Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at AMU

At Ave Maria University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.99%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 45.02%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.82%, and the 2024 yield is 29.04%.

The number of AMU applicants decreased by -28.08% (956 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.99%, and this year's acceptance rate is 45.02% at Ave Maria University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.14% and women students' rate is 61.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.59%	53.47%	66.40%
2014-15	51.70% -7.89%	46.84% -6.63%	58.51% -7.90%
2015-16	42.77% -8.93%	38.81% -8.03%	47.33% -11.17%
2016-17	39.90% -2.87%	38.88% 0.07%	40.80% -6.54%
2017-18	42.12% 2.22%	41.94% 3.06%	42.29% 1.50%
2018-19	82.95% 40.82%	80.44% 38.51%	85.08% 42.79%
2019-20	84.85% 1.91%	80.71% 0.27%	88.47% 3.39%
2020-21	91.79% 6.93%	88.33% 7.61%	94.69% 6.22%
2021-22	63.99% -27.80%	61.00% -27.33%	67.02% -27.67%
2022-23	44.21% -19.78%	43.12% -17.88%	45.10% -21.92%
2023-24	45.02% 0.80%	44.03% 0.91%	46.01% 0.91%
Average	58.99%	56.14%	61.97%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.82% where the current academic year yield is 29.04%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.46%	28.63%	24.51%
2014-15	43.43% 16.97%	42.95% 14.31%	43.97% 19.47%
2015-16	31.13% -12.30%	31.28% -11.67%	30.99% -12.99%
2016-17	30.80% -0.33%	32.91% 1.63%	29.03% -1.96%
2017-18	26.60% -4.20%	30.77% -2.14%	22.80% -6.22%
2018-19	28.96% 2.36%	30.98% 0.21%	27.33% 4.53%
2019-20	26.16% -2.80%	29.04% -1.94%	23.87% -3.46%
2020-21	20.75% -5.41%	21.34% -7.71%	20.30% -3.57%
2021-22	19.02% -1.73%	20.00% -1.34%	16.98% -3.31%
2022-23	23.65% 4.63%	24.01% 4.01%	23.38% 6.39%
2023-24	29.04% 5.38%	31.93% 7.92%	27.03% 3.65%
Average	27.82%	29.44%	26.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,204, the average number of admitted is 1,230, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 325.

The number of AMU applicants decreased by -28.08% (956 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,611	960	254
2014-15	1,737 7.82%	898 -6.46%	390 53.54%
2015-16	2,261 30.17%	967 7.68%	301 -22.82%
2016-17	2,173 -3.89%	867 -10.34%	267 -11.30%
2017-18	2,526 16.24%	1,064 22.72%	283 5.99%
2018-19	1,378 -45.45%	1,143 7.42%	331 16.96%
2019-20	1,446 4.93%	1,227 7.35%	321 -3.02%
2020-21	1,559 7.81%	1,431 16.63%	297 -7.48%
2021-22	3,705 137.65%	2,371 65.69%	451 51.85%
2022-23	3,404 -8.12%	1,505 -36.52%	356 -21.06%
2023-24	2,448 -28.08%	1,102 -26.78%	320 -10.11%
Average	2,204	1,230	325

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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