Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Defiance

At Defiance College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 41.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Defiance College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.92%, and the 2024 yield is 20.03%.

The number of Defiance applicants decreased by -43.20% (1,176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 41.98% at Defiance College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.85% and women students' rate is 61.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Defiance College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.60%	73.27%	69.34%
2014-15	64.69% -6.90%	61.40% -11.86%	69.76% 0.42%
2015-16	65.21% 0.51%	63.24% 1.84%	68.00% -1.76%
2016-17	58.18% -7.02%	54.01% -9.23%	64.79% -3.21%
2017-18	56.48% -1.70%	53.08% -0.93%	61.22% -3.57%
2018-19	52.40% -4.09%	47.76% -5.32%	58.05% -3.17%
2019-20	50.10% -2.30%	45.67% -2.09%	60.36% 2.31%
2020-21	54.92% 4.82%	56.04% 10.37%	59.76% -0.61%
2021-22	62.01% 7.10%	62.01% 5.97%	64.05% 4.30%
2022-23	62.86% 0.85%	62.89% 0.88%	62.68% -1.38%
2023-24	41.98% -20.88%	45.98% -16.91%	33.01% -29.67%
Average	58.22%	56.85%	61.00%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.92% where the current academic year yield is 20.03%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.75%	21.45%	17.33%
2014-15	21.55% 1.80%	22.67% 1.22%	20.04% 2.71%
2015-16	23.19% 1.64%	24.05% 1.38%	22.06% 2.02%
2016-17	21.56% -1.63%	21.98% -2.08%	21.01% -1.04%
2017-18	21.27% -0.29%	25.52% 3.54%	16.15% -4.87%
2018-19	19.95% -1.32%	25.38% -0.13%	14.50% -1.65%
2019-20	18.06% -1.89%	18.50% -6.89%	17.31% 2.80%
2020-21	13.02% -5.04%	10.97% -7.53%	20.81% 3.50%
2021-22	10.01% -3.01%	9.04% -1.93%	14.89% -5.92%
2022-23	8.71% -1.30%	7.04% -2.00%	17.94% 3.05%
2023-24	20.03% 11.32%	18.08% 11.04%	27.74% 9.80%
Average	17.92%	18.61%	19.07%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,841, the average number of admitted is 1,073, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 176.

The number of Defiance applicants decreased by -43.20% (1,176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,704	1,220	241
2014-15	1,671 -1.94%	1,081 -11.39%	233 -3.32%
2015-16	1,210 -27.59%	789 -27.01%	183 -21.46%
2016-17	1,100 -9.09%	640 -18.88%	138 -24.59%
2017-18	1,257 14.27%	710 10.94%	151 9.42%
2018-19	1,502 19.49%	787 10.85%	157 3.97%
2019-20	2,000 33.16%	1,002 27.32%	181 15.29%
2020-21	3,021 51.05%	1,659 65.57%	216 19.34%
2021-22	2,514 -16.78%	1,559 -6.03%	156 -27.78%
2022-23	2,722 8.27%	1,711 9.75%	149 -4.49%
2023-24	1,546 -43.20%	649 -62.07%	130 -12.75%
Average	1,841	1,073	176

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