Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Canisius

At Canisius University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.02%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of Canisius applicants decreased by 0.39% (16 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.01% at Canisius University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.22% and women students' rate is 79.64%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.51%	73.24%	71.94%
2014-15	80.23% 7.72%	79.95% 6.71%	80.45% 8.51%
2015-16	86.98% 6.75%	87.02% 7.07%	86.95% 6.50%
2016-17	77.86% -9.12%	79.89% -7.13%	76.33% -10.62%
2017-18	78.19% 0.33%	79.39% -0.50%	77.22% 0.89%
2018-19	78.70% 0.51%	79.63% 0.24%	77.88% 0.66%
2019-20	82.70% 4.00%	84.20% 4.57%	81.55% 3.67%
2020-21	76.02% -6.68%	77.56% -6.64%	74.75% -6.80%
2021-22	81.00% 4.98%	78.98% 1.42%	82.98% 8.24%
2022-23	77.73% -3.27%	74.62% -4.36%	80.03% -2.95%
2023-24	82.01% 4.28%	76.99% 2.37%	86.02% 5.98%
Average	79.45%	79.22%	79.64%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.02% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.76%	22.85%	20.89%
2014-15	20.84% -0.93%	21.03% -1.82%	20.69% -0.20%
2015-16	16.53% -4.31%	16.99% -4.04%	16.15% -4.54%
2016-17	16.68% 0.16%	19.75% 2.76%	14.26% -1.88%
2017-18	15.76% -0.92%	17.90% -1.85%	14.00% -0.27%
2018-19	17.36% 1.61%	18.42% 0.52%	16.42% 2.42%
2019-20	19.58% 2.21%	21.49% 3.07%	18.06% 1.64%
2020-21	15.81% -3.77%	17.23% -4.26%	14.59% -3.47%
2021-22	15.01% -0.80%	15.97% -1.26%	14.99% 0.40%
2022-23	14.89% -0.13%	17.94% 1.98%	12.71% -2.28%
2023-24	13.00% -1.89%	15.01% -2.93%	10.99% -1.72%
Average	17.02%	18.60%	15.79%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,971, the average number of admitted is 3,152, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 534.

The number of Canisius applicants decreased by 0.39% (16 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,322	3,134	682
2014-15	3,667 -15.16%	2,942 -6.13%	613 -10.12%
2015-16	4,209 14.78%	3,661 24.44%	605 -1.31%
2016-17	4,620 9.76%	3,597 -1.75%	600 -0.83%
2017-18	4,488 -2.86%	3,509 -2.45%	553 -7.83%
2018-19	3,549 -20.92%	2,793 -20.40%	485 -12.30%
2019-20	3,422 -3.58%	2,830 1.32%	554 14.23%
2020-21	3,453 0.91%	2,625 -7.24%	415 -25.09%
2021-22	3,668 6.23%	2,971 13.18%	446 7.47%
2022-23	4,131 12.62%	3,211 8.08%	478 7.17%
2023-24	4,147 0.39%	3,401 5.92%	442 -7.53%
Average	3,971	3,152	534

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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