Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Butler

At Butler University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.51%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. Butler's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 6 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.33%, and the 2024 yield is 14.01%.

The number of Butler applicants decreased by -29.55% (3,955 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.51%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at Butler University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.05% and women students' rate is 74.55%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.10%	61.77%	69.31%
2014-15	68.46% 2.36%	65.93% 4.16%	70.44% 1.14%
2015-16	70.43% 1.97%	68.48% 2.55%	71.89% 1.45%
2016-17	72.71% 2.27%	70.97% 2.49%	73.97% 2.08%
2017-18	65.13% -7.57%	63.11% -7.86%	66.63% -7.34%
2018-19	67.83% 2.70%	66.61% 3.51%	68.75% 2.11%
2019-20	73.17% 5.34%	73.13% 6.52%	73.20% 4.46%
2020-21	75.69% 2.52%	76.44% 3.31%	75.14% 1.94%
2021-22	81.00% 5.31%	80.00% 3.55%	81.00% 5.86%
2022-23	82.06% 1.07%	81.12% 1.12%	82.74% 1.74%
2023-24	86.00% 3.94%	84.99% 3.88%	87.00% 4.26%
Average	73.51%	72.05%	74.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.33% where the current academic year yield is 14.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.41%	15.41%	17.07%
2014-15	14.05% -2.36%	14.28% -1.13%	13.89% -3.18%
2015-16	14.64% 0.58%	14.04% -0.24%	15.06% 1.18%
2016-17	13.35% -1.28%	13.02% -1.02%	13.58% -1.48%
2017-18	11.06% -2.30%	10.18% -2.85%	11.68% -1.91%
2018-19	11.91% 0.85%	11.85% 1.67%	11.95% 0.27%
2019-20	10.24% -1.66%	9.70% -2.15%	10.64% -1.31%
2020-21	10.00% -0.25%	9.30% -0.40%	10.52% -0.13%
2021-22	9.00% -1.00%	9.00% -0.30%	9.01% -1.51%
2022-23	10.92% 1.93%	11.53% 2.53%	10.50% 1.50%
2023-24	14.01% 3.08%	13.99% 2.46%	15.01% 4.51%
Average	12.33%	12.03%	12.63%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 12,821, the average number of admitted is 9,422, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,120.

The number of Butler applicants decreased by -29.55% (3,955 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,357	6,185	1,015
2014-15	10,103 7.97%	6,917 11.84%	972 -4.24%
2015-16	9,943 -1.58%	7,003 1.24%	1,025 5.45%
2016-17	12,937 30.11%	9,406 34.31%	1,256 22.54%
2017-18	14,635 13.13%	9,532 1.34%	1,054 -16.08%
2018-19	16,418 12.18%	11,137 16.84%	1,326 25.81%
2019-20	14,891 -9.30%	10,896 -2.16%	1,116 -15.84%
2020-21	14,592 -2.01%	11,045 1.37%	1,104 -1.08%
2021-22	15,340 5.13%	12,425 12.49%	1,118 1.27%
2022-23	13,386 -12.74%	10,985 -11.59%	1,200 7.33%
2023-24	9,431 -29.55%	8,111 -26.16%	1,136 -5.33%
Average	12,821	9,422	1,120

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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