U.S. News has an interesting metric for "popularity"

jakldawg

Redshirt
May 1, 2006
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enrollment/acceptance = popularity
which makes USM 20th in the country.
Or, completely unscientific analysis based on my high school means it's the only college they applied for.
Seems like there's two categories of school here: 1. Hell yes! I'm going to (prestigious college goes here) and 2. Fine. I'll go to (insert regional university here) I can keep my job, live at home and save some money.
Here's the list (yes, we're on there, too).
Here's some giddy analysis.