Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at FPU

At Franklin Pierce University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Franklin Pierce University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.34%, and the 2024 yield is 10.98%.

The number of FPU applicants decreased by -13.16% (414 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.00% at Franklin Pierce University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.45% and women students' rate is 83.18%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Franklin Pierce University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.72%	81.90%	87.70%
2014-15	84.30% -0.42%	82.87% 0.96%	85.64% -2.06%
2015-16	79.71% -4.59%	78.36% -4.51%	80.88% -4.76%
2016-17	81.39% 1.68%	78.82% 0.46%	83.29% 2.41%
2017-18	76.43% -4.96%	73.47% -5.34%	78.81% -4.48%
2018-19	66.11% -10.32%	61.63% -11.84%	70.00% -8.82%
2019-20	66.49% 0.38%	62.49% 0.86%	69.57% -0.43%
2020-21	84.68% 18.19%	82.31% 19.82%	86.66% 17.09%
2021-22	88.99% 4.31%	87.99% 5.68%	88.99% 2.33%
2022-23	92.72% 3.73%	93.10% 5.11%	92.41% 3.42%
2023-24	90.00% -2.71%	91.03% -2.08%	91.01% -1.40%
Average	81.41%	79.45%	83.18%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.34% where the current academic year yield is 10.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.91%	18.90%	16.96%
2014-15	14.98% -2.93%	16.82% -2.08%	13.30% -3.66%
2015-16	14.02% -0.95%	15.24% -1.58%	13.00% -0.30%
2016-17	11.99% -2.03%	14.01% -1.23%	10.58% -2.42%
2017-18	10.71% -1.28%	10.63% -3.38%	10.78% 0.20%
2018-19	13.16% 2.45%	15.51% 4.88%	11.37% 0.59%
2019-20	12.15% -1.01%	13.92% -1.59%	10.92% -0.44%
2020-21	9.86% -2.29%	10.33% -3.59%	9.48% -1.45%
2021-22	9.01% -0.85%	9.99% -0.34%	9.02% -0.46%
2022-23	10.91% 1.89%	12.42% 2.43%	9.69% 0.67%
2023-24	10.98% 0.08%	13.98% 1.56%	8.98% -0.71%
Average	12.34%	13.80%	11.28%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,284, the average number of admitted is 3,423, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 419.

The number of FPU applicants decreased by -13.16% (414 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,546	3,004	538
2014-15	3,604 1.64%	3,038 1.13%	455 -15.43%
2015-16	3,740 3.77%	2,981 -1.88%	418 -8.13%
2016-17	6,506 73.96%	5,295 77.62%	635 51.91%
2017-18	5,642 -13.28%	4,312 -18.56%	462 -27.24%
2018-19	5,240 -7.13%	3,464 -19.67%	456 -1.30%
2019-20	5,150 -1.72%	3,424 -1.15%	416 -8.77%
2020-21	4,517 -12.29%	3,825 11.71%	377 -9.38%
2021-22	3,305 -26.83%	2,941 -23.11%	265 -29.71%
2022-23	3,145 -4.84%	2,916 -0.85%	318 20.00%
2023-24	2,731 -13.16%	2,458 -15.71%	270 -15.09%
Average	4,284	3,423	419

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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