Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Buena Vista

At Buena Vista University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.32%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Buena Vista University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.78%, and the 2024 yield is 19.96%.

The number of Buena Vista applicants decreased by -1.15% (18 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.32%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.02% at Buena Vista University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.64% and women students' rate is 64.33%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Buena Vista University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.55%	70.39%	68.81%
2014-15	67.89% -1.66%	68.13% -2.27%	67.63% -1.18%
2015-16	68.08% 0.19%	66.67% -1.46%	69.51% 1.88%
2016-17	63.69% -4.38%	65.53% -1.13%	61.74% -7.77%
2017-18	63.85% 0.15%	63.05% -2.48%	65.10% 3.36%
2018-19	57.13% -6.72%	63.73% 0.68%	48.61% -16.49%
2019-20	57.35% 0.22%	55.37% -8.36%	59.18% 10.57%
2020-21	55.68% -1.67%	58.53% 3.16%	51.79% -7.39%
2021-22	65.98% 10.30%	66.04% 7.51%	66.06% 14.28%
2022-23	77.27% 11.29%	77.61% 11.57%	78.18% 12.11%
2023-24	72.02% -5.25%	77.94% 0.33%	71.04% -7.14%
Average	65.32%	66.64%	64.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.78% where the current academic year yield is 19.96%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.45%	27.47%	27.43%
2014-15	24.13% -3.32%	23.85% -3.61%	24.43% -3.00%
2015-16	23.88% -0.25%	26.41% 2.55%	21.40% -3.03%
2016-17	22.88% -1.00%	24.76% -1.64%	20.74% -0.65%
2017-18	21.53% -1.35%	23.51% -1.26%	18.50% -2.25%
2018-19	17.12% -4.41%	14.23% -9.28%	22.02% 3.52%
2019-20	19.09% 1.97%	22.44% 8.21%	16.20% -5.81%
2020-21	23.02% 3.93%	20.70% -1.75%	26.60% 10.39%
2021-22	20.97% -2.04%	20.98% 0.28%	19.92% -6.68%
2022-23	19.55% -1.42%	20.26% -0.72%	19.43% -0.49%
2023-24	19.96% 0.41%	19.92% -0.34%	20.03% 0.60%
Average	21.78%	22.23%	21.52%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,594, the average number of admitted is 1,031, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 222.

The number of Buena Vista applicants decreased by -1.15% (18 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,409	980	269
2014-15	1,227 -12.92%	833 -15.00%	201 -25.28%
2015-16	1,372 11.82%	934 12.12%	223 10.95%
2016-17	1,256 -8.45%	800 -14.35%	183 -17.94%
2017-18	1,477 17.60%	943 17.88%	203 10.93%
2018-19	2,055 39.13%	1,174 24.50%	201 -0.99%
2019-20	2,101 2.24%	1,205 2.64%	230 14.43%
2020-21	1,787 -14.95%	995 -17.43%	229 -0.43%
2021-22	1,749 -2.13%	1,154 15.98%	242 5.68%
2022-23	1,562 -10.69%	1,207 4.59%	236 -2.48%
2023-24	1,544 -1.15%	1,112 -7.87%	222 -5.93%
Average	1,594	1,031	222

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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