Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Amherst

At Amherst College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 11.90%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 9.82%. Amherst 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 39.87%, and the 2024 yield is 39.04%.

The number of Amherst applicants decreased by -14.38% (2,137 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 11.90%, and this year's acceptance rate is 9.82% at Amherst College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 12.49% and women students' rate is 11.40%. Amherst College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	14.28%	14.88%	13.78%
2014-15	13.84% -0.44%	14.84% -0.05%	12.99% -0.79%
2015-16	14.12% 0.28%	15.02% 0.18%	13.38% 0.39%
2016-17	13.69% -0.44%	15.88% 0.86%	11.90% -1.48%
2017-18	12.90% -0.78%	14.57% -1.31%	11.57% -0.33%
2018-19	12.82% -0.09%	13.63% -0.94%	12.16% 0.59%
2019-20	11.31% -1.51%	11.58% -2.06%	11.08% -1.07%
2020-21	11.83% 0.52%	11.75% 0.18%	11.88% 0.79%
2021-22	9.00% -2.83%	8.00% -3.75%	9.00% -2.88%
2022-23	7.26% -1.74%	7.20% -0.80%	7.42% -1.58%
2023-24	9.82% 2.56%	9.99% 2.79%	10.31% 2.89%
Average	11.90%	12.49%	11.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.87% where the current academic year yield is 39.04%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.17%	43.10%	39.43%
2014-15	39.98% -1.18%	40.03% -3.06%	39.93% 0.50%
2015-16	39.42% -0.56%	38.77% -1.27%	40.03% 0.10%
2016-17	40.99% 1.57%	39.57% 0.80%	42.55% 2.51%
2017-18	39.32% -1.68%	40.10% 0.53%	38.53% -4.02%
2018-19	39.49% 0.17%	39.86% -0.23%	39.14% 0.62%
2019-20	39.33% -0.16%	41.59% 1.73%	37.38% -1.76%
2020-21	34.61% -4.72%	37.99% -3.61%	31.88% -5.51%
2021-22	41.98% 7.37%	44.94% 6.95%	40.06% 8.18%
2022-23	43.28% 1.30%	46.56% 1.62%	41.75% 1.70%
2023-24	39.04% -4.24%	39.96% -6.60%	40.03% -1.72%
Average	39.87%	41.13%	39.16%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,467, the average number of admitted is 1,195, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 476.

The number of Amherst applicants decreased by -14.38% (2,137 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,927	1,132	466
2014-15	8,477 6.94%	1,173 3.62%	469 0.64%
2015-16	8,568 1.07%	1,210 3.15%	477 1.71%
2016-17	8,396 -2.01%	1,149 -5.04%	471 -1.26%
2017-18	9,285 10.59%	1,198 4.26%	471
2018-19	9,723 4.72%	1,246 4.01%	492 4.46%
2019-20	10,569 8.70%	1,195 -4.09%	470 -4.47%
2020-21	10,603 0.32%	1,254 4.94%	434 -7.66%
2021-22	13,999 32.03%	1,260 0.48%	529 21.89%
2022-23	14,864 6.18%	1,079 -14.37%	467 -11.72%
2023-24	12,727 -14.38%	1,250 15.85%	488 4.50%
Average	10,467	1,195	476

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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