Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Davidson

At Davidson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 19.66%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 14.01%. Davidson's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Davidson College than the previous year. Davidson College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 45.68%, and the 2024 yield is 48.98%.

The number of Davidson applicants increased by 13.40% (868 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 19.66%, and this year's acceptance rate is 14.01% at Davidson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 20.77% and women students' rate is 18.89%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Davidson College than the previous year. Davidson College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	25.61%	29.05%	22.94%
2014-15	21.67% -3.93%	25.77% -3.28%	18.67% -4.27%
2015-16	22.13% 0.46%	23.02% -2.74%	21.35% 2.68%
2016-17	20.11% -2.02%	22.16% -0.86%	18.52% -2.84%
2017-18	20.24% 0.12%	21.44% -0.72%	19.28% 0.76%
2018-19	19.50% -0.74%	19.88% -1.56%	19.18% -0.10%
2019-20	18.05% -1.44%	18.02% -1.87%	18.08% -1.09%
2020-21	20.00% 1.94%	20.61% 2.59%	19.51% 1.42%
2021-22	18.00% -2.00%	18.00% -2.61%	18.00% -1.51%
2022-23	16.95% -1.05%	16.57% -1.43%	17.29% -0.71%
2023-24	14.01% -2.94%	13.99% -2.58%	15.01% -2.28%
Average	19.66%	20.77%	18.89%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 45.68% where the current academic year yield is 48.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.75%	37.94%	41.53%
2014-15	41.66% 1.91%	40.26% 2.33%	43.07% 1.54%
2015-16	42.82% 1.16%	46.18% 5.92%	39.67% -3.40%
2016-17	45.49% 2.67%	47.25% 1.07%	43.84% 4.16%
2017-18	45.21% -0.28%	49.81% 2.56%	41.15% -2.69%
2018-19	46.15% 0.94%	48.45% -1.36%	44.17% 3.02%
2019-20	48.80% 2.65%	51.12% 2.67%	46.86% 2.69%
2020-21	46.26% -2.53%	46.50% -4.62%	46.07% -0.79%
2021-22	48.01% 1.75%	49.05% 2.55%	46.98% 0.92%
2022-23	49.36% 1.35%	49.02% -0.04%	49.66% 2.68%
2023-24	48.98% -0.38%	49.08% 0.07%	48.96% -0.70%
Average	45.68%	46.79%	44.72%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,870, the average number of admitted is 1,136, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 517.

The number of Davidson applicants increased by 13.40% (868 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,745	1,215	483
2014-15	5,560 17.18%	1,205 -0.82%	502 3.93%
2015-16	5,382 -3.20%	1,191 -1.16%	510 1.59%
2016-17	5,618 4.38%	1,130 -5.12%	514 0.78%
2017-18	5,673 0.98%	1,148 1.59%	519 0.97%
2018-19	5,724 0.90%	1,116 -2.79%	515 -0.77%
2019-20	5,982 4.51%	1,080 -3.23%	527 2.33%
2020-21	5,621 -6.03%	1,124 4.07%	520 -1.33%
2021-22	6,434 14.46%	1,158 3.02%	556 6.92%
2022-23	6,479 0.70%	1,098 -5.18%	542 -2.52%
2023-24	7,347 13.40%	1,029 -6.28%	504 -7.01%
Average	5,870	1,136	517

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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