Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bennington

At Bennington College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.07%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 48.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.75%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Bennington applicants decreased by 0.86% (24 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.07%, and this year's acceptance rate is 48.00% at Bennington College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 49.75% and women students' rate is 64.13%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.87%	57.42%	68.41%
2014-15	67.21% 2.34%	62.20% 4.78%	69.41% 1.00%
2015-16	63.06% -4.15%	57.79% -4.41%	65.55% -3.86%
2016-17	59.95% -3.11%	53.50% -4.29%	63.56% -1.99%
2017-18	56.59% -3.36%	52.26% -1.23%	59.04% -4.52%
2018-19	57.03% 0.44%	52.40% 0.13%	59.83% 0.79%
2019-20	60.79% 3.76%	50.11% -2.29%	66.11% 6.28%
2020-21	59.99% -0.80%	45.69% -4.43%	68.35% 2.24%
2021-22	66.98% 6.99%	52.97% 7.28%	74.02% 5.67%
2022-23	45.31% -21.67%	32.90% -20.07%	52.16% -21.86%
2023-24	48.00% 2.69%	29.97% -2.93%	59.01% 6.85%
Average	59.07%	49.75%	64.13%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.75% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.10%	19.62%	18.89%
2014-15	25.95% 6.85%	31.58% 11.96%	23.73% 4.84%
2015-16	31.02% 5.08%	34.31% 2.73%	29.65% 5.92%
2016-17	29.15% -1.87%	34.18% -0.14%	26.79% -2.87%
2017-18	27.14% -2.01%	24.91% -9.27%	28.26% 1.48%
2018-19	23.71% -3.43%	26.10% 1.19%	22.44% -5.82%
2019-20	21.91% -1.80%	29.46% 3.36%	19.06% -3.39%
2020-21	17.01% -4.90%	19.74% -9.72%	15.94% -3.12%
2021-22	21.97% 4.96%	27.10% 7.36%	20.02% 4.08%
2022-23	17.34% -4.64%	17.99% -9.12%	17.11% -2.91%
2023-24	16.00% -1.33%	20.06% 2.08%	15.03% -2.08%
Average	22.75%	25.91%	21.54%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,600, the average number of admitted is 910, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 200.

The number of Bennington applicants decreased by 0.86% (24 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,130	733	140
2014-15	1,101 -2.57%	740 0.95%	192 37.14%
2015-16	1,099 -0.18%	693 -6.35%	215 11.98%
2016-17	1,236 12.47%	741 6.93%	216 0.47%
2017-18	1,465 18.53%	829 11.88%	225 4.17%
2018-19	1,494 1.98%	852 2.77%	202 -10.22%
2019-20	1,344 -10.04%	817 -4.11%	179 -11.39%
2020-21	1,382 2.83%	829 1.47%	141 -21.23%
2021-22	1,726 24.89%	1,156 39.45%	254 80.14%
2022-23	2,801 62.28%	1,269 9.78%	220 -13.39%
2023-24	2,825 0.86%	1,356 6.86%	217 -1.36%
Average	1,600	910	200

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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