Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bowdoin

At Bowdoin College, the average acceptance rate over the past 6 years is 13.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.26%. Bowdoin's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 5 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bowdoin College than the previous year. Bowdoin College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 50.10%, and the 2019 yield is 54.72%. The number of Bowdoin applicants increased by 25.24% (1,830 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 13.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.26% at Bowdoin College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 15.49% and women students' rate is 12.73%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bowdoin College than the previous year. Bowdoin College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The next table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Bowdoin College over the past 6 years (2013-2019).

Year	Total	Men	Women
Year	2013-14	14.95%	16.76%	13.54%
2014-15	14.91% -0.04%	16.77% -0.08%	13.46% -0.08%
2015-16	14.87% -0.04%	15.89% 0.61%	14.07% 0.61%
2016-17	14.84% -0.03%	16.56% -0.49%	13.59% -0.49%
2017-18	13.63% -1.21%	15.37% -1.20%	12.39% -1.20%
2018-19	10.26% -3.36%	11.57% -3.04%	9.34% -3.04%
Average	13.91%	15.49%	12.73%

Bowdoin College Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 6 years is 50.10% where the current academic year yield is 54.72%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Bowdoin College from 2013 to 2019.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	47.15%	47.48%	46.84%
2014-15	48.65% 1.49%	50.78% -0.28%	46.56% -0.28%
2015-16	49.51% 0.86%	52.94% -0.12%	46.44% -0.12%
2016-17	49.85% 0.35%	50.74% 2.62%	49.06% 2.62%
2017-18	50.71% 0.86%	53.35% -0.68%	48.38% -0.68%
2018-19	54.72% 4.01%	56.35% 4.93%	53.31% 4.93%
Average	50.10%	51.94%	48.43%

Bowdoin College Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,318, the average number of admitted is 1,005, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 502. The number of Bowdoin applicants increased by 25.24% (1,830 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Bowdoin College from 2013 to 2019.

Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,052	1,054	497
2014-15	6,935 -117	1,034 6	503 6
2015-16	6,790 -145	1,010 -3	500 -3
2016-17	6,799 9	1,009 3	503 3
2017-18	7,251 452	988 -2	501 -2
2018-19	9,081 1,830	932 9	510 9
Average	7,318	1,005	502

Bowdoin College Number of Applicants Changes Chart

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