Colleges that Consider Demonstrated Interest
The majority of colleges in the United States are struggling to meet their enrollment goals each year. Therefore, it is highly beneficial for institutions to be able make the most educated guess possible regarding how many admitted applicants will actually enroll in their freshman class—the number of students who enroll divided by the number who were accepted equals a college's yield rate—a metric that is of great concern to admissions offices. The measure that admissions officers use to hone in on candidates who are likely to enroll is something called demonstrated interest. Ways for applicants to demonstrate interest include: physically visiting campus, emailing an admission officer, attending an admissions event in your area, connecting with the university on social media, and writing an exceptionally detailed "Why this College?" essay. College Transitions is happy to provide a list of 300+ schools and the level of importance assigned to this increasingly-important admissions factor.
*Data collected from Common Data Set (CDS) forms.
Table updated August 2022
| Institution | Demonstrated Interest |
|---|---|
| Adelphi University | Considered |
| Agnes Scott College | Considered |
| Alfred University | Considered |
| Allegheny College | Considered |
| American University | Considered |
| Amherst College | Not Considered |
| Appalachian State University | Considered |
| Arizona State University-Tempe | Not Considered |
| Auburn University | Considered |
| Austin College | Considered |
| Babson College | Considered |
| Bard College | Considered |
| Barnard College | Considered |
| Bates College | Considered |
| Baylor University | Considered |
| Belmont University | Not Considered |
| Beloit College | Considered |
| Bennington College | Not Considered |
| Bentley University | Considered |
| Berea College | Considered |
| Binghamton University | Considered |
| Boston College | Not Considered |
| Boston University | Considered |
| Bowdoin College | Not Considered |
| Bradley University | Considered |
| Brandeis University | Considered |
| Brigham Young University-Provo | Considered |
| Brown University | Not Considered |
| Bryant University | Considered |
| Bryn Mawr College | Not Considered |
| Bucknell University | Not Considered |
| Butler University | Considered |
| California Institute of Technology | Not Considered |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | Not Considered |
| California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | Not Considered |
| California State University-Fresno | Not Considered |
| California State University-Fullerton | Not Considered |
| California State University-Long Beach | Not Considered |
| California State University-Los Angeles | Not Considered |
| Carleton College | Not Considered |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Not Considered |
| Case Western Reserve University | Considered |
| Centre College | Not Considered |
| Chapman University | Considered |
| Claremont McKenna College | Not Considered |
| Clark University | Considered |
| Clarkson University | Considered |
| Clemson University | Not Considered |
| Coastal Carolina University | Not Considered |
| Colby College | Considered |
| Colgate University | Not Considered |
| College of Charleston | Considered |
| College of the Holy Cross | Not Considered |
| College of William and Mary | Considered |
| Colorado College | Considered |
| Colorado School of Mines | Considered |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | Not Considered |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Not Considered |
| Connecticut College | Considered |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | Considered |
| Cornell University | Not Considered |
| Creighton University | Considered |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | Not Considered |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Not Considered |
| CUNY Hunter College | Not Considered |
| Dartmouth College | Considered |
| Davidson College | Not Considered |
| Denison University | Considered |
| DePaul University | Considered |
| DePauw University | Considered |
| Dickinson College | Considered |
| Drew University | Considered |
| Drexel University | Considered |
| Duke University | Considered |
| Duquesne University | Considered |
| Earlham College | Not Considered |
| East Carolina University | Considered |
| Eckerd College | Considered |
| Elon University | Considered |
| Emerson College | Not Considered |
| Emory University | Not Considered |
| Fairfield University | Considered |
| Florida Atlantic University | Considered |
| Florida Gulf Coast University | Not Considered |
| Florida Institute of Technology | Considered |
| Florida International University | Considered |
| Florida Southern College | Considered |
| Florida State University | Not Considered |
| Fordham University | Considered |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Considered |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering | Considered |
| Furman University | Considered |
| George Mason University | Considered |
| George Washington University | Considered |
| Georgetown University | Not Considered |
| Georgia College & State University | Considered |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Considered |
| Georgia State University | Not Considered |
| Gettysburg College | Considered |
| Gonzaga University | Considered |
| Grinnell College | Considered |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Considered |
| Hamilton College | Considered |
| Harvard University | Not Considered |
| Harvey Mudd College | Not Considered |
| Haverford College | Considered |
| Hendrix College | Not Considered |
| High Point University | Considered |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | Considered |
| Hofstra University | Considered |
| Howard University | Considered |
| Illinois College | Considered |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Considered |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | Considered |
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Not Considered |
| Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis | Not Considered |
| Iowa State University | Not Considered |
| Ithaca College | Considered |
| James Madison University | Not Considered |
| Johns Hopkins University | Not Considered |
| Juniata College | Considered |
| Kalamazoo College | Considered |
| Kansas State University | Considered |
| Kenyon College | Considered |
| Lafayette College | Considered |
| Lake Forest College | Considered |
| Lawrence University | Considered |
| Lehigh University | Considered |
| Lewis & Clark College | Considered |
| Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | Considered |
| Loyola Marymount University | Not Considered |
| Loyola University Chicago | Considered |
| Loyola University Maryland | Not Considered |
| Macalester College | Not Considered |
| Manhattan College | Considered |
| Marist College | Considered |
| Marquette University | Not Considered |
| Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | Considered |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Not Considered |
| Miami University-Oxford | Not Considered |
| Michigan State University | Considered |
| Michigan Technological University | Not Considered |
| Middlebury College | Considered |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | Not Considered |
| Morehouse College | Considered |
| Mount Holyoke College | Considered |
| Muhlenberg College | Considered |
| New College of Florida | Considered |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Considered |
| New York Institute of Technology | Considered |
| New York University | Considered |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Not Considered |
| Northeastern University | Considered |
| Northern Arizona University | Not Considered |
| Northwestern University | Considered |
| Oberlin College | Considered |
