Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at DePauw

At DePauw University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 53.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into DePauw University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.58%, and the 2024 yield is 13.00%.

The number of DePauw applicants increased by 26.09% (1,489 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 53.99% at DePauw University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.79% and women students' rate is 66.40%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into DePauw University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.21%	58.31%	64.63%
2014-15	56.60% -4.61%	52.27% -6.03%	60.82% -3.80%
2015-16	64.76% 8.16%	62.78% 10.50%	66.49% 5.66%
2016-17	65.33% 0.56%	62.91% 0.14%	67.41% 0.92%
2017-18	67.25% 1.93%	64.28% 1.37%	69.78% 2.37%
2018-19	62.60% -4.65%	60.17% -4.12%	64.70% -5.07%
2019-20	64.36% 1.76%	60.70% 0.53%	67.40% 2.69%
2020-21	68.49% 4.13%	64.74% 4.04%	71.61% 4.21%
2021-22	65.00% -3.49%	62.00% -2.74%	67.01% -4.60%
2022-23	65.80% 0.80%	61.51% -0.48%	69.61% 2.60%
2023-24	53.99% -11.81%	48.00% -13.51%	60.99% -8.62%
Average	63.22%	59.79%	66.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.58% where the current academic year yield is 13.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.59%	22.59%	19.27%
2014-15	17.12% -3.47%	18.48% -4.11%	16.10% -3.17%
2015-16	17.76% 0.64%	19.85% 1.38%	16.04% -0.06%
2016-17	17.65% -0.11%	18.40% -1.46%	17.07% 1.03%
2017-18	17.10% -0.55%	19.76% 1.37%	15.02% -2.05%
2018-19	16.45% -0.65%	17.42% -2.34%	15.68% 0.66%
2019-20	13.32% -3.13%	16.63% -0.79%	10.84% -4.83%
2020-21	10.18% -3.14%	12.11% -4.52%	8.72% -2.12%
2021-22	13.99% 3.82%	15.01% 2.90%	13.00% 4.28%
2022-23	14.24% 0.25%	14.90% -0.11%	13.73% 0.73%
2023-24	13.00% -1.25%	15.01% 0.11%	10.99% -2.74%
Average	15.58%	17.29%	14.22%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,462, the average number of admitted is 3,438, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 530.

The number of DePauw applicants increased by 26.09% (1,489 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,086	3,113	641
2014-15	5,304 4.29%	3,002 -3.57%	514 -19.81%
2015-16	5,182 -2.30%	3,356 11.79%	596 15.95%
2016-17	4,848 -6.45%	3,167 -5.63%	559 -6.21%
2017-18	5,173 6.70%	3,479 9.85%	595 6.44%
2018-19	5,476 5.86%	3,428 -1.47%	564 -5.21%
2019-20	4,935 -9.88%	3,176 -7.35%	423 -25.00%
2020-21	5,481 11.06%	3,754 18.20%	382 -9.69%
2021-22	5,695 3.90%	3,702 -1.39%	518 35.60%
2022-23	5,708 0.23%	3,756 1.46%	535 3.28%
2023-24	7,197 26.09%	3,886 3.46%	505 -5.61%
Average	5,462	3,438	530

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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