Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Amherst

At Amherst College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 10.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.12%, and the 2024 yield is 38.96%.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 10.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.00% at Amherst College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 11.11% and women students' rate is 9.88%.

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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	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	10.00% -	10.01% -	9.99% -
Average	10.43%	11.11%	9.88%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.12% where the current academic year yield is 38.96%.

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	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	38.96% -	40.08% -	40.07% -
Average	32.12%	32.83%	31.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,843, the average number of admitted is 985, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 386.

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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	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-
2023-24	12,727-	1,273-	496-
Average	7,843	985	386

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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