Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fairfield

At Fairfield University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 45.00%. Fairfield's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 9 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Fairfield University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.39%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Fairfield applicants increased by 15.75% (2,104 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 45.00% at Fairfield University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.80% and women students' rate is 59.63%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Fairfield University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.16%	68.58%	72.92%
2014-15	71.53% 0.37%	69.25% 0.67%	73.19% 0.26%
2015-16	64.97% -6.56%	65.52% -3.73%	64.59% -8.59%
2016-17	61.47% -3.50%	59.36% -6.16%	62.82% -1.78%
2017-18	60.56% -0.90%	61.31% 1.95%	60.05% -2.76%
2018-19	60.30% -0.26%	61.05% -0.26%	59.80% -0.26%
2019-20	57.13% -3.18%	56.67% -4.37%	57.42% -2.37%
2020-21	56.13% -0.99%	57.21% 0.54%	55.39% -2.03%
2021-22	56.00% -0.14%	59.00% 1.79%	53.99% -1.40%
2022-23	52.18% -3.81%	52.82% -6.18%	51.74% -2.25%
2023-24	45.00% -7.18%	47.00% -5.83%	44.00% -7.74%
Average	59.67%	59.80%	59.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.39% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.03%	14.78%	15.20%
2014-15	14.80% -0.24%	13.60% -1.18%	15.62% 0.42%
2015-16	13.81% -0.99%	13.32% -0.27%	14.14% -1.48%
2016-17	15.54% 1.73%	15.94% 2.61%	15.30% 1.16%
2017-18	14.63% -0.91%	14.65% -1.28%	14.61% -0.69%
2018-19	15.92% 1.29%	15.66% 1.01%	16.11% 1.50%
2019-20	16.72% 0.79%	17.21% 1.55%	16.39% 0.28%
2020-21	15.82% -0.89%	16.48% -0.73%	15.36% -1.03%
2021-22	18.01% 2.18%	17.99% 1.51%	16.99% 1.63%
2022-23	19.05% 1.04%	19.17% 1.18%	18.97% 1.97%
2023-24	21.00% 1.95%	21.00% 1.83%	20.00% 1.03%
Average	16.39%	16.35%	16.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,821, the average number of admitted is 6,935, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,138.

The number of Fairfield applicants increased by 15.75% (2,104 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,254	6,585	990
2014-15	9,978 7.82%	7,137 8.38%	1,056 6.67%
2015-16	10,767 7.91%	6,995 -1.99%	966 -8.52%
2016-17	11,055 2.67%	6,795 -2.86%	1,056 9.32%
2017-18	11,218 1.47%	6,794 -0.01%	994 -5.87%
2018-19	11,361 1.27%	6,851 0.84%	1,091 9.76%
2019-20	12,315 8.40%	7,035 2.69%	1,176 7.79%
2020-21	12,586 2.20%	7,065 0.43%	1,118 -4.93%
2021-22	12,674 0.70%	7,097 0.45%	1,278 14.31%
2022-23	13,359 5.40%	6,971 -1.78%	1,328 3.91%
2023-24	15,463 15.75%	6,958 -0.19%	1,461 10.02%
Average	11,821	6,935	1,138

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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