Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Central Penn

At Central Penn College, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 73.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 25.93%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Penn College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Central Penn College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 46.98%, and the 2024 yield is 61.04%.

The number of Central Penn applicants decreased by -16.22% (115 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 25.93% at Central Penn College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.09% and women students' rate is 72.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Central Penn College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Central Penn College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Central Penn College over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2015-16	97.08%	97.40%	97.42%
2016-17	98.55% 1.47%	97.73% 0.33%	99.09% 1.67%
2017-18	78.90% -19.65%	77.30% -20.43%	79.85% -19.24%
2018-19	72.40% -6.50%	71.84% -5.46%	72.73% -7.13%
2019-20	84.34% 11.94%	85.84% 14.00%	83.33% 10.61%
2020-21	82.85% -1.49%	88.07% 2.23%	79.88% -3.46%
2021-22	89.07% 6.22%	90.36% 2.29%	87.80% 7.93%
2022-23	33.99% -55.08%	36.05% -54.31%	32.91% -54.90%
2023-24	25.93% -8.07%	40.24% 4.19%	23.89% -9.02%
Average	73.68%	76.09%	72.99%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 46.98% where the current academic year yield is 61.04%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Central Penn College from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	42.48%	49.73%	38.89%
2016-17	43.91% 1.43%	46.98% -2.76%	41.90% 3.01%
2017-18	47.67% 3.76%	42.86% -4.12%	50.46% 8.56%
2018-19	52.48% 4.80%	52.70% 9.85%	52.34% 1.89%
2019-20	44.30% -8.17%	45.36% -7.34%	43.57% -8.77%
2020-21	34.36% -9.94%	40.63% -4.74%	29.77% -13.80%
2021-22	36.82% 2.46%	42.67% 2.04%	34.03% 4.26%
2022-23	59.75% 22.93%	73.81% 31.14%	51.61% 17.59%
2023-24	61.04% 1.29%	69.70% -4.11%	54.65% 3.04%
Average	46.98%	51.60%	44.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 439, the average number of admitted is 304, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 139.

The number of Central Penn applicants decreased by -16.22% (115 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Central Penn College from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2015-16	582	565	240
2016-17	550 -5.50%	542 -4.07%	238 -0.83%
2017-18	436 -20.73%	344 -36.53%	164 -31.09%
2018-19	279 -36.01%	202 -41.28%	106 -35.37%
2019-20	281 0.72%	237 17.33%	105 -0.94%
2020-21	274 -2.49%	227 -4.22%	78 -25.71%
2021-22	247 -9.85%	220 -3.08%	81 3.85%
2022-23	709 187.04%	241 9.55%	144 77.78%
2023-24	594 -16.22%	154 -36.10%	94 -34.72%
Average	439	304	139

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Central Penn College and similar schools.