Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Drexel

At Drexel University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 11.02%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of Drexel applicants increased by 8.54% (3,164 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.00% at Drexel University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.11% and women students' rate is 78.22%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.50%	82.34%	80.67%
2014-15	76.01% -5.49%	76.04% -6.31%	75.99% -4.69%
2015-16	74.74% -1.27%	74.61% -1.43%	74.89% -1.10%
2016-17	74.65% -0.10%	74.97% 0.36%	74.32% -0.56%
2017-18	79.04% 4.39%	78.09% 3.12%	80.00% 5.68%
2018-19	76.94% -2.10%	76.35% -1.73%	77.50% -2.50%
2019-20	74.70% -2.24%	73.98% -2.37%	75.38% -2.13%
2020-21	77.19% 2.50%	76.48% 2.49%	77.88% 2.50%
2021-22	83.00% 5.81%	81.00% 4.53%	84.00% 6.12%
2022-23	79.61% -3.39%	78.31% -2.69%	80.83% -3.16%
2023-24	78.00% -1.61%	76.00% -2.31%	79.00% -1.84%
Average	77.76%	77.11%	78.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 11.02% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8.49%	9.83%	7.15%
2014-15	8.11% -0.37%	9.43% -0.40%	6.83% -0.32%
2015-16	12.70% 4.59%	13.71% 4.28%	11.64% 4.81%
2016-17	10.93% -1.78%	12.12% -1.59%	9.72% -1.92%
2017-18	14.56% 3.63%	15.67% 3.55%	13.46% 3.74%
2018-19	14.45% -0.11%	15.58% -0.08%	13.35% -0.11%
2019-20	13.37% -1.08%	14.80% -0.78%	12.02% -1.32%
2020-21	9.70% -3.67%	10.26% -4.54%	9.17% -2.85%
2021-22	10.00% 0.30%	10.00% -0.26%	10.00% 0.83%
2022-23	9.95% -0.05%	11.07% 1.07%	8.89% -1.11%
2023-24	9.00% -0.95%	10.00% -1.07%	8.00% -0.89%
Average	11.02%	12.04%	10.02%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 34,748, the average number of admitted is 27,076, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,891.

The number of Drexel applicants increased by 8.54% (3,164 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	43,945	35,815	3,040
2014-15	47,477 8.04%	36,088 0.76%	2,928 -3.68%
2015-16	28,757 -39.43%	21,494 -40.44%	2,730 -6.76%
2016-17	28,532 -0.78%	21,298 -0.91%	2,327 -14.76%
2017-18	28,454 -0.27%	22,489 5.59%	3,274 40.70%
2018-19	30,242 6.28%	23,267 3.46%	3,361 2.66%
2019-20	31,824 5.23%	23,771 2.17%	3,178 -5.44%
2020-21	31,237 -1.84%	24,112 1.43%	2,339 -26.40%
2021-22	34,519 10.51%	28,651 18.82%	2,865 22.49%
2022-23	37,040 7.30%	29,487 2.92%	2,935 2.44%
2023-24	40,204 8.54%	31,359 6.35%	2,822 -3.85%
Average	34,748	27,076	2,891

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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