Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Colby

At Colby College, the average acceptance rate over the past 8 years is 16.81%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.27%. Colby's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 4 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.98%, and the 2021 yield is 39.58%.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 16.81%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.27% at Colby College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 16.32% and women students' rate is 17.24%.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	26.04%	24.74%	27.21%
2014-15	28.05% 2.01%	25.86% 1.12%	30.04% 2.84%
2015-16	22.52% -5.53%	22.04% -3.81%	22.95% -7.10%
2016-17	18.71% -3.81%	18.99% -3.05%	18.49% -4.46%
2017-18	15.79% -2.92%	16.19% -2.80%	15.43% -3.05%
2018-19	13.06% -2.73%	12.30% -3.90%	13.73% -1.70%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	10.27% -	10.48% -	10.10% -
Average	16.81%	16.32%	17.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 8 years is 28.98% where the current academic year yield is 39.58%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Colby College from 2013 to 2021.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.30%	38.45%	30.93%
2014-15	33.24% -1.06%	35.33% -3.12%	31.60% 0.68%
2015-16	29.71% -3.53%	31.68% -3.65%	28.03% -3.57%
2016-17	27.72% -1.99%	27.84% -3.84%	27.61% -0.42%
2017-18	31.24% 3.52%	32.08% 4.24%	30.45% 2.84%
2018-19	36.07% 4.83%	38.68% 6.59%	34.00% 3.55%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	39.58% -	43.11% -	36.48% -
Average	28.98%	30.90%	27.39%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,176, the average number of admitted is 1,401, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 460.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,407	1,408	483
2014-15	5,148 -4.79%	1,444 2.56%	480 -0.62%
2015-16	7,593 47.49%	1,710 18.42%	508 5.83%
2016-17	9,833 29.50%	1,840 7.60%	510 0.39%
2017-18	11,190 13.80%	1,767 -3.97%	552 8.24%
2018-19	12,313 10.04%	1,608 -9.00%	580 5.07%
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	13,922-	1,430-	566-
Average	8,176	1,401	460

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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