Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Babson

At Babson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 24.98%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 20.00%. Babson's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Babson College than the previous year. Babson 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 33.52%, and the 2024 yield is 40.03%.

The number of Babson applicants increased by 5.10% (388 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 24.98%, and this year's acceptance rate is 20.00% at Babson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 20.02% and women students' rate is 33.90%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Babson College than the previous year. Babson 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 Babson College over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	28.21%	22.45%	38.33%
2014-15	26.31% -1.90%	20.72% -1.72%	36.34% -1.99%
2015-16	26.30% -0.01%	20.87% 0.14%	35.87% -0.47%
2016-17	24.59% -1.71%	19.14% -1.73%	34.78% -1.08%
2017-18	24.18% -0.42%	18.72% -0.42%	33.75% -1.04%
2018-19	24.41% 0.23%	19.32% 0.60%	34.12% 0.38%
2019-20	26.41% 2.00%	22.33% 3.01%	34.42% 0.30%
2020-21	26.97% 0.56%	22.19% -0.13%	35.29% 0.87%
2021-22	25.00% -1.97%	20.00% -2.20%	36.00% 0.72%
2022-23	22.35% -2.65%	18.46% -1.54%	28.97% -7.04%
2023-24	20.00% -2.35%	15.99% -2.46%	25.02% -3.95%
Average	24.98%	20.02%	33.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.52% where the current academic year yield is 40.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.48%	28.97%	27.98%
2014-15	31.02% 2.54%	32.73% 3.76%	29.28% 1.30%
2015-16	26.71% -4.32%	24.40% -8.33%	29.07% -0.21%
2016-17	31.26% 4.55%	32.63% 8.23%	29.85% 0.78%
2017-18	31.94% 0.68%	30.86% -1.77%	32.99% 3.14%
2018-19	34.60% 2.66%	34.49% 3.63%	34.71% 1.72%
2019-20	35.71% 1.12%	35.49% 1.01%	35.99% 1.28%
2020-21	34.40% -1.32%	37.84% 2.35%	30.62% -5.37%
2021-22	35.98% 1.58%	38.01% 0.17%	34.02% 3.40%
2022-23	38.59% 2.61%	41.29% 3.28%	35.66% 1.64%
2023-24	40.03% 1.44%	42.96% 1.68%	36.03% 0.36%
Average	33.52%	34.52%	32.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,957, the average number of admitted is 1,727, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 576.

The number of Babson applicants increased by 5.10% (388 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,086	1,717	489
2014-15	6,199 1.86%	1,631 -5.01%	506 3.48%
2015-16	7,516 21.25%	1,977 21.21%	528 4.35%
2016-17	7,648 1.76%	1,881 -4.86%	588 11.36%
2017-18	7,122 -6.88%	1,722 -8.45%	550 -6.46%
2018-19	6,383 -10.38%	1,558 -9.52%	539 -2.00%
2019-20	6,362 -0.33%	1,680 7.83%	600 11.32%
2020-21	6,501 2.18%	1,753 4.35%	603 0.50%
2021-22	7,104 9.28%	1,776 1.31%	639 5.97%
2022-23	7,607 7.08%	1,700 -4.28%	656 2.66%
2023-24	7,995 5.10%	1,599 -5.94%	640 -2.44%
Average	6,957	1,727	576

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Babson College and similar schools.