Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Chatham

At Chatham University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 69.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.02%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of Chatham applicants increased by 18.64% (655 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 69.99% at Chatham University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 50.96% and women students' rate is 62.82%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.77%	0.00%	60.77%
2014-15	52.31% -8.46%	47.37% 47.37%	52.47% -8.31%
2015-16	54.83% 2.52%	52.06% 4.69%	56.18% 3.71%
2016-17	52.75% -2.08%	49.04% -3.02%	54.45% -1.73%
2017-18	54.55% 1.80%	48.19% -0.85%	56.93% 2.48%
2018-19	55.38% 0.83%	50.06% 1.87%	57.61% 0.67%
2019-20	62.19% 6.81%	54.73% 4.67%	65.45% 7.85%
2020-21	66.19% 4.00%	60.96% 6.22%	68.34% 2.88%
2021-22	72.99% 6.80%	63.02% 2.06%	76.99% 8.65%
2022-23	66.33% -6.65%	56.17% -6.85%	71.78% -5.21%
2023-24	69.99% 3.66%	79.00% 22.82%	70.01% -1.77%
Average	60.75%	50.96%	62.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.02% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.48%	0.00%	25.48%
2014-15	31.71% 6.22%	11.11% 11.11%	32.29% 6.80%
2015-16	25.83% -5.88%	23.32% 12.21%	26.95% -5.34%
2016-17	19.09% -6.73%	17.97% -5.35%	19.50% -7.45%
2017-18	23.34% 4.24%	30.38% 12.41%	21.10% 1.60%
2018-19	18.18% -5.15%	22.06% -8.32%	16.77% -4.33%
2019-20	19.82% 1.64%	20.85% -1.21%	19.44% 2.67%
2020-21	15.68% -4.14%	15.06% -5.80%	15.91% -3.53%
2021-22	17.00% 1.32%	15.90% 0.85%	17.01% 1.10%
2022-23	13.13% -3.87%	14.85% -1.06%	12.42% -4.59%
2023-24	11.00% -2.13%	11.01% -3.84%	12.02% -0.40%
Average	20.02%	16.59%	19.90%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,305, the average number of admitted is 1,449, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 249.

The number of Chatham applicants increased by 18.64% (655 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	594	361	92
2014-15	627 5.56%	328 -9.14%	104 13.04%
2015-16	1,490 137.64%	817 149.09%	211 102.88%
2016-17	1,926 29.26%	1,016 24.36%	194 -8.06%
2017-18	2,231 15.84%	1,217 19.78%	284 46.39%
2018-19	2,761 23.76%	1,529 25.64%	278 -2.11%
2019-20	2,531 -8.33%	1,574 2.94%	312 12.23%
2020-21	2,505 -1.03%	1,658 5.34%	260 -16.67%
2021-22	3,006 20.00%	2,194 32.33%	373 43.46%
2022-23	3,514 16.90%	2,331 6.24%	306 -17.96%
2023-24	4,169 18.64%	2,918 25.18%	321 4.90%
Average	2,305	1,449	249

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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