Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bard

At Bard College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 52.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bard College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.37%, and the 2024 yield is 12.01%.

The number of Bard applicants increased by 2.25% (146 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 52.01% at Bard College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 49.68% and women students' rate is 53.37%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bard College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.61%	41.82%	35.25%
2014-15	44.61% 7.00%	44.58% 2.76%	44.63% 9.38%
2015-16	32.17% -12.44%	31.08% -13.50%	32.78% -11.85%
2016-17	56.21% 24.04%	53.53% 22.45%	57.65% 24.87%
2017-18	58.21% 2.00%	55.75% 2.23%	59.62% 1.97%
2018-19	64.56% 6.35%	58.29% 2.54%	68.16% 8.53%
2019-20	64.76% 0.20%	65.04% 6.75%	64.61% -3.54%
2020-21	56.95% -7.81%	53.30% -11.74%	58.93% -5.69%
2021-22	60.00% 3.04%	56.00% 2.70%	61.99% 3.06%
2022-23	46.08% -13.91%	41.05% -14.95%	48.46% -13.53%
2023-24	52.01% 5.93%	46.00% 4.95%	54.99% 6.53%
Average	52.11%	49.68%	53.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.37% where the current academic year yield is 12.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.78%	27.83%	21.09%
2014-15	18.04% -5.75%	24.68% -3.15%	14.46% -6.62%
2015-16	19.73% 1.69%	24.43% -0.25%	17.23% 2.77%
2016-17	17.48% -2.25%	19.88% -4.55%	16.28% -0.95%
2017-18	16.40% -1.07%	18.94% -0.93%	15.04% -1.24%
2018-19	14.64% -1.76%	17.84% -1.10%	13.07% -1.96%
2019-20	15.15% 0.51%	16.03% -1.82%	14.70% 1.62%
2020-21	12.83% -2.33%	15.18% -0.85%	11.68% -3.02%
2021-22	15.00% 2.17%	17.95% 2.77%	14.01% 2.33%
2022-23	15.00% 0.00%	17.23% -0.72%	14.11% 0.10%
2023-24	12.01% -2.99%	13.96% -3.27%	10.02% -4.09%
Average	16.37%	19.45%	14.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,716, the average number of admitted is 2,915, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 467.

The number of Bard applicants increased by 2.25% (146 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,466	2,056	489
2014-15	6,960 27.33%	3,105 51.02%	560 14.52%
2015-16	7,044 1.21%	2,266 -27.02%	447 -20.18%
2016-17	5,181 -26.45%	2,912 28.51%	509 13.87%
2017-18	4,922 -5.00%	2,865 -1.61%	470 -7.66%
2018-19	5,141 4.45%	3,319 15.85%	486 3.40%
2019-20	4,912 -4.45%	3,181 -4.16%	482 -0.82%
2020-21	4,969 1.16%	2,830 -11.03%	363 -24.69%
2021-22	5,167 3.98%	3,100 9.54%	465 28.10%
2022-23	6,482 25.45%	2,987 -3.65%	448 -3.66%
2023-24	6,628 2.25%	3,447 15.40%	414 -7.59%
Average	5,716	2,915	467

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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