Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Dickinson

At Dickinson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 45.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 43.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Dickinson College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.02%, and the 2024 yield is 16.99%.

The number of Dickinson applicants decreased by -13.03% (1,076 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 45.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 43.01% at Dickinson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 42.55% and women students' rate is 47.38%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Dickinson College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	44.44%	42.09%	46.05%
2014-15	48.09% 3.65%	45.30% 3.21%	49.97% 3.93%
2015-16	47.11% -0.98%	44.64% -0.67%	48.85% -1.12%
2016-17	43.21% -3.90%	39.46% -5.18%	45.90% -2.95%
2017-18	48.71% 5.50%	48.42% 8.96%	48.91% 3.01%
2018-19	49.14% 0.42%	47.50% -0.92%	50.27% 1.36%
2019-20	40.06% -9.08%	38.45% -9.04%	41.21% -9.06%
2020-21	51.65% 11.59%	48.05% 9.60%	54.00% 12.80%
2021-22	48.01% -3.64%	46.01% -2.04%	50.00% -4.00%
2022-23	34.92% -13.08%	31.19% -14.81%	37.97% -12.03%
2023-24	43.01% 8.08%	37.00% 5.80%	47.99% 10.02%
Average	45.30%	42.55%	47.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.02% where the current academic year yield is 16.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.14%	28.33%	21.70%
2014-15	22.54% -1.60%	23.26% -5.08%	22.11% 0.41%
2015-16	25.73% 3.19%	27.62% 4.37%	24.51% 2.40%
2016-17	22.87% -2.86%	26.08% -1.54%	20.90% -3.61%
2017-18	20.97% -1.90%	22.42% -3.66%	20.00% -0.90%
2018-19	20.68% -0.29%	22.73% 0.31%	19.34% -0.66%
2019-20	17.60% -3.08%	19.83% -2.91%	16.10% -3.24%
2020-21	17.65% 0.05%	17.50% -2.33%	17.74% 1.64%
2021-22	21.99% 4.34%	23.96% 6.46%	21.00% 3.26%
2022-23	20.00% -1.99%	21.85% -2.11%	18.86% -2.14%
2023-24	16.99% -3.01%	19.01% -2.84%	16.02% -2.84%
Average	21.02%	22.96%	19.84%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,321, the average number of admitted is 2,835, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 595.

The number of Dickinson applicants decreased by -13.03% (1,076 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,826	2,589	625
2014-15	5,702 -2.13%	2,742 5.91%	618 -1.12%
2015-16	6,031 5.77%	2,841 3.61%	731 18.28%
2016-17	6,172 2.34%	2,667 -6.12%	610 -16.55%
2017-18	5,941 -3.74%	2,894 8.51%	607 -0.49%
2018-19	6,248 5.17%	3,070 6.08%	635 4.61%
2019-20	6,426 2.85%	2,574 -16.16%	453 -28.66%
2020-21	5,375 -16.36%	2,776 7.85%	490 8.17%
2021-22	6,366 18.44%	3,056 10.09%	672 37.14%
2022-23	8,261 29.77%	2,885 -5.60%	577 -14.14%
2023-24	7,185 -13.03%	3,090 7.11%	525 -9.01%
Average	6,321	2,835	595

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Dickinson College and similar schools.