Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BC

At Boston College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 26.49%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 16.00%. BC's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 6 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.58%, and the 2024 yield is 41.00%.

The number of BC applicants decreased by -10.93% (4,425 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 26.49%, and this year's acceptance rate is 16.00% at Boston College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 29.40% and women students' rate is 24.33%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	32.22%	33.36%	31.32%
2014-15	33.91% 1.70%	35.44% 2.07%	32.78% 1.45%
2015-16	28.51% -5.41%	31.11% -4.33%	26.58% -6.19%
2016-17	31.14% 2.64%	33.28% 2.17%	29.58% 3.00%
2017-18	32.41% 1.27%	36.32% 3.04%	29.55% -0.03%
2018-19	27.89% -4.52%	30.97% -5.35%	25.65% -3.90%
2019-20	27.22% -0.66%	34.87% 3.90%	21.53% -4.12%
2020-21	26.38% -0.84%	29.36% -5.51%	24.26% 2.73%
2021-22	19.00% -7.38%	23.00% -6.36%	17.00% -7.26%
2022-23	16.66% -2.34%	18.66% -4.34%	15.39% -1.61%
2023-24	16.00% -0.66%	17.00% -1.66%	14.00% -1.39%
Average	26.49%	29.40%	24.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.58% where the current academic year yield is 41.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.02%	28.82%	27.35%
2014-15	29.05% 1.03%	28.97% 0.15%	29.12% 1.77%
2015-16	25.72% -3.33%	27.28% -1.69%	24.38% -4.74%
2016-17	26.16% 0.44%	25.97% -1.31%	26.32% 1.94%
2017-18	26.15% -0.01%	26.61% 0.64%	25.74% -0.58%
2018-19	26.84% 0.69%	27.28% 0.67%	26.46% 0.72%
2019-20	23.73% -3.11%	20.36% -6.92%	27.80% 1.34%
2020-21	31.06% 7.33%	30.96% 10.60%	31.15% 3.35%
2021-22	32.99% 1.93%	33.01% 2.05%	33.00% 1.84%
2022-23	34.60% 1.61%	36.40% 3.40%	33.28% 0.28%
2023-24	41.00% 6.40%	41.99% 5.59%	40.99% 7.71%
Average	29.58%	29.79%	29.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 31,553, the average number of admitted is 8,056, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,333.

The number of BC applicants decreased by -10.93% (4,425 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	24,538	7,905	2,215
2014-15	23,223 -5.36%	7,875 -0.38%	2,288 3.30%
2015-16	29,486 26.97%	8,405 6.73%	2,162 -5.51%
2016-17	28,956 -1.80%	9,017 7.28%	2,359 9.11%
2017-18	28,454 -1.73%	9,223 2.28%	2,412 2.25%
2018-19	31,084 9.24%	8,669 -6.01%	2,327 -3.52%
2019-20	35,552 14.37%	9,679 11.65%	2,297 -1.29%
2020-21	29,382 -17.35%	7,752 -19.91%	2,408 4.83%
2021-22	39,846 35.61%	7,571 -2.33%	2,498 3.74%
2022-23	40,494 1.63%	6,748 -10.87%	2,335 -6.53%
2023-24	36,069 -10.93%	5,771 -14.48%	2,366 1.33%
Average	31,553	8,056	2,333

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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