Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bluffton

At Bluffton University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 61.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bluffton University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.94%, and the 2024 yield is 11.01%.

The number of Bluffton applicants increased by 160.00% (1,768 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 61.02% at Bluffton University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.89% and women students' rate is 64.35%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bluffton University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	53.08%	48.93%	59.35%
2014-15	56.03% 2.94%	50.53% 1.60%	61.28% 1.93%
2015-16	53.57% -2.45%	49.60% -0.93%	58.06% -3.22%
2016-17	49.53% -4.04%	49.28% -0.32%	49.79% -8.27%
2017-18	48.84% -0.69%	44.85% -4.43%	55.85% 6.06%
2018-19	42.02% -6.82%	40.33% -4.52%	45.16% -10.69%
2019-20	54.97% 12.95%	51.99% 11.66%	58.90% 13.74%
2020-21	60.51% 5.53%	55.88% 3.89%	65.99% 7.09%
2021-22	74.99% 14.48%	69.96% 14.08%	82.02% 16.03%
2022-23	96.29% 21.30%	95.41% 25.45%	97.46% 15.44%
2023-24	61.02% -35.27%	58.00% -37.41%	74.00% -23.46%
Average	59.17%	55.89%	64.35%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.94% where the current academic year yield is 11.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.40%	28.76%	23.46%
2014-15	16.81% -9.59%	20.98% -7.78%	13.52% -9.94%
2015-16	24.63% 7.82%	27.13% 6.15%	22.22% 8.71%
2016-17	28.38% 3.74%	32.80% 5.67%	23.74% 1.52%
2017-18	24.45% -3.93%	23.96% -8.84%	25.14% 1.40%
2018-19	19.26% -5.19%	21.62% -2.34%	15.36% -9.78%
2019-20	23.74% 4.49%	27.92% 6.30%	18.89% 3.53%
2020-21	21.43% -2.31%	25.00% -2.92%	17.84% -1.05%
2021-22	18.97% -2.46%	21.04% -3.96%	16.02% -1.82%
2022-23	15.23% -3.75%	15.51% -5.53%	15.03% -0.99%
2023-24	11.01% -4.22%	10.04% -5.47%	13.02% -2.01%
Average	20.94%	23.16%	18.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,831, the average number of admitted is 1,057, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 210.

The number of Bluffton applicants increased by 160.00% (1,768 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,784	947	250
2014-15	2,315 29.76%	1,297 36.96%	218 -12.80%
2015-16	1,652 -28.64%	885 -31.77%	218
2016-17	1,480 -10.41%	733 -17.18%	208 -4.59%
2017-18	1,767 19.39%	863 17.74%	211 1.44%
2018-19	2,175 23.09%	914 5.91%	176 -16.59%
2019-20	1,770 -18.62%	973 6.46%	231 31.25%
2020-21	1,504 -15.03%	910 -6.47%	195 -15.58%
2021-22	1,715 14.03%	1,286 41.32%	244 25.13%
2022-23	1,105 -35.57%	1,064 -17.26%	162 -33.61%
2023-24	2,873 160.00%	1,753 64.76%	193 19.14%
Average	1,831	1,057	210

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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