Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Birmingham-Southern

At Birmingham-Southern College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.00%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Birmingham-Southern College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.63%, and the 2024 yield is 6.99%.

The number of Birmingham-Southern applicants increased by 32.06% (968 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.00%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.99% at Birmingham-Southern College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.39% and women students' rate is 54.47%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Birmingham-Southern College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.22%	67.83%	60.77%
2014-15	53.39% -10.82%	59.27% -8.56%	48.66% -12.10%
2015-16	53.06% -0.34%	57.25% -2.03%	50.09% 1.43%
2016-17	48.39% -4.67%	53.64% -3.61%	44.74% -5.35%
2017-18	61.86% 13.47%	66.12% 12.48%	58.66% 13.92%
2018-19	56.66% -5.20%	62.38% -3.74%	52.88% -5.78%
2019-20	53.81% -2.84%	59.30% -3.08%	49.85% -3.03%
2020-21	60.45% 6.64%	63.99% 4.69%	57.73% 7.88%
2021-22	65.99% 5.54%	65.97% 1.99%	66.00% 8.27%
2022-23	57.17% -8.82%	57.56% -8.41%	56.83% -9.17%
2023-24	51.99% -5.18%	50.98% -6.58%	53.00% -3.83%
Average	57.00%	60.39%	54.47%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.63% where the current academic year yield is 6.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.71%	31.61%	25.62%
2014-15	25.83% -2.88%	28.83% -2.79%	22.89% -2.73%
2015-16	22.59% -3.24%	25.20% -3.62%	20.48% -2.41%
2016-17	18.21% -4.38%	20.29% -4.91%	16.48% -4.00%
2017-18	22.05% 3.83%	25.21% 4.91%	19.37% 2.89%
2018-19	15.92% -6.12%	17.91% -7.29%	14.47% -4.90%
2019-20	18.23% 2.31%	19.83% 1.92%	16.85% 2.39%
2020-21	17.22% -1.02%	19.30% -0.54%	15.44% -1.41%
2021-22	15.02% -2.19%	17.01% -2.29%	12.96% -2.48%
2022-23	14.14% -0.89%	17.51% 0.50%	11.15% -1.81%
2023-24	6.99% -7.14%	10.02% -7.49%	5.01% -6.14%
Average	18.63%	21.16%	16.43%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,055, the average number of admitted is 1,713, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 310.

The number of Birmingham-Southern applicants increased by 32.06% (968 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,931	1,240	356
2014-15	2,770 43.45%	1,479 19.27%	382 7.30%
2015-16	3,679 32.82%	1,952 31.98%	441 15.45%
2016-17	3,722 1.17%	1,801 -7.74%	328 -25.62%
2017-18	2,559 -31.25%	1,583 -12.10%	349 6.40%
2018-19	3,636 42.09%	2,060 30.13%	328 -6.02%
2019-20	3,384 -6.93%	1,821 -11.60%	332 1.22%
2020-21	2,460 -27.30%	1,487 -18.34%	256 -22.89%
2021-22	2,461 0.04%	1,624 9.21%	244 -4.69%
2022-23	3,019 22.67%	1,726 6.28%	244
2023-24	3,987 32.06%	2,073 20.10%	145 -40.57%
Average	3,055	1,713	310

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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