high yield rate
Amherst:
Overall yield: 38.8%
RD yield: 25.8%
Hamilton:
Overall yield: 39%
RD yield: 22.5%
Middlebury:
Overall yield: 44.4%
RD yield: 20.1%
Bates:
Overall yield: 36.6%
RD yield: 17.7%
Wesleyan:
Overall yield: 34.8%
RD yield is 17.3%
Trinity College:
Overall yield: 27%
RD yield: 16.3%
Connecticut College:
Overall yield: 15.3%
RD yield: 8.6%
Tufts’ overall yield is 45%, but they don’t publish ED numbers, even in their CDS, so we have no idea what their RD yield is.
Colby doesn’t publicly release its Common Data Set, so we have no clue.
It’s also worth noting that the larger the school, the more seats you have to fill, and the more “shoppers” you have to admit to fill those seats. That can be offset by a really strong brand (Ivy, top rankings in USNews, etc.), but the pool of applicants for SLACs is limited. If you want to maintain that high yield and low acceptance rate, a good strategy is to stay small.