Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Carlow

At Carlow University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 89.93%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.03%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Carlow University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.81%, and the 2024 yield is 20.02%.

The number of Carlow applicants increased by 17.97% (202 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 89.93%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.03% at Carlow University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.07% and women students' rate is 91.06%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Carlow University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	95.22%	91.89%	95.60%
2014-15	90.70% -4.51%	81.25% -10.64%	92.29% -3.31%
2015-16	80.74% -9.96%	78.52% -2.73%	81.11% -11.18%
2016-17	86.35% 5.61%	80.45% 1.93%	87.07% 5.96%
2017-18	91.64% 5.29%	87.12% 6.67%	92.44% 5.37%
2018-19	86.64% -5.00%	79.11% -8.01%	88.24% -4.20%
2019-20	91.82% 5.18%	82.50% 3.39%	93.68% 5.43%
2020-21	94.46% 2.64%	89.29% 6.79%	95.54% 1.86%
2021-22	91.95% -2.51%	83.77% -5.52%	94.02% -1.52%
2022-23	92.70% 0.75%	88.89% 5.12%	93.66% -0.36%
2023-24	87.03% -5.68%	81.95% -6.93%	88.02% -5.64%
Average	89.93%	84.07%	91.06%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.81% where the current academic year yield is 20.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.34%	20.59%	33.98%
2014-15	34.05% 1.71%	32.05% 11.46%	34.35% 0.36%
2015-16	29.23% -4.82%	25.47% -6.58%	29.83% -4.51%
2016-17	31.32% 2.10%	33.64% 8.17%	31.06% 1.23%
2017-18	30.13% -1.20%	34.78% 1.14%	29.34% -1.71%
2018-19	31.75% 1.62%	36.00% 1.22%	30.93% 1.59%
2019-20	24.62% -7.13%	31.31% -4.69%	23.45% -7.49%
2020-21	34.36% 9.74%	33.00% 1.69%	34.63% 11.18%
2021-22	18.96% -15.41%	16.25% -16.75%	19.95% -14.68%
2022-23	19.10% 0.14%	22.00% 5.75%	18.41% -1.54%
2023-24	20.02% 0.92%	15.14% -6.86%	21.01% 2.60%
Average	27.81%	27.29%	27.90%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 884, the average number of admitted is 792, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 212.

The number of Carlow applicants increased by 17.97% (202 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	669	637	206
2014-15	667 -0.30%	605 -5.02%	206
2015-16	945 41.68%	763 26.12%	223 8.25%
2016-17	806 -14.71%	696 -8.78%	218 -2.24%
2017-18	873 8.31%	800 14.94%	241 10.55%
2018-19	898 2.86%	778 -2.75%	247 2.49%
2019-20	721 -19.71%	662 -14.91%	163 -34.01%
2020-21	650 -9.85%	614 -7.25%	211 29.45%
2021-22	1,044 60.62%	960 56.35%	182 -13.74%
2022-23	1,124 7.66%	1,042 8.54%	199 9.34%
2023-24	1,326 17.97%	1,154 10.75%	231 16.08%
Average	884	792	212

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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