Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Carthage

At Carthage College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.09%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 13.45%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of Carthage applicants decreased by -0.84% (68 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.09%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Carthage College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.58% and women students' rate is 72.72%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	70.18%	70.35%	70.06%
2014-15	71.65% 1.46%	71.06% 0.71%	72.09% 2.04%
2015-16	70.24% -1.41%	69.95% -1.11%	70.45% -1.64%
2016-17	69.73% -0.51%	70.29% 0.34%	69.36% -1.09%
2017-18	67.87% -1.86%	67.96% -2.33%	67.81% -1.55%
2018-19	67.83% -0.04%	68.21% 0.25%	67.58% -0.23%
2019-20	68.00% 0.17%	67.32% -0.90%	68.38% 0.79%
2020-21	76.63% 8.63%	76.85% 9.53%	76.50% 8.12%
2021-22	76.00% -0.63%	70.01% -6.84%	80.00% 3.50%
2022-23	81.83% 5.83%	95.36% 25.35%	71.73% -8.27%
2023-24	84.00% 2.17%	81.99% -13.37%	86.00% 14.26%
Average	73.09%	73.58%	72.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 13.45% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.42%	16.82%	12.59%
2014-15	13.73% -0.69%	16.03% -0.79%	12.02% -0.57%
2015-16	14.94% 1.21%	17.76% 1.74%	12.94% 0.92%
2016-17	15.62% 0.68%	17.73% -0.03%	14.21% 1.27%
2017-18	13.61% -2.01%	15.65% -2.08%	12.31% -1.90%
2018-19	13.87% 0.27%	16.17% 0.53%	12.41% 0.11%
2019-20	14.40% 0.52%	17.37% 1.19%	12.76% 0.35%
2020-21	13.31% -1.09%	16.86% -0.50%	11.15% -1.62%
2021-22	12.00% -1.31%	12.00% -4.86%	12.00% 0.85%
2022-23	11.03% -0.97%	10.13% -1.87%	11.91% -0.08%
2023-24	11.00% -0.03%	11.01% 0.88%	11.99% 0.07%
Average	13.45%	15.23%	12.39%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,532, the average number of admitted is 5,520, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 732.

The number of Carthage applicants decreased by -0.84% (68 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,174	5,035	726
2014-15	7,167 -0.10%	5,135 1.99%	705 -2.89%
2015-16	7,168 0.01%	5,035 -1.95%	752 6.67%
2016-17	6,640 -7.37%	4,630 -8.04%	723 -3.86%
2017-18	7,678 15.63%	5,211 12.55%	709 -1.94%
2018-19	8,109 5.61%	5,500 5.55%	763 7.62%
2019-20	7,018 -13.45%	4,772 -13.24%	687 -9.96%
2020-21	7,099 1.15%	5,440 14.00%	724 5.39%
2021-22	8,639 21.69%	6,566 20.70%	788 8.84%
2022-23	8,112 -6.10%	6,638 1.10%	732 -7.11%
2023-24	8,044 -0.84%	6,757 1.79%	743 1.50%
Average	7,532	5,520	732

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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