Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at DBU

At Dallas Baptist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.62%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. DBU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.46%, and the 2024 yield is 8.00%.

The number of DBU applicants decreased by -5.88% (501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.62%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Dallas Baptist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 68.90% and women students' rate is 70.12%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	42.30%	43.04%	41.79%
2014-15	46.21% 3.91%	44.44% 1.40%	47.37% 5.58%
2015-16	41.91% -4.30%	41.07% -3.38%	42.45% -4.92%
2016-17	43.11% 1.20%	40.69% -0.38%	44.72% 2.27%
2017-18	39.42% -3.70%	37.42% -3.27%	40.66% -4.05%
2018-19	88.07% 48.65%	88.04% 50.62%	88.08% 47.42%
2019-20	89.85% 1.78%	89.85% 1.81%	89.85% 1.77%
2020-21	98.58% 8.73%	98.57% 8.71%	98.58% 8.73%
2021-22	94.00% -4.58%	94.01% -4.56%	93.99% -4.59%
2022-23	91.37% -2.63%	90.72% -3.29%	91.86% -2.13%
2023-24	91.00% -0.38%	90.01% -0.71%	92.00% 0.14%
Average	69.62%	68.90%	70.12%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.46% where the current academic year yield is 8.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	44.20%	43.97%	44.38%
2014-15	38.35% -5.85%	41.60% -2.37%	36.38% -8.00%
2015-16	40.37% 2.02%	39.23% -2.37%	41.07% 4.69%
2016-17	37.51% -2.86%	40.26% 1.03%	35.84% -5.22%
2017-18	36.34% -1.17%	35.54% -4.72%	36.80% 0.95%
2018-19	22.57% -13.77%	25.43% -10.11%	20.98% -15.82%
2019-20	19.64% -2.93%	19.78% -5.65%	19.56% -1.42%
2020-21	13.28% -6.36%	14.73% -5.06%	12.54% -7.02%
2021-22	11.00% -2.29%	11.99% -2.73%	10.01% -2.53%
2022-23	8.83% -2.17%	9.79% -2.21%	8.33% -1.69%
2023-24	8.00% -0.82%	8.98% -0.80%	7.00% -1.32%
Average	25.46%	26.48%	24.81%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,505, the average number of admitted is 3,462, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 570.

The number of DBU applicants decreased by -5.88% (501 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,631	1,113	492
2014-15	2,787 5.93%	1,288 15.72%	494 0.41%
2015-16	2,949 5.81%	1,236 -4.04%	499 1.01%
2016-17	3,259 10.51%	1,405 13.67%	527 5.61%
2017-18	3,770 15.68%	1,486 5.77%	540 2.47%
2018-19	2,757 -26.87%	2,428 63.39%	548 1.48%
2019-20	3,241 17.56%	2,912 19.93%	572 4.38%
2020-21	4,704 45.14%	4,637 59.24%	616 7.69%
2021-22	6,916 47.02%	6,501 40.20%	715 16.07%
2022-23	8,519 23.18%	7,784 19.74%	687 -3.92%
2023-24	8,018 -5.88%	7,296 -6.27%	584 -14.99%
Average	4,505	3,462	570

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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