Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Ferrum

At Ferrum College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.18%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. Ferrum's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 4 years. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ferrum College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.32%, and the 2024 yield is 15.98%.

The number of Ferrum applicants increased by 2.13% (31 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.18%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Ferrum College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.30% and women students' rate is 78.36%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Ferrum College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	74.11%	73.74%	74.56%
2014-15	73.31% -0.80%	73.19% -0.55%	73.44% -1.13%
2015-16	72.95% -0.36%	71.22% -1.97%	74.84% 1.41%
2016-17	72.02% -0.93%	69.60% -1.62%	74.42% -0.43%
2017-18	71.93% -0.08%	71.42% 1.82%	73.90% -0.51%
2018-19	75.40% 3.47%	73.86% 2.44%	76.96% 3.06%
2019-20	73.16% -2.24%	70.99% -2.87%	75.45% -1.51%
2020-21	75.83% 2.67%	74.18% 3.19%	77.58% 2.13%
2021-22	76.00% 0.18%	77.04% 2.85%	76.03% -1.54%
2022-23	84.30% 8.30%	84.03% 6.99%	84.74% 8.71%
2023-24	100.00% 15.70%	100.00% 15.97%	100.00% 15.26%
Average	77.18%	76.30%	78.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.32% where the current academic year yield is 15.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.46%	27.47%	18.72%
2014-15	20.96% -2.50%	23.01% -4.46%	18.81% 0.09%
2015-16	19.47% -1.49%	23.09% 0.08%	15.69% -3.12%
2016-17	19.20% -0.27%	24.26% 1.17%	14.49% -1.20%
2017-18	15.68% -3.52%	20.22% -4.05%	10.89% -3.61%
2018-19	14.35% -1.32%	17.45% -2.76%	11.33% 0.45%
2019-20	12.87% -1.48%	16.18% -1.27%	9.57% -1.77%
2020-21	12.05% -0.82%	16.46% 0.28%	7.56% -2.01%
2021-22	17.01% 4.96%	20.05% 3.59%	13.04% 5.49%
2022-23	19.44% 2.44%	20.31% 0.26%	18.00% 4.96%
2023-24	15.98% -3.46%	17.98% -2.33%	12.95% -5.05%
Average	17.32%	20.59%	13.73%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,877, the average number of admitted is 2,171, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 372.

The number of Ferrum applicants increased by 2.13% (31 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,272	2,425	569
2014-15	3,286 0.43%	2,409 -0.66%	505 -11.25%
2015-16	3,020 -8.09%	2,203 -8.55%	429 -15.05%
2016-17	3,327 10.17%	2,396 8.76%	460 7.23%
2017-18	3,228 -2.98%	2,322 -3.09%	364 -20.87%
2018-19	3,927 21.65%	2,961 27.52%	425 16.76%
2019-20	3,770 -4.00%	2,758 -6.86%	355 -16.47%
2020-21	3,206 -14.96%	2,431 -11.86%	293 -17.46%
2021-22	1,671 -47.88%	1,270 -47.76%	216 -26.28%
2022-23	1,452 -13.11%	1,224 -3.62%	238 10.19%
2023-24	1,483 2.13%	1,483 21.16%	237 -0.42%
Average	2,877	2,171	372

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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