Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BLC

At Bethany Lutheran College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 50.96%. BLC's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 8 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bethany Lutheran College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Bethany Lutheran College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 42.86%, and the 2024 yield is 42.09%.

The number of BLC applicants increased by 32.48% (216 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 50.96% at Bethany Lutheran College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.04% and women students' rate is 72.20%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bethany Lutheran College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Bethany Lutheran College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.58%	75.45%	73.94%
2014-15	77.68% 3.10%	79.67% 4.22%	76.36% 2.42%
2015-16	85.30% 7.62%	81.65% 1.98%	88.36% 12.00%
2016-17	80.49% -4.81%	74.55% -7.10%	86.50% -1.86%
2017-18	79.12% -1.36%	75.39% 0.85%	82.74% -3.76%
2018-19	77.87% -1.26%	78.83% 3.44%	77.09% -5.65%
2019-20	72.64% -5.23%	74.55% -4.28%	71.19% -5.90%
2020-21	64.51% -8.13%	66.32% -8.23%	63.16% -8.03%
2021-22	61.06% -3.45%	55.99% -10.33%	64.94% 1.78%
2022-23	58.50% -2.57%	60.12% 4.13%	56.89% -8.05%
2023-24	50.96% -7.53%	47.93% -12.19%	53.02% -3.87%
Average	71.16%	70.04%	72.20%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 42.86% where the current academic year yield is 42.09%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.12%	39.65%	35.24%
2014-15	39.72% 2.60%	45.52% 5.87%	35.71% 0.47%
2015-16	45.61% 5.89%	49.61% 4.10%	42.52% 6.80%
2016-17	52.27% 6.66%	46.34% -3.27%	57.45% 14.93%
2017-18	44.30% -7.97%	44.44% -1.90%	44.17% -13.28%
2018-19	45.48% 1.18%	46.86% 2.41%	44.34% 0.17%
2019-20	38.74% -6.73%	42.44% -4.42%	35.80% -8.54%
2020-21	35.90% -2.85%	41.80% -0.64%	31.25% -4.55%
2021-22	44.95% 9.06%	47.98% 6.18%	42.97% 11.72%
2022-23	45.24% 0.29%	49.25% 1.27%	41.05% -1.91%
2023-24	42.09% -3.15%	46.15% -3.09%	38.82% -2.23%
Average	42.86%	45.46%	40.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 555, the average number of admitted is 379, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 161.

The number of BLC applicants increased by 32.48% (216 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	531	396	147
2014-15	457 -13.94%	355 -10.35%	141 -4.08%
2015-16	347 -24.07%	296 -16.62%	135 -4.26%
2016-17	328 -5.48%	264 -10.81%	138 2.22%
2017-18	388 18.29%	307 16.29%	136 -1.45%
2018-19	497 28.09%	387 26.06%	176 29.41%
2019-20	636 27.97%	462 19.38%	179 1.70%
2020-21	665 4.56%	429 -7.14%	154 -13.97%
2021-22	714 7.37%	436 1.63%	196 27.27%
2022-23	665 -6.86%	389 -10.78%	176 -10.20%
2023-24	881 32.48%	449 15.42%	189 7.39%
Average	555	379	161

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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