OOS Students and the Public State Universities

hawkette
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:00:49 +0000

Bc,
For the record, using the now available data on IS/OOS application/admits/yield as a guide, I calculate U Michigan’s OOS yield to be 25.6% for the class entering Fall, 2007. This was the year that I referenced in making my estimate and is the only year for which I have full information for all of the referenced schools.

Btw, for that same year for the schools that you mentioned, their yields were:

39% Vanderbilt
34% Wash U
30% Emory
25.6% U Michigan OOS
23% Carnegie Mellon

When comparing based on yield rate, I think you can make a strong argument that U Michigan’s yield is competitive vs CMU (which I didn’t include in my analysis in # 197), but alex and you did). I’m less convinced vs Emory and Wash U and I would definitely place Vandy’s performance in a different, higher tier.

As for the source of applications, accepts, and students, I stand by my earlier observation (# 209) about the impact of Midwestern applicants on U Michigan results. They represent a third of the acceptances and deliver a 28% yield.

If anyone has access to more Naviance or other data that shows yield trends involving U Michigan and/or any other top public university, I would enjoy reading it.