Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Berea

At Berea College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 33.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 33.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Berea College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 67.23%, and the 2024 yield is 60.96%.

The number of Berea applicants decreased by -6.50% (144 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 33.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 33.00% at Berea College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 33.58% and women students' rate is 32.78%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Berea College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.01%	36.67%	32.58%
2014-15	33.66% -0.36%	33.96% -2.71%	33.16% 0.58%
2015-16	36.51% 2.86%	38.62% 4.66%	34.96% 1.80%
2016-17	32.80% -3.72%	34.78% -3.83%	31.59% -3.37%
2017-18	35.09% 2.29%	37.84% 3.06%	33.33% 1.74%
2018-19	38.20% 3.11%	39.30% 1.46%	37.51% 4.18%
2019-20	30.26% -7.93%	31.17% -8.13%	29.66% -7.85%
2020-21	32.96% 2.69%	33.94% 2.77%	32.34% 2.68%
2021-22	33.01% 0.05%	32.05% -1.89%	33.00% 0.66%
2022-23	24.58% -8.42%	22.02% -10.03%	26.41% -6.59%
2023-24	33.00% 8.41%	29.03% 7.01%	36.00% 9.59%
Average	33.10%	33.58%	32.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 67.23% where the current academic year yield is 60.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	72.05%	72.69%	71.52%
2014-15	74.96% 2.90%	75.85% 3.16%	75.00% 3.48%
2015-16	72.36% -2.59%	72.76% -3.09%	72.04% -2.96%
2016-17	73.08% 0.72%	75.42% 2.66%	71.39% -0.65%
2017-18	72.00% -1.08%	77.38% 1.96%	68.10% -3.28%
2018-19	72.76% 0.76%	76.02% -1.36%	70.51% 2.40%
2019-20	69.41% -3.35%	74.40% -1.62%	65.80% -4.71%
2020-21	48.20% -21.21%	44.86% -29.54%	50.41% -15.39%
2021-22	58.99% 10.79%	57.94% 13.08%	58.86% 8.45%
2022-23	64.77% 5.78%	67.49% 9.55%	63.16% 4.30%
2023-24	60.96% -3.81%	65.07% -2.41%	57.95% -5.21%
Average	67.23%	69.08%	65.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,798, the average number of admitted is 590, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 395.

The number of Berea applicants decreased by -6.50% (144 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,620	551	397
2014-15	1,649 1.79%	555 0.73%	416 4.79%
2015-16	1,635 -0.85%	597 7.57%	432 3.85%
2016-17	1,744 6.67%	572 -4.19%	418 -3.24%
2017-18	1,710 -1.95%	600 4.90%	432 3.35%
2018-19	1,576 -7.84%	602 0.33%	438 1.39%
2019-20	1,966 24.75%	595 -1.16%	413 -5.71%
2020-21	1,857 -5.54%	612 2.86%	295 -28.57%
2021-22	1,736 -6.52%	573 -6.37%	338 14.58%
2022-23	2,217 27.71%	545 -4.89%	353 4.44%
2023-24	2,073 -6.50%	684 25.50%	417 18.13%
Average	1,798	590	395

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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