Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Dillard

At Dillard University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.46%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 40.51%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Dillard University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.09%, and the 2024 yield is 7.59%.

The number of Dillard applicants increased by 59.64% (3,013 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.46%, and this year's acceptance rate is 40.51% at Dillard University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 44.15% and women students' rate is 51.61%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Dillard University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.44%	32.83%	36.61%
2014-15	40.59% 5.15%	34.84% 2.01%	43.35% 6.74%
2015-16	47.61% 7.02%	44.83% 9.99%	48.76% 5.41%
2016-17	39.40% -8.21%	35.06% -9.77%	41.07% -7.69%
2017-18	40.81% 1.41%	38.01% 2.94%	42.28% 1.21%
2018-19	60.71% 19.91%	49.50% 11.49%	65.45% 23.18%
2019-20	38.81% -21.90%	35.65% -13.85%	39.91% -25.55%
2020-21	65.31% 26.50%	56.58% 20.94%	68.68% 28.77%
2021-22	54.99% -10.32%	47.99% -8.59%	58.00% -10.68%
2022-23	79.89% 24.90%	75.11% 27.12%	81.51% 23.51%
2023-24	40.51% -39.38%	35.24% -39.87%	42.10% -39.42%
Average	49.46%	44.15%	51.61%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.09% where the current academic year yield is 7.59%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13.67%	12.76%	14.04%
2014-15	13.04% -0.64%	13.11% 0.35%	13.01% -1.03%
2015-16	13.52% 0.48%	12.36% -0.76%	13.96% 0.96%
2016-17	15.86% 2.34%	15.34% 2.99%	16.03% 2.06%
2017-18	12.85% -3.00%	12.14% -3.21%	13.07% -2.95%
2018-19	10.21% -2.64%	9.84% -2.29%	10.33% -2.74%
2019-20	8.76% -1.45%	8.79% -1.05%	8.75% -1.58%
2020-21	8.23% -0.53%	6.26% -2.53%	8.86% 0.11%
2021-22	9.99% 1.76%	9.99% 3.73%	9.99% 1.12%
2022-23	8.28% -1.72%	9.78% -0.21%	7.91% -2.07%
2023-24	7.59% -0.68%	8.80% -0.98%	7.32% -0.59%
Average	11.09%	10.83%	11.21%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,184, the average number of admitted is 2,999, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 315.

The number of Dillard applicants increased by 59.64% (3,013 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,726	1,675	229
2014-15	6,142 29.96%	2,493 48.84%	325 41.92%
2015-16	4,615 -24.86%	2,197 -11.87%	297 -8.62%
2016-17	5,795 25.57%	2,283 3.91%	362 21.89%
2017-18	6,445 11.22%	2,630 15.20%	338 -6.63%
2018-19	6,015 -6.67%	3,652 38.86%	373 10.36%
2019-20	9,203 53.00%	3,572 -2.19%	313 -16.09%
2020-21	5,783 -37.16%	3,777 5.74%	311 -0.64%
2021-22	6,188 7.00%	3,403 -9.90%	340 9.32%
2022-23	5,052 -18.36%	4,036 18.60%	334 -1.76%
2023-24	8,065 59.64%	3,267 -19.05%	248 -25.75%
Average	6,184	2,999	315

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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