The University is the nation’s 17th “most popular” university, according to U.S. News & World Report.

The magazine ranks the universities based on yield – the percentage of accepted students who actually enroll at the institution.

The top 100 rankings are based on the fall 2006 entering class.

Brigham Young, Harvard, Princeton and Stanford universities, ranked by the magazine as the top four schools in the nation, had yield rates of 79, 79, 69 and 67 percent respectively while also boasting around a 10 percent acceptance rate. The University follows with a 55 percent yield and 58 percent acceptance rate.

If a school has a high yield, the school most likely has a top reputation, causing students to be highly motivated to attend. A low yield could translate that the school could be a “safety” school or a second choice for many applicants, according to the magazine.

Colleges use yield numbers as a factor to determine how many students they admit each year.