Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Colby-Sawyer

At Colby-Sawyer College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 88.13%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Colby-Sawyer College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 13.09%, and the 2024 yield is 11.99%.

The number of Colby-Sawyer applicants decreased by -11.08% (194 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 88.13%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.98% at Colby-Sawyer College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.34% and women students' rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Colby-Sawyer College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	83.12%	74.89%	87.30%
2014-15	90.56% 7.44%	85.48% 10.59%	93.15% 5.85%
2015-16	90.19% -0.36%	85.64% 0.16%	92.64% -0.51%
2016-17	87.03% -3.16%	81.98% -3.66%	89.63% -3.01%
2017-18	87.27% 0.24%	81.90% -0.08%	90.32% 0.69%
2018-19	89.63% 2.36%	84.40% 2.50%	92.33% 2.00%
2019-20	89.61% -0.02%	82.57% -1.83%	92.88% 0.56%
2020-21	91.00% 1.38%	84.89% 2.32%	93.54% 0.66%
2021-22	93.02% 2.02%	87.96% 3.06%	95.00% 1.45%
2022-23	78.01% -15.00%	69.95% -18.01%	82.20% -12.79%
2023-24	89.98% 11.97%	86.06% 16.11%	92.00% 9.79%
Average	88.13%	82.34%	91.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 13.09% where the current academic year yield is 11.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.90%	15.26%	14.75%
2014-15	12.42% -2.47%	12.50% -2.76%	12.39% -2.36%
2015-16	13.68% 1.26%	13.69% 1.19%	13.67% 1.29%
2016-17	14.67% 0.99%	11.17% -2.52%	16.33% 2.65%
2017-18	12.26% -2.41%	10.92% -0.25%	12.95% -3.38%
2018-19	10.54% -1.72%	9.80% -1.12%	10.88% -2.07%
2019-20	11.01% 0.47%	9.56% -0.25%	11.61% 0.72%
2020-21	13.62% 2.61%	9.32% -0.24%	15.25% 3.64%
2021-22	15.02% 1.40%	17.01% 7.69%	14.02% -1.23%
2022-23	13.91% -1.11%	16.95% -0.07%	12.57% -1.45%
2023-24	11.99% -1.92%	11.97% -4.97%	13.00% 0.43%
Average	13.09%	12.56%	13.40%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,297, the average number of admitted is 2,022, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 263.

The number of Colby-Sawyer applicants decreased by -11.08% (194 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,400	2,826	421
2014-15	2,933 -13.74%	2,656 -6.02%	330 -21.62%
2015-16	2,172 -25.95%	1,959 -26.24%	268 -18.79%
2016-17	1,989 -8.43%	1,731 -11.64%	254 -5.22%
2017-18	2,561 28.76%	2,235 29.12%	274 7.87%
2018-19	2,488 -2.85%	2,230 -0.22%	235 -14.23%
2019-20	2,676 7.56%	2,398 7.53%	264 12.34%
2020-21	1,888 -29.45%	1,718 -28.36%	234 -11.36%
2021-22	1,847 -2.17%	1,718	258 10.26%
2022-23	1,751 -5.20%	1,366 -20.49%	190 -26.36%
2023-24	1,557 -11.08%	1,401 2.56%	168 -11.58%
Average	2,297	2,022	263

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