Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bucknell

At Bucknell University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 31.85%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 32.00%. Bucknell's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.94%, and the 2024 yield is 29.01%.

The number of Bucknell applicants decreased by -5.95% (697 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 31.85%, and this year's acceptance rate is 32.00% at Bucknell University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 29.46% and women students' rate is 34.25%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	29.51%	26.89%	32.29%
2014-15	30.72% 1.21%	29.35% 2.46%	32.19% -0.10%
2015-16	24.78% -5.94%	23.26% -6.09%	26.34% -5.85%
2016-17	29.92% 5.14%	28.67% 5.41%	31.29% 4.95%
2017-18	31.08% 1.16%	28.65% -0.03%	33.79% 2.49%
2018-19	33.04% 1.96%	30.74% 2.09%	35.50% 1.71%
2019-20	34.23% 1.19%	31.47% 0.73%	37.24% 1.74%
2020-21	37.53% 3.30%	35.42% 3.94%	39.71% 2.47%
2021-22	35.00% -2.53%	31.00% -4.42%	38.00% -1.71%
2022-23	32.55% -2.45%	29.60% -1.40%	35.46% -2.54%
2023-24	32.00% -0.56%	29.00% -0.60%	35.00% -0.46%
Average	31.85%	29.46%	34.25%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.94% where the current academic year yield is 29.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.79%	40.78%	38.91%
2014-15	38.87% -0.92%	37.95% -2.83%	39.76% 0.85%
2015-16	34.51% -4.36%	35.35% -2.60%	33.75% -6.00%
2016-17	30.27% -4.24%	30.19% -5.16%	30.36% -3.40%
2017-18	30.53% 0.26%	30.70% 0.51%	30.37% 0.01%
2018-19	29.06% -1.47%	28.54% -2.15%	29.53% -0.84%
2019-20	28.61% -0.45%	28.40% -0.14%	28.79% -0.74%
2020-21	26.56% -2.04%	25.86% -2.54%	27.21% -1.58%
2021-22	26.00% -0.56%	28.03% 2.17%	25.00% -2.21%
2022-23	27.13% 1.13%	29.30% 1.27%	25.36% 0.36%
2023-24	29.01% 1.88%	29.02% -0.28%	30.03% 4.67%
Average	30.94%	31.28%	30.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,125, the average number of admitted is 3,229, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 976.

The number of Bucknell applicants decreased by -5.95% (697 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,947	2,345	933
2014-15	7,864 -1.04%	2,416 3.03%	939 0.64%
2015-16	10,967 39.46%	2,718 12.50%	938 -0.11%
2016-17	10,487 -4.38%	3,138 15.45%	950 1.28%
2017-18	10,253 -2.23%	3,187 1.56%	973 2.42%
2018-19	10,144 -1.06%	3,352 5.18%	974 0.10%
2019-20	9,845 -2.95%	3,370 0.54%	964 -1.03%
2020-21	9,890 0.46%	3,712 10.15%	986 2.28%
2021-22	11,263 13.88%	3,942 6.20%	1,025 3.96%
2022-23	11,707 3.94%	3,811 -3.32%	1,034 0.88%
2023-24	11,010 -5.95%	3,523 -7.56%	1,022 -1.16%
Average	10,125	3,229	976

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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