Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Alma

At Alma College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 66.57%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 66.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.17%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Alma applicants increased by 17.88% (603 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 66.57%, and this year's acceptance rate is 66.01% at Alma College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 61.06% and women students' rate is 71.19%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Alma College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.91%	61.14%	74.58%
2014-15	71.98% 4.07%	65.98% 4.84%	77.48% 2.90%
2015-16	67.57% -4.42%	61.98% -4.00%	72.76% -4.71%
2016-17	67.95% 0.38%	62.45% 0.47%	71.67% -1.09%
2017-18	64.00% -3.95%	60.40% -2.04%	66.48% -5.19%
2018-19	64.11% 0.11%	59.97% -0.44%	66.84% 0.36%
2019-20	62.38% -1.73%	58.68% -1.29%	65.17% -1.67%
2020-21	66.73% 4.34%	63.81% 5.13%	69.52% 4.35%
2021-22	69.02% 2.29%	60.98% -2.83%	75.97% 6.45%
2022-23	64.65% -4.37%	58.25% -2.73%	70.56% -5.41%
2023-24	66.01% 1.36%	58.02% -0.23%	72.02% 1.46%
Average	66.57%	61.06%	71.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.17% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Alma College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.51%	20.90%	20.20%
2014-15	21.21% 0.70%	20.90% -0.01%	21.46% 1.26%
2015-16	20.06% -1.15%	18.78% -2.11%	21.07% -0.39%
2016-17	14.06% -6.00%	18.32% -0.46%	11.54% -9.53%
2017-18	13.48% -0.57%	15.12% -3.20%	12.46% 0.92%
2018-19	13.22% -0.26%	13.58% -1.54%	13.01% 0.55%
2019-20	20.43% 7.21%	22.25% 8.67%	19.20% 6.19%
2020-21	21.67% 1.23%	23.99% 1.74%	20.15% 0.95%
2021-22	15.99% -5.67%	17.00% -6.99%	14.99% -5.16%
2022-23	15.28% -0.72%	19.62% 2.62%	11.96% -3.03%
2023-24	13.00% -2.28%	14.97% -4.65%	11.98% 0.01%
Average	17.17%	18.68%	16.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,428, the average number of admitted is 2,271, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 373.

The number of Alma applicants increased by 17.88% (603 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Alma College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,699	1,833	376
2014-15	2,338 -13.38%	1,683 -8.18%	357 -5.05%
2015-16	2,479 6.03%	1,675 -0.48%	336 -5.88%
2016-17	4,680 88.79%	3,180 89.85%	447 33.04%
2017-18	4,728 1.03%	3,026 -4.84%	408 -8.72%
2018-19	4,765 0.78%	3,055 0.96%	404 -0.98%
2019-20	3,036 -36.29%	1,894 -38.00%	387 -4.21%
2020-21	2,732 -10.01%	1,823 -3.75%	395 2.07%
2021-22	2,908 6.44%	2,007 10.09%	321 -18.73%
2022-23	3,372 15.96%	2,180 8.62%	333 3.74%
2023-24	3,975 17.88%	2,624 20.37%	341 2.40%
Average	3,428	2,271	373

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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