Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bridgewater

At Bridgewater College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.69%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.69%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Bridgewater applicants increased by 17.11% (582 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.69%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.99% at Bridgewater College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.59% and women students' rate is 66.57%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	54.93%	54.37%	55.36%
2014-15	47.82% -7.11%	46.68% -7.70%	48.57% -6.79%
2015-16	49.27% 1.45%	48.06% 1.38%	50.11% 1.53%
2016-17	52.75% 3.48%	51.04% 2.98%	53.84% 3.73%
2017-18	51.98% -0.77%	52.68% 1.64%	51.59% -2.25%
2018-19	66.08% 14.10%	65.21% 12.53%	66.58% 14.99%
2019-20	67.29% 1.20%	65.85% 0.64%	68.13% 1.55%
2020-21	76.14% 8.85%	73.35% 7.50%	78.67% 10.54%
2021-22	75.00% -1.14%	73.00% -0.34%	77.02% -1.65%
2022-23	90.36% 15.36%	90.28% 17.28%	90.43% 13.41%
2023-24	90.99% 0.63%	90.01% -0.27%	92.02% 1.59%
Average	65.69%	64.59%	66.57%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.69% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.07%	19.01%	17.36%
2014-15	16.54% -1.52%	20.61% 1.61%	13.96% -3.40%
2015-16	15.31% -1.24%	18.09% -2.53%	13.47% -0.49%
2016-17	15.19% -0.11%	18.66% 0.57%	13.13% -0.34%
2017-18	14.19% -1.01%	17.20% -1.45%	12.47% -0.66%
2018-19	14.04% -0.15%	17.39% 0.18%	12.17% -0.30%
2019-20	11.53% -2.51%	15.52% -1.86%	9.27% -2.90%
2020-21	14.97% 3.45%	16.93% 1.40%	13.32% 4.06%
2021-22	16.02% 1.04%	15.97% -0.95%	14.99% 1.67%
2022-23	13.73% -2.29%	15.80% -0.17%	11.88% -3.12%
2023-24	12.00% -1.73%	12.98% -2.83%	11.02% -0.86%
Average	14.69%	17.10%	13.00%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,507, the average number of admitted is 3,422, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 496.

The number of Bridgewater applicants increased by 17.11% (582 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,401	2,967	536
2014-15	6,169 14.22%	2,950 -0.57%	488 -8.96%
2015-16	7,187 16.50%	3,541 20.03%	542 11.07%
2016-17	7,486 4.16%	3,949 11.52%	600 10.70%
2017-18	7,241 -3.27%	3,764 -4.68%	534 -11.00%
2018-19	6,360 -12.17%	4,203 11.66%	590 10.49%
2019-20	6,279 -1.27%	4,225 0.52%	487 -17.46%
2020-21	3,684 -41.33%	2,805 -33.61%	420 -13.76%
2021-22	3,388 -8.03%	2,541 -9.41%	407 -3.10%
2022-23	3,402 0.41%	3,074 20.98%	422 3.69%
2023-24	3,984 17.11%	3,625 17.92%	435 3.08%
Average	5,507	3,422	496

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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