Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bethel

At Bethel University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.32%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.04%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.46%, and the 2024 yield is 27.03%.

The number of Bethel applicants increased by 10.77% (81 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.32%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.04% at Bethel University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 88.09% and women students' rate is 88.38%.

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	71.58%	72.88%	70.93%
2014-15	70.54% -1.04%	71.08% -1.80%	70.25% -0.68%
2015-16	66.46% -4.07%	65.19% -5.90%	67.18% -3.07%
2016-17	97.77% 31.31%	97.18% 32.00%	98.11% 30.94%
2017-18	89.77% -8.01%	88.01% -9.17%	90.79% -7.33%
2018-19	92.33% 2.57%	92.59% 4.58%	92.20% 1.41%
2019-20	93.76% 1.43%	91.84% -0.75%	94.80% 2.60%
2020-21	92.79% -0.97%	94.07% 2.23%	92.17% -2.63%
2021-22	98.00% 5.21%	98.01% 3.94%	98.00% 5.83%
2022-23	99.47% 1.47%	99.03% 1.02%	99.77% 1.78%
2023-24	99.04% -0.43%	99.10% 0.07%	98.00% -1.77%
Average	88.32%	88.09%	88.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.46% where the current academic year yield is 27.03%.

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	28.12%	32.89%	25.68%
2014-15	26.14% -1.98%	32.88% -0.01%	22.60% -3.08%
2015-16	21.82% -4.32%	26.81% -6.07%	19.09% -3.51%
2016-17	21.28% -0.54%	24.15% -2.66%	19.64% 0.56%
2017-18	24.37% 3.09%	27.83% 3.67%	22.42% 2.78%
2018-19	27.10% 2.73%	33.33% 5.51%	23.86% 1.43%
2019-20	24.02% -3.08%	28.02% -5.32%	21.93% -1.92%
2020-21	24.00% -0.03%	29.40% 1.38%	21.31% -0.62%
2021-22	23.02% -0.98%	26.90% -2.49%	22.02% 0.71%
2022-23	33.16% 10.13%	41.04% 14.14%	27.66% 5.64%
2023-24	27.03% -6.12%	30.91% -10.13%	25.10% -2.56%
Average	25.46%	30.38%	22.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,204, the average number of admitted is 1,041, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 260.

The number of Bethel applicants increased by 10.77% (81 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	1,242	889	250
2014-15	1,215 -2.17%	857 -3.60%	224 -10.40%
2015-16	1,938 59.51%	1,288 50.29%	281 25.45%
2016-17	1,168 -39.73%	1,142 -11.34%	243 -13.52%
2017-18	1,065 -8.82%	956 -16.29%	233 -4.12%
2018-19	1,187 11.46%	1,096 14.64%	297 27.47%
2019-20	1,363 14.83%	1,278 16.61%	307 3.37%
2020-21	1,235 -9.39%	1,146 -10.33%	275 -10.42%
2021-22	1,250 1.21%	1,225 6.89%	282 2.55%
2022-23	752 -39.84%	748 -38.94%	248 -12.06%
2023-24	833 10.77%	825 10.29%	223 -10.08%
Average	1,204	1,041	260

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Bethel University and similar schools.