Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Brandeis

At Brandeis University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 34.71%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 35.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Brandeis University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.46%, and the 2024 yield is 22.01%.

The number of Brandeis applicants increased by 13.76% (1,365 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 34.71%, and this year's acceptance rate is 35.00% at Brandeis University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 35.10% and women students' rate is 34.57%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Brandeis University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.04%	38.68%	35.88%
2014-15	35.22% -1.82%	38.69% 0.01%	32.89% -3.00%
2015-16	34.02% -1.19%	34.24% -4.45%	33.88% 1.00%
2016-17	33.44% -0.58%	33.09% -1.15%	33.67% -0.21%
2017-18	34.22% 0.78%	31.17% -1.92%	36.18% 2.50%
2018-19	31.15% -3.07%	29.48% -1.69%	32.22% -3.95%
2019-20	29.90% -1.25%	27.03% -2.45%	31.90% -0.32%
2020-21	33.40% 3.50%	51.32% 24.29%	21.20% -10.70%
2021-22	39.00% 5.60%	36.01% -15.31%	41.00% 19.80%
2022-23	39.41% 0.41%	35.36% -0.64%	42.41% 1.41%
2023-24	35.00% -4.40%	31.01% -4.36%	38.99% -3.41%
Average	34.71%	35.10%	34.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.46% where the current academic year yield is 22.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.69%	24.82%	22.83%
2014-15	24.38% 0.70%	24.26% -0.56%	24.48% 1.65%
2015-16	22.39% -1.99%	23.30% -0.96%	21.78% -2.70%
2016-17	22.15% -0.23%	22.98% -0.32%	21.63% -0.16%
2017-18	21.39% -0.76%	22.97% -0.01%	20.52% -1.11%
2018-19	24.35% 2.96%	25.42% 2.45%	23.73% 3.21%
2019-20	25.45% 1.10%	26.96% 1.54%	24.55% 0.83%
2020-21	21.97% -3.48%	15.11% -11.85%	33.26% 8.70%
2021-22	25.00% 3.03%	26.00% 10.89%	23.98% -9.27%
2022-23	25.23% 0.23%	29.34% 3.34%	22.69% -1.29%
2023-24	22.01% -3.22%	22.97% -6.37%	21.01% -1.68%
Average	23.46%	24.01%	23.68%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,678, the average number of admitted is 3,690, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 865.

The number of Brandeis applicants increased by 13.76% (1,365 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,496	3,517	833
2014-15	10,004 5.35%	3,523 0.17%	859 3.12%
2015-16	10,528 5.24%	3,582 1.67%	802 -6.64%
2016-17	11,351 7.82%	3,796 5.97%	841 4.86%
2017-18	11,721 3.26%	4,011 5.66%	858 2.02%
2018-19	11,798 0.66%	3,675 -8.38%	895 4.31%
2019-20	11,343 -3.86%	3,391 -7.73%	863 -3.58%
2020-21	10,223 -9.87%	3,414 0.68%	750 -13.09%
2021-22	9,796 -4.18%	3,820 11.89%	955 27.33%
2022-23	9,917 1.24%	3,908 2.30%	986 3.25%
2023-24	11,282 13.76%	3,949 1.05%	869 -11.87%
Average	10,678	3,690	865

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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