Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Eckerd

At Eckerd College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.74%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 79.01%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eckerd College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.94%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Eckerd applicants decreased by -15.95% (885 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.74%, and this year's acceptance rate is 79.01% at Eckerd College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 66.38% and women students' rate is 74.22%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Eckerd College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.04%	66.10%	74.03%
2014-15	72.74% 1.70%	66.23% 0.13%	76.64% 2.61%
2015-16	71.72% -1.02%	69.03% 2.80%	73.34% -3.31%
2016-17	72.13% 0.42%	68.02% -1.01%	74.29% 0.95%
2017-18	72.73% 0.60%	68.70% 0.68%	74.85% 0.56%
2018-19	67.66% -5.07%	61.98% -6.72%	70.44% -4.41%
2019-20	67.44% -0.22%	62.10% 0.12%	69.86% -0.58%
2020-21	68.58% 1.14%	63.68% 1.58%	71.01% 1.15%
2021-22	70.00% 1.42%	64.01% 0.33%	72.99% 1.99%
2022-23	65.09% -4.91%	66.38% 2.37%	77.97% 4.97%
2023-24	79.01% 13.92%	73.99% 7.61%	81.01% 3.05%
Average	70.74%	66.38%	74.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.94% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.22%	22.31%	17.54%
2014-15	20.43% 1.21%	20.26% -2.06%	20.52% 2.98%
2015-16	15.46% -4.97%	15.60% -4.66%	15.38% -5.14%
2016-17	17.40% 1.95%	19.15% 3.54%	16.57% 1.19%
2017-18	17.05% -0.36%	16.34% -2.81%	17.39% 0.82%
2018-19	17.78% 0.73%	17.70% 1.36%	17.81% 0.42%
2019-20	17.21% -0.57%	18.60% 0.90%	16.65% -1.16%
2020-21	14.75% -2.46%	14.06% -4.54%	15.05% -1.60%
2021-22	17.00% 2.25%	15.04% 0.98%	16.99% 1.93%
2022-23	15.06% -1.94%	13.58% -1.46%	15.68% -1.30%
2023-24	15.01% -0.05%	14.01% 0.43%	15.01% -0.67%
Average	16.94%	16.97%	16.78%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,635, the average number of admitted is 3,270, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 549.

The number of Eckerd applicants decreased by -15.95% (885 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,912	2,779	534
2014-15	3,459 -11.58%	2,516 -9.46%	514 -3.75%
2015-16	4,402 27.26%	3,157 25.48%	488 -5.06%
2016-17	4,604 4.59%	3,321 5.19%	578 18.44%
2017-18	4,525 -1.72%	3,291 -0.90%	561 -2.94%
2018-19	4,830 6.74%	3,268 -0.70%	581 3.57%
2019-20	4,644 -3.85%	3,132 -4.16%	539 -7.23%
2020-21	4,815 3.68%	3,302 5.43%	487 -9.65%
2021-22	5,580 15.89%	3,906 18.29%	664 36.34%
2022-23	5,549 -0.56%	3,612 -7.53%	544 -18.07%
2023-24	4,664 -15.95%	3,685 2.02%	553 1.65%
Average	4,635	3,270	549

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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