| Occidental College | Considered |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | Not Considered |
| Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| Oregon State University | Considered |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| Pepperdine University | Not Considered |
| Pitzer College | Considered |
| Pomona College | Not Considered |
| Princeton University | Not Considered |
| Providence College | Considered |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Considered |
| Quinnipiac University | Considered |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | Considered |
| Reed College | Considered |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Considered |
| Rhodes College | Considered |
| Rice University | Considered |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Considered |
| Rollins College | Considered |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Considered |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Not Considered |
| Saint Johns University | Not Considered |
| Saint Mary's College of California | Considered |
| San Diego State University | Not Considered |
| San Francisco State University | Not Considered |
| San Jose State University | Not Considered |
| Santa Clara University | Considered |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Considered |
| Scripps College | Not Considered |
| Seattle University | Considered |
| Seton Hall University | Considered |
| Skidmore College | Considered |
| Smith College | Not Considered |
| Southern Methodist University | Considered |
| Spelman College | Considered |
| St John's University-New York | Considered |
| St Lawrence University | Considered |
| St Olaf College | Considered |
| St. John's College | Considered |
| St. John's College | Considered |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | Considered |
| Stanford University | Not Considered |
| Stetson University | Not Considered |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Considered |
| Stony Brook University | Considered |
| SUNY at Albany | Not Considered |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | Considered |
| SUNY College at Oswego | Considered |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Considered |
| SUNY Oneonta | Considered |
| Susquehanna University | Considered |
| Swarthmore College | Not Considered |
| Syracuse University | Considered |
| Temple University | Considered |
| Texas A & M University-College Station | Considered |
| Texas Christian University | Considered |
| Texas Tech University | Considered |
| The College of New Jersey | Considered |
| The College of Wooster | Considered |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Considered |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Not Considered |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Considered |
| The University of the South | Considered |
| Trinity College | Considered |
| Trinity University | Considered |
| Tufts University | Considered |
| Tulane University of Louisiana | Considered |
| Union College | Considered |
| United States Air Force Academy | Considered |
| United States Coast Guard Academy | Considered |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | Considered |
| United States Military Academy | Considered |
| United States Naval Academy | Considered |
| University at Buffalo | Not Considered |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Not Considered |
| University of Arizona | Considered |
| University of Arkansas | Not Considered |
| University of California-Berkeley | Not Considered |
| University of California-Davis | Not Considered |
| University of California-Irvine | Not Considered |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Not Considered |
| University of California-Merced | Not Considered |
| University of California-Riverside | Not Considered |
| University of California-San Diego | Not Considered |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | Not Considered |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | Not Considered |
| University of Central Florida | Considered |
| University of Chicago | Considered |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Not Considered |
| University of Connecticut | Considered |
| University of Dayton | Considered |
| University of Delaware | Considered |
| University of Denver | Considered |
| University of Florida | Not Considered |
| University of Georgia | Not Considered |
| University of Houston | Not Considered |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | Not Considered |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Not Considered |
| University of Iowa | Not Considered |
| University of Kentucky | Not Considered |
| University of Louisville | Not Considered |
| University of Maine | Not Considered |
| University of Mary Washington | Considered |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County | Not Considered |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Not Considered |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Considered |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Not Considered |
| University of Miami | Considered |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Considered |
| University of Minnesota-Morris | Considered |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | Not Considered |
| University of Mississippi | Not Considered |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Not Considered |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Not Considered |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Not Considered |
| University of Nevada-Reno | Not Considered |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | Considered |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Not Considered |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Considered |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Not Considered |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | Considered |
| University of Notre Dame | Considered |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | Considered |
| University of Oregon | Not Considered |
| University of Pennsylvania | Not Considered |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Considered |
| University of Portland | Considered |
| University of Puget Sound | Considered |
| University of Redlands | Not Considered |
| University of Rhode Island | Considered |
| University of Richmond | Not Considered |
| University of Rochester | Considered |
| University of San Diego | Considered |
| University of San Francisco | Considered |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia | Not Considered |
| University of South Florida-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| University of Southern California | Not Considered |
| University of Tulsa | Considered |
| University of Utah | Not Considered |
| University of Vermont | Considered |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Not Considered |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | Not Considered |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Not Considered |
| Vanderbilt University | Not Considered |
| Vassar College | Not Considered |
| Villanova University | Considered |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Not Considered |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Not Considered |
| Wake Forest University | Considered |
| Washington and Lee University | Considered |
| Washington University in St Louis | Considered |
| Wellesley College | Considered |
| Wesleyan University | Not Considered |
| West Virginia University | Considered |
| Wheaton College | Considered |
| Wheaton College | Considered |
| Whitman College | Considered |
| Willamette University | Not Considered |
| Williams College | Not Considered |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Considered |
| Yale University | Not Considered |
| Yeshiva University | Considered |
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