"College popularity: number of applications per enrollee".

<p>It is supposed to capture college popularity better than the conventional yield rate. Here is what the list with number from IPEDS for 2007 looks like:</p>

<p>Pomona College 15.8
Claremont McKenna College 15.4
Pitzer College 15.4
Swarthmore College 14.4
Amherst College 14.1
Harvey Mudd College 12.7
Bowdoin College 12.5
Colgate University 11.8
Occidental College 11.5
Williams College 11.2
Haverford College 11.1
Middlebury College 11.0
Ursinus College 11.0
Lafayette College 10.7
Hamilton College 10.6
Drew University 10.6
Trinity College 10.3
Macalester College 10.2
Bard College 10.1
Kenyon College 10.1
Bucknell University 10.1
Wesleyan University 10.1
Bates College 10.0
Colby College 10.0
Skidmore College 9.9
College of the Holy Cross 9.8
Reed College 9.7
Carleton College 9.5
Oberlin College 9.4
Dickinson College 9.4
Colorado College 9.3
Spelman College 9.2
Vassar College 9.1</p>