Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Duke

At Duke University, the average acceptance rate over the past 4 years is 11.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.83%. Duke University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.27%, and the 2017 yield is 50.23%.

The number of Duke applicants decreased by 1.44% (451 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 11.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.83% at Duke University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 12.05% and women students' rate is 11.50%. Duke University has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Duke University over the past 4 years (2013-2017).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	13.42%	14.15%	12.74%
2014-15	11.41% -2.02%	11.69% -2.46%	11.13% -1.62%
2015-16	11.42% 0.01%	11.72% 0.02%	11.13% 0.00%
2016-17	10.83% -0.59%	10.64% -1.07%	11.01% -0.12%
Average	11.77%	12.05%	11.50%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 4 years is 47.27% where the current academic year yield is 50.23%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Duke University from 2013 to 2017.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42.04%	42.00%	42.08%
2014-15	47.86% 5.82%	47.33% 5.32%	48.41% 6.33%
2015-16	48.96% 1.10%	49.29% 1.96%	48.62% 0.21%
2016-17	50.23% 1.27%	50.24% 0.95%	50.23% 1.60%
Average	47.27%	47.21%	47.34%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 31,197, the average number of admitted is 3,667, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,726.

The number of Duke applicants decreased by 1.44% (451 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Duke University from 2013 to 2017.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	30,374	4,077	1,714
2014-15	31,523 3.78%	3,596 -11.80%	1,721 0.41%
2015-16	31,220 -0.96%	3,566 -0.83%	1,746 1.45%
2016-17	31,671 1.44%	3,430 -3.81%	1,723 -1.32%
Average	31,197	3,667	1,726

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Duke University and similar schools.