Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bethel

At Bethel University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.38%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Bethel University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 33.54%, and the 2024 yield is 28.98%.

The number of Bethel applicants decreased by -25.33% (557 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.38%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.99% at Bethel University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.18% and women students' rate is 86.13%. 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	94.85%	94.22%	95.20%
2014-15	95.43% 0.58%	94.91% 0.69%	95.72% 0.52%
2015-16	94.91% -0.53%	94.41% -0.50%	95.23% -0.49%
2016-17	82.37% -12.54%	77.78% -16.63%	85.25% -9.98%
2017-18	83.50% 1.13%	82.42% 4.65%	84.11% -1.13%
2018-19	70.51% -12.99%	68.65% -13.78%	71.68% -12.43%
2019-20	78.52% 8.01%	79.00% 10.36%	78.23% 6.54%
2020-21	86.63% 8.11%	86.60% 7.60%	86.65% 8.43%
2021-22	89.02% 2.39%	87.96% 1.36%	89.02% 2.36%
2022-23	72.49% -16.54%	70.03% -17.93%	74.32% -14.69%
2023-24	90.99% 18.50%	90.01% 19.98%	92.01% 17.69%
Average	85.38%	84.18%	86.13%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 33.54% where the current academic year yield is 28.98%.

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	30.46%	32.53%	29.36%
2014-15	30.74% 0.28%	31.01% -1.51%	30.59% 1.23%
2015-16	42.40% 11.66%	44.60% 13.58%	40.96% 10.37%
2016-17	37.68% -4.72%	39.33% -5.27%	36.73% -4.23%
2017-18	38.80% 1.12%	41.54% 2.21%	37.25% 0.52%
2018-19	39.68% 0.88%	36.33% -5.21%	41.68% 4.43%
2019-20	30.81% -8.87%	29.45% -6.88%	31.64% -10.04%
2020-21	33.45% 2.64%	36.87% 7.42%	31.26% -0.38%
2021-22	28.00% -5.45%	31.03% -5.84%	25.97% -5.29%
2022-23	27.92% -0.08%	26.40% -4.63%	28.98% 3.01%
2023-24	28.98% 1.07%	30.06% 3.65%	27.97% -1.01%
Average	33.54%	34.47%	32.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,952, the average number of admitted is 1,656, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 549.

The number of Bethel applicants decreased by -25.33% (557 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	2,118	2,009	612
2014-15	2,059 -2.79%	1,965 -2.19%	604 -1.31%
2015-16	1,531 -25.64%	1,453 -26.06%	616 1.99%
2016-17	1,798 17.44%	1,481 1.93%	558 -9.42%
2017-18	1,812 0.78%	1,513 2.16%	587 5.20%
2018-19	2,184 20.53%	1,540 1.78%	611 4.09%
2019-20	2,435 11.49%	1,912 24.16%	589 -3.60%
2020-21	1,646 -32.40%	1,426 -25.42%	477 -19.02%
2021-22	2,050 24.54%	1,825 27.98%	511 7.13%
2022-23	2,199 7.27%	1,594 -12.66%	445 -12.92%
2023-24	1,642 -25.33%	1,494 -6.27%	433 -2.70%
Average	1,952	1,656	549

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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