Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Earlham

At Earlham College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.99%. Earlham's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.28%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Earlham applicants increased by 28.36% (390 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.99% at Earlham College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.70% and women students' rate is 68.78%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.70%	58.95%	68.17%
2014-15	64.52% 0.81%	58.54% -0.41%	70.03% 1.86%
2015-16	61.63% -2.89%	56.67% -1.87%	66.10% -3.93%
2016-17	57.63% -4.00%	52.09% -4.58%	63.57% -2.53%
2017-18	51.84% -5.79%	45.65% -6.43%	57.76% -5.80%
2018-19	65.22% 13.38%	61.56% 15.91%	68.82% 11.06%
2019-20	63.43% -1.79%	57.19% -4.37%	68.20% -0.62%
2020-21	59.10% -4.33%	52.78% -4.41%	65.00% -3.21%
2021-22	69.02% 9.92%	65.04% 12.26%	73.01% 8.01%
2022-23	73.24% 4.22%	67.19% 2.15%	77.93% 4.92%
2023-24	73.99% 0.76%	69.98% 2.78%	78.05% 0.12%
Average	63.94%	58.70%	68.78%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.28% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.10%	20.93%	21.23%
2014-15	20.91% -0.18%	24.02% 3.10%	18.52% -2.72%
2015-16	16.04% -4.87%	15.64% -8.38%	16.35% -2.17%
2016-17	21.12% 5.08%	21.37% 5.73%	20.89% 4.55%
2017-18	19.78% -1.34%	21.60% 0.23%	18.40% -2.49%
2018-19	19.61% -0.17%	20.25% -1.35%	19.05% 0.65%
2019-20	13.10% -6.51%	12.48% -7.77%	13.50% -5.55%
2020-21	11.32% -1.78%	12.32% -0.15%	10.55% -2.95%
2021-22	15.02% 3.71%	16.93% 4.61%	12.95% 2.39%
2022-23	17.08% 2.06%	20.28% 3.35%	14.51% 1.56%
2023-24	15.01% -2.07%	15.03% -5.26%	15.06% 0.55%
Average	17.28%	18.26%	16.46%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,122, the average number of admitted is 1,332, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 232.

The number of Earlham applicants increased by 28.36% (390 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,890	1,204	254
2014-15	2,001 5.87%	1,291 7.23%	270 6.30%
2015-16	2,549 27.39%	1,571 21.69%	252 -6.67%
2016-17	2,917 14.44%	1,681 7.00%	355 40.87%
2017-18	2,799 -4.05%	1,451 -13.68%	287 -19.15%
2018-19	2,119 -24.29%	1,382 -4.76%	271 -5.57%
2019-20	2,070 -2.31%	1,313 -4.99%	172 -36.53%
2020-21	2,198 6.18%	1,299 -1.07%	147 -14.53%
2021-22	1,659 -24.52%	1,145 -11.86%	172 17.01%
2022-23	1,375 -17.12%	1,007 -12.05%	172
2023-24	1,765 28.36%	1,306 29.69%	196 13.95%
Average	2,122	1,332	232

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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