Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at F&M

At Franklin and Marshall College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.40%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 32.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Franklin and Marshall College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.02%, and the 2024 yield is 18.99%.

The number of F&M applicants increased by 3.45% (308 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.40%, and this year's acceptance rate is 32.00% at Franklin and Marshall College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 34.01% and women students' rate is 36.46%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Franklin and Marshall College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	39.31%	37.50%	40.84%
2014-15	38.93% -0.39%	38.52% 1.02%	39.27% -1.57%
2015-16	32.26% -6.67%	30.87% -7.64%	33.44% -5.83%
2016-17	36.37% 4.12%	44.88% 14.00%	28.95% -4.48%
2017-18	34.11% -2.27%	30.29% -14.59%	37.42% 8.46%
2018-19	35.32% 1.21%	31.28% 0.99%	38.94% 1.53%
2019-20	30.39% -4.93%	27.52% -3.76%	32.72% -6.22%
2020-21	36.50% 6.11%	32.72% 5.20%	39.63% 6.91%
2021-22	38.01% 1.50%	36.00% 3.27%	38.99% -0.63%
2022-23	36.23% -1.77%	35.56% -0.44%	36.85% -2.14%
2023-24	32.00% -4.23%	29.01% -6.55%	34.01% -2.84%
Average	35.40%	34.01%	36.46%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.02% where the current academic year yield is 18.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.45%	29.50%	29.41%
2014-15	27.79% -1.66%	29.03% -0.47%	26.78% -2.63%
2015-16	25.68% -2.11%	27.53% -1.50%	24.22% -2.55%
2016-17	25.27% -0.42%	19.46% -8.07%	33.12% 8.89%
2017-18	28.14% 2.87%	29.10% 9.64%	27.47% -5.65%
2018-19	26.38% -1.76%	27.45% -1.65%	25.61% -1.86%
2019-20	21.71% -4.67%	24.77% -2.69%	19.63% -5.99%
2020-21	16.72% -4.99%	17.81% -6.96%	15.97% -3.66%
2021-22	18.00% 1.28%	16.98% -0.83%	18.03% 2.06%
2022-23	15.06% -2.93%	16.86% -0.12%	13.47% -4.56%
2023-24	18.99% 3.93%	20.03% 3.17%	18.01% 4.54%
Average	23.02%	23.50%	22.88%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,496, the average number of admitted is 2,629, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 585.

The number of F&M applicants increased by 3.45% (308 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,174	2,034	599
2014-15	5,472 5.76%	2,130 4.72%	592 -1.17%
2015-16	7,146 30.59%	2,305 8.22%	592
2016-17	6,953 -2.70%	2,529 9.72%	639 7.94%
2017-18	6,720 -3.35%	2,292 -9.37%	645 0.94%
2018-19	6,557 -2.43%	2,316 1.05%	611 -5.27%
2019-20	9,502 44.91%	2,888 24.70%	627 2.62%
2020-21	9,062 -4.63%	3,308 14.54%	553 -11.80%
2021-22	7,720 -14.81%	2,934 -11.31%	528 -4.52%
2022-23	8,923 15.58%	3,233 10.19%	487 -7.77%
2023-24	9,231 3.45%	2,954 -8.63%	561 15.20%
Average	7,496	2,629	585

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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