Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at California Lutheran

At California Lutheran University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. California Lutheran's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.63%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of California Lutheran applicants increased by 2.72% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at California Lutheran University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.91% and women students' rate is 72.86%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.02%	46.85%	49.00%
2014-15	60.97% 12.95%	57.22% 10.37%	63.84% 14.84%
2015-16	61.56% 0.59%	59.48% 2.26%	63.01% -0.83%
2016-17	64.19% 2.63%	61.50% 2.02%	66.04% 3.03%
2017-18	72.75% 8.55%	69.16% 7.66%	75.43% 9.39%
2018-19	71.47% -1.28%	68.93% -0.23%	73.36% -2.07%
2019-20	71.42% -0.05%	68.78% -0.15%	73.31% -0.05%
2020-21	74.39% 2.97%	72.74% 3.96%	75.62% 2.30%
2021-22	82.01% 7.62%	79.00% 6.26%	83.99% 8.37%
2022-23	87.18% 5.18%	86.35% 7.35%	87.82% 3.83%
2023-24	89.00% 1.81%	88.02% 1.66%	90.00% 2.18%
Average	71.18%	68.91%	72.86%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.63% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.25%	16.80%	15.81%
2014-15	14.05% -2.20%	13.92% -2.88%	14.14% -1.67%
2015-16	14.71% 0.66%	13.97% 0.05%	15.20% 1.06%
2016-17	16.53% 1.82%	17.56% 3.59%	15.87% 0.67%
2017-18	15.31% -1.21%	14.80% -2.76%	15.67% -0.20%
2018-19	16.57% 1.25%	18.67% 3.86%	15.10% -0.57%
2019-20	14.67% -1.89%	17.04% -1.62%	13.07% -2.03%
2020-21	12.46% -2.21%	13.59% -3.45%	11.65% -1.42%
2021-22	15.00% 2.54%	14.98% 1.39%	15.01% 3.36%
2022-23	13.41% -1.59%	14.46% -0.52%	12.62% -2.39%
2023-24	12.00% -1.41%	13.00% -1.45%	10.99% -1.63%
Average	14.63%	15.35%	14.10%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,747, the average number of admitted is 4,016, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 584.

The number of California Lutheran applicants increased by 2.72% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,920	3,323	540
2014-15	6,490 -6.21%	3,957 19.08%	556 2.96%
2015-16	6,569 1.22%	4,044 2.20%	595 7.01%
2016-17	6,013 -8.46%	3,860 -4.55%	638 7.23%
2017-18	5,251 -12.67%	3,820 -1.04%	585 -8.31%
2018-19	5,752 9.54%	4,111 7.62%	681 16.41%
2019-20	6,175 7.35%	4,410 7.27%	647 -4.99%
2020-21	5,568 -9.83%	4,142 -6.08%	516 -20.25%
2021-22	4,041 -27.42%	3,314 -19.99%	497 -3.68%
2022-23	5,150 27.44%	4,490 35.49%	602 21.13%
2023-24	5,290 2.72%	4,708 4.86%	565 -6.15%
Average	5,747	4,016	584

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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