Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Cornell

At Cornell College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.88%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.95%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Cornell applicants decreased by 0.98% (30 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.88%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.98% at Cornell College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.89% and women students' rate is 74.70%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.11%	64.12%	64.10%
2014-15	73.63% 9.52%	71.80% 7.68%	75.44% 11.34%
2015-16	70.45% -3.17%	68.39% -3.41%	72.67% -2.77%
2016-17	70.94% 0.49%	68.21% -0.19%	73.87% 1.20%
2017-18	65.03% -5.92%	59.06% -9.15%	70.92% -2.95%
2018-19	61.02% -4.01%	58.03% -1.03%	64.12% -6.80%
2019-20	61.77% 0.75%	58.98% 0.95%	64.07% -0.05%
2020-21	82.41% 20.64%	78.97% 19.99%	85.17% 21.10%
2021-22	80.99% -1.41%	75.98% -2.99%	85.98% 0.80%
2022-23	79.33% -1.67%	76.19% 0.21%	82.39% -3.58%
2023-24	80.98% 1.66%	78.03% 1.84%	83.01% 0.62%
Average	71.88%	68.89%	74.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.95% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.47%	18.34%	18.58%
2014-15	18.65% 0.18%	19.12% 0.79%	18.21% -0.37%
2015-16	20.23% 1.58%	22.16% 3.03%	18.29% 0.08%
2016-17	20.59% 0.35%	20.49% -1.67%	20.68% 2.40%
2017-18	20.27% -0.32%	22.46% 1.96%	18.47% -2.21%
2018-19	19.16% -1.11%	21.66% -0.80%	16.81% -1.66%
2019-20	14.02% -5.14%	18.29% -3.37%	10.78% -6.04%
2020-21	13.46% -0.56%	16.09% -2.20%	11.50% 0.72%
2021-22	16.02% 2.56%	16.96% 0.88%	15.03% 3.53%
2022-23	13.57% -2.45%	15.71% -1.25%	11.63% -3.40%
2023-24	12.00% -1.57%	14.04% -1.68%	8.99% -2.63%
Average	16.95%	18.66%	15.36%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,504, the average number of admitted is 1,810, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 295.

The number of Cornell applicants decreased by 0.98% (30 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,204	1,413	261
2014-15	1,915 -13.11%	1,410 -0.21%	263 0.77%
2015-16	1,936 1.10%	1,364 -3.26%	276 4.94%
2016-17	1,965 1.50%	1,394 2.20%	287 3.99%
2017-18	2,276 15.83%	1,480 6.17%	300 4.53%
2018-19	2,532 11.25%	1,545 4.39%	296 -1.33%
2019-20	3,118 23.14%	1,926 24.66%	270 -8.78%
2020-21	2,615 -16.13%	2,155 11.89%	290 7.41%
2021-22	2,836 8.45%	2,297 6.59%	368 26.90%
2022-23	3,057 7.79%	2,425 5.57%	329 -10.60%
2023-24	3,087 0.98%	2,500 3.09%	300 -8.81%
Average	2,504	1,810	295

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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