Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bethel

At Bethel University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.65%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bethel University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.77%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Bethel applicants increased by 33.31% (829 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.65%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.99% at Bethel University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.09% and women students' rate is 75.20%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bethel University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	51.03%	49.53%	52.40%
2014-15	57.42% 6.39%	57.76% 8.23%	57.17% 4.76%
2015-16	83.99% 26.57%	83.53% 25.77%	84.46% 27.30%
2016-17	66.52% -17.47%	66.47% -17.07%	66.57% -17.89%
2017-18	93.59% 27.07%	94.70% 28.23%	92.58% 26.01%
2018-19	66.49% -27.10%	67.08% -27.62%	66.42% -26.16%
2019-20	90.27% 23.78%	89.87% 22.79%	90.58% 24.16%
2020-21	76.12% -14.15%	76.26% -13.61%	76.00% -14.58%
2021-22	50.00% -26.12%	47.02% -29.24%	52.98% -23.03%
2022-23	88.79% 38.79%	86.75% 39.73%	90.05% 37.08%
2023-24	96.99% 8.20%	96.02% 9.26%	97.99% 7.94%
Average	74.65%	74.09%	75.20%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.77% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.77%	47.94%	45.75%
2014-15	53.72% 6.95%	54.84% 6.90%	52.72% 6.96%
2015-16	64.97% 11.26%	70.33% 15.49%	59.41% 6.69%
2016-17	45.22% -19.75%	51.59% -18.73%	39.13% -20.28%
2017-18	35.10% -10.12%	43.84% -7.75%	27.00% -12.13%
2018-19	32.65% -2.46%	40.81% -3.03%	26.54% -0.47%
2019-20	30.05% -2.60%	37.42% -3.39%	24.26% -2.27%
2020-21	36.42% 6.37%	41.19% 3.77%	32.29% 8.02%
2021-22	48.98% 12.56%	65.00% 23.81%	32.97% 0.69%
2022-23	20.63% -28.34%	22.18% -42.82%	19.71% -13.26%
2023-24	12.00% -8.64%	18.01% -4.17%	8.98% -10.73%
Average	38.77%	44.83%	33.52%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,976, the average number of admitted is 1,470, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 494.

The number of Bethel applicants increased by 33.31% (829 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,669	1,362	637
2014-15	2,062 -22.74%	1,184 -13.07%	636 -0.16%
2015-16	1,149 -44.28%	965 -18.50%	627 -1.42%
2016-17	1,353 17.75%	900 -6.74%	407 -35.09%
2017-18	1,388 2.59%	1,299 44.33%	456 12.04%
2018-19	1,898 36.74%	1,262 -2.85%	412 -9.65%
2019-20	1,541 -18.81%	1,391 10.22%	418 1.46%
2020-21	1,717 11.42%	1,307 -6.04%	476 13.88%
2021-22	2,148 25.10%	1,074 -17.83%	526 10.50%
2022-23	2,489 15.88%	2,210 105.77%	456 -13.31%
2023-24	3,318 33.31%	3,218 45.61%	386 -15.35%
Average	1,976	1,470	494

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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