Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Fordham

At Fordham University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 56.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.56%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Fordham applicants decreased by -7.50% (3,540 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 56.00% at Fordham University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.58% and women students' rate is 51.15%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.13%	46.10%	47.87%
2014-15	48.12% 0.99%	47.32% 1.21%	48.66% 0.79%
2015-16	47.57% -0.54%	46.33% -0.99%	48.39% -0.27%
2016-17	45.22% -2.35%	44.39% -1.94%	45.74% -2.65%
2017-18	46.44% 1.21%	45.35% 0.96%	47.17% 1.43%
2018-19	46.02% -0.41%	45.30% -0.05%	46.50% -0.66%
2019-20	45.88% -0.15%	44.66% -0.64%	46.65% 0.15%
2020-21	52.53% 6.65%	51.64% 6.98%	53.10% 6.45%
2021-22	58.00% 5.47%	52.00% 0.36%	62.00% 8.90%
2022-23	54.13% -3.87%	48.32% -3.67%	57.56% -4.44%
2023-24	56.00% 1.87%	52.00% 3.68%	59.00% 1.44%
Average	49.73%	47.58%	51.15%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.56% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11.53%	12.67%	10.75%
2014-15	11.47% -0.06%	12.34% -0.33%	10.89% 0.15%
2015-16	10.86% -0.61%	11.18% -1.16%	10.65% -0.24%
2016-17	10.85% -0.01%	11.60% 0.42%	10.40% -0.25%
2017-18	10.89% 0.04%	11.68% 0.07%	10.38% -0.02%
2018-19	10.79% -0.10%	12.25% 0.57%	9.84% -0.54%
2019-20	10.32% -0.46%	11.42% -0.83%	9.65% -0.19%
2020-21	8.28% -2.04%	8.83% -2.59%	7.94% -1.71%
2021-22	11.00% 2.71%	11.00% 2.17%	10.00% 2.06%
2022-23	10.15% -0.85%	11.36% 0.35%	9.56% -0.45%
2023-24	10.00% -0.15%	11.00% -0.36%	9.00% -0.55%
Average	10.56%	11.39%	9.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 44,472, the average number of admitted is 22,151, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 2,324.

The number of Fordham applicants decreased by -7.50% (3,540 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	36,189	17,055	1,967
2014-15	40,912 13.05%	19,685 15.42%	2,258 14.79%
2015-16	42,811 4.64%	20,366 3.46%	2,211 -2.08%
2016-17	44,816 4.68%	20,268 -0.48%	2,199 -0.54%
2017-18	45,147 0.74%	20,966 3.44%	2,283 3.82%
2018-19	46,308 2.57%	21,313 1.66%	2,299 0.70%
2019-20	47,930 3.50%	21,988 3.17%	2,270 -1.26%
2020-21	47,936 0.01%	25,180 14.52%	2,086 -8.11%
2021-22	46,275 -3.47%	26,840 6.59%	2,952 41.51%
2022-23	47,203 2.01%	25,550 -4.81%	2,594 -12.13%
2023-24	43,663 -7.50%	24,451 -4.30%	2,445 -5.74%
Average	44,472	22,151	2,324

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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