Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Carleton

At Carleton College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 20.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 22.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Carleton College than the previous year. Carleton College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.76%, and the 2024 yield is 36.99%.

The number of Carleton applicants decreased by -24.69% (2,119 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 20.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 22.00% at Carleton College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 21.07% and women students' rate is 19.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Carleton College than the previous year. Carleton College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	20.95%	22.63%	19.59%
2014-15	22.77% 1.82%	25.49% 2.86%	20.65% 1.06%
2015-16	20.65% -2.12%	22.13% -3.36%	19.46% -1.19%
2016-17	22.62% 1.97%	24.23% 2.10%	21.34% 1.87%
2017-18	21.20% -1.42%	22.29% -1.93%	20.30% -1.03%
2018-19	19.84% -1.36%	19.35% -2.95%	20.29% -0.01%
2019-20	19.13% -0.71%	19.10% -0.24%	19.15% -1.14%
2020-21	21.18% 2.06%	20.95% 1.85%	21.40% 2.25%
2021-22	18.00% -3.18%	18.00% -2.95%	17.00% -4.40%
2022-23	16.63% -1.38%	16.59% -1.41%	16.66% -0.35%
2023-24	22.00% 5.37%	21.00% 4.41%	24.00% 7.35%
Average	20.45%	21.07%	19.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 36.76% where the current academic year yield is 36.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.70%	36.33%	35.12%
2014-15	36.33% 0.63%	36.08% -0.25%	36.58% 1.45%
2015-16	35.37% -0.96%	36.56% 0.48%	34.30% -2.28%
2016-17	38.65% 3.28%	41.69% 5.13%	35.89% 1.59%
2017-18	37.88% -0.77%	38.02% -3.68%	37.76% 1.87%
2018-19	37.60% -0.28%	40.24% 2.23%	35.29% -2.47%
2019-20	37.47% -0.12%	37.04% -3.20%	37.88% 2.60%
2020-21	31.03% -6.45%	32.15% -4.89%	29.99% -7.90%
2021-22	40.00% 8.97%	40.96% 8.81%	38.94% 8.95%
2022-23	37.28% -2.72%	39.47% -1.49%	35.29% -3.64%
2023-24	36.99% -0.29%	38.95% -0.52%	36.06% 0.76%
Average	36.76%	37.95%	35.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,029, the average number of admitted is 1,426, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 524.

The number of Carleton applicants decreased by -24.69% (2,119 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,045	1,476	527
2014-15	6,297 -10.62%	1,434 -2.85%	521 -1.14%
2015-16	6,722 6.75%	1,388 -3.21%	491 -5.76%
2016-17	6,485 -3.53%	1,467 5.69%	567 15.48%
2017-18	6,499 0.22%	1,378 -6.07%	522 -7.94%
2018-19	7,092 9.12%	1,407 2.10%	529 1.34%
2019-20	7,324 3.27%	1,401 -0.43%	525 -0.76%
2020-21	6,892 -5.90%	1,460 4.21%	453 -13.71%
2021-22	7,915 14.84%	1,425 -2.40%	570 25.83%
2022-23	8,583 8.44%	1,427 0.14%	532 -6.67%
2023-24	6,464 -24.69%	1,422 -0.35%	526 -1.13%
Average	7,029	1,426	524

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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