Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Anderson

At Anderson University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.24%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 52.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.08%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Anderson applicants increased by 4.52% (245 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.24%, and this year's acceptance rate is 52.99% at Anderson University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.22% and women students' rate is 63.33%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.45%	53.53%	56.57%
2014-15	54.91% -0.54%	55.65% 2.12%	54.49% -2.09%
2015-16	59.62% 4.71%	55.14% -0.51%	62.48% 7.99%
2016-17	66.42% 6.80%	63.35% 8.21%	68.93% 6.46%
2017-18	65.25% -1.16%	61.09% -2.25%	68.53% -0.40%
2018-19	65.02% -0.23%	60.76% -0.33%	68.24% -0.30%
2019-20	62.74% -2.28%	62.38% 1.61%	63.03% -5.21%
2020-21	66.50% 3.76%	68.71% 6.33%	67.08% 4.05%
2021-22	61.99% -4.51%	54.99% -13.72%	68.98% 1.91%
2022-23	51.75% -10.24%	45.80% -9.19%	58.28% -10.70%
2023-24	52.99% 1.24%	48.02% 2.22%	59.99% 1.70%
Average	60.24%	57.22%	63.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.08% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.29%	33.02%	27.23%
2014-15	30.21% 0.92%	35.20% 2.17%	27.30% 0.08%
2015-16	27.02% -3.19%	30.91% -4.29%	24.82% -2.48%
2016-17	24.20% -2.81%	26.02% -4.88%	22.83% -1.99%
2017-18	23.78% -0.42%	26.87% 0.84%	21.61% -1.22%
2018-19	15.84% -7.94%	16.87% -10.00%	15.16% -6.45%
2019-20	13.31% -2.53%	15.22% -1.65%	11.86% -3.30%
2020-21	12.59% -0.72%	15.84% 0.62%	10.52% -1.34%
2021-22	12.01% -0.58%	16.04% 0.20%	8.99% -1.53%
2022-23	11.63% -0.38%	13.49% -2.54%	10.03% 1.03%
2023-24	10.00% -1.63%	10.98% -2.52%	9.03% -1.00%
Average	19.08%	21.86%	17.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,642, the average number of admitted is 2,168, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 371.

The number of Anderson applicants increased by 4.52% (245 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,734	1,516	444
2014-15	2,659 -2.74%	1,460 -3.69%	441 -0.68%
2015-16	2,620 -1.47%	1,562 6.99%	422 -4.31%
2016-17	2,650 1.15%	1,760 12.68%	426 0.95%
2017-18	2,236 -15.62%	1,459 -17.10%	347 -18.54%
2018-19	3,834 71.47%	2,493 70.87%	395 13.83%
2019-20	3,951 3.05%	2,479 -0.56%	330 -16.46%
2020-21	3,905 -1.16%	2,597 4.76%	327 -0.91%
2021-22	4,391 12.45%	2,722 4.81%	327
2022-23	5,416 23.34%	2,803 2.98%	326 -0.31%
2023-24	5,661 4.52%	3,000 7.03%	300 -7.98%
Average	3,642	2,168	371

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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