Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Ashland

At Ashland University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.28%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ashland University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.18%, and the 2024 yield is 18.01%.

The number of Ashland applicants decreased by -20.42% (932 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.28%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.01% at Ashland University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.05% and women students' rate is 73.76%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ashland University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.38%	71.74%	76.20%
2014-15	72.57% -1.80%	69.18% -2.56%	74.92% -1.28%
2015-16	76.74% 4.17%	92.97% 23.78%	68.52% -6.40%
2016-17	72.47% -4.28%	71.11% -21.86%	73.46% 4.94%
2017-18	73.51% 1.04%	72.22% 1.12%	74.45% 0.98%
2018-19	68.06% -5.45%	66.08% -6.14%	69.47% -4.97%
2019-20	71.17% 3.10%	70.42% 4.34%	71.75% 2.28%
2020-21	74.35% 3.19%	72.32% 1.90%	75.63% 3.88%
2021-22	70.01% -4.34%	68.01% -4.31%	72.00% -3.63%
2022-23	71.76% 1.75%	68.55% 0.53%	75.00% 3.00%
2023-24	81.01% 9.24%	80.99% 12.44%	80.00% 5.00%
Average	73.28%	73.05%	73.76%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.18% where the current academic year yield is 18.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.58%	28.32%	28.74%
2014-15	26.24% -2.34%	25.84% -2.49%	26.50% -2.25%
2015-16	24.78% -1.46%	25.49% -0.34%	24.29% -2.21%
2016-17	24.97% 0.19%	25.58% 0.09%	24.54% 0.25%
2017-18	26.92% 1.95%	26.87% 1.29%	26.95% 2.42%
2018-19	19.00% -7.92%	19.22% -7.65%	18.85% -8.11%
2019-20	19.81% 0.81%	23.64% 4.42%	16.86% -1.99%
2020-21	16.55% -3.26%	17.72% -5.92%	15.84% -1.02%
2021-22	22.99% 6.44%	29.99% 12.27%	16.99% 1.16%
2022-23	16.12% -6.87%	16.57% -13.42%	15.70% -1.29%
2023-24	18.01% 1.89%	19.01% 2.44%	16.97% 1.27%
Average	22.18%	23.48%	21.11%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,711, the average number of admitted is 2,708, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 587.

The number of Ashland applicants decreased by -20.42% (932 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,931	2,180	623
2014-15	3,172 8.22%	2,302 5.60%	604 -3.05%
2015-16	3,087 -2.68%	2,369 2.91%	587 -2.81%
2016-17	3,443 11.53%	2,495 5.32%	623 6.13%
2017-18	3,118 -9.44%	2,292 -8.14%	617 -0.96%
2018-19	4,656 49.33%	3,169 38.26%	602 -2.43%
2019-20	4,349 -6.59%	3,095 -2.34%	613 1.83%
2020-21	3,552 -18.33%	2,641 -14.67%	437 -28.71%
2021-22	4,318 21.57%	3,023 14.46%	695 59.04%
2022-23	4,565 5.72%	3,276 8.37%	528 -24.03%
2023-24	3,633 -20.42%	2,943 -10.16%	530 0.38%
Average	3,711	2,708	587

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Ashland University and similar schools.