Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Denison

At Denison University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.34%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 17.00%. Denison's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 9 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Denison University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.93%, and the 2024 yield is 26.02%.

The number of Denison applicants increased by 19.31% (2,360 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.34%, and this year's acceptance rate is 17.00% at Denison University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 33.91% and women students' rate is 36.68%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Denison University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	45.97%	42.91%	48.35%
2014-15	55.53% 9.55%	47.27% 4.37%	63.54% 15.19%
2015-16	47.89% -7.64%	43.79% -3.48%	51.27% -12.27%
2016-17	43.61% -4.28%	42.02% -1.77%	44.83% -6.44%
2017-18	37.24% -6.37%	36.55% -5.47%	37.77% -7.05%
2018-19	33.91% -3.33%	33.56% -2.99%	34.20% -3.57%
2019-20	29.39% -4.52%	30.57% -2.99%	28.44% -5.77%
2020-21	28.17% -1.22%	29.23% -1.34%	27.27% -1.17%
2021-22	28.00% -0.17%	29.01% -0.22%	28.00% 0.73%
2022-23	21.96% -6.04%	22.08% -6.93%	21.87% -6.13%
2023-24	17.00% -4.96%	16.01% -6.08%	18.00% -3.87%
Average	35.34%	33.91%	36.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.93% where the current academic year yield is 26.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.54%	29.04%	24.83%
2014-15	24.55% -1.99%	26.44% -2.59%	23.18% -1.65%
2015-16	21.60% -2.95%	24.05% -2.39%	19.87% -3.31%
2016-17	21.33% -0.27%	23.42% -0.63%	19.83% -0.04%
2017-18	21.97% 0.65%	22.28% -1.14%	21.74% 1.92%
2018-19	23.98% 2.01%	25.81% 3.53%	22.47% 0.73%
2019-20	24.13% 0.15%	26.20% 0.39%	22.33% -0.15%
2020-21	23.65% -0.48%	23.86% -2.34%	23.46% 1.13%
2021-22	23.99% 0.34%	25.96% 2.10%	23.02% -0.43%
2022-23	25.45% 1.46%	26.76% 0.80%	24.35% 1.33%
2023-24	26.02% 0.57%	26.04% -0.71%	25.02% 0.67%
Average	23.93%	25.44%	22.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,365, the average number of admitted is 2,646, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 630.

The number of Denison applicants increased by 19.31% (2,360 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,770	2,193	582
2014-15	4,468 -6.33%	2,481 13.13%	609 4.64%
2015-16	6,110 36.75%	2,926 17.94%	632 3.78%
2016-17	6,881 12.62%	3,001 2.56%	640 1.27%
2017-18	7,540 9.58%	2,808 -6.43%	617 -3.59%
2018-19	8,042 6.66%	2,727 -2.88%	654 6.00%
2019-20	8,812 9.57%	2,590 -5.02%	625 -4.43%
2020-21	9,079 3.03%	2,558 -1.24%	605 -3.20%
2021-22	9,513 4.78%	2,664 4.14%	639 5.62%
2022-23	12,220 28.46%	2,684 0.75%	683 6.89%
2023-24	14,580 19.31%	2,479 -7.64%	645 -5.56%
Average	8,365	2,646	630

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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