Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Goucher

At Goucher College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.09%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Goucher College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.10%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of Goucher applicants increased by 19.48% (574 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.09%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.01% at Goucher College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.13% and women students' rate is 80.62%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Goucher College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	71.73%	64.97%	75.24%
2014-15	75.69% 3.96%	69.20% 4.24%	78.89% 3.65%
2015-16	77.07% 1.38%	73.78% 4.58%	80.84% 1.95%
2016-17	79.23% 2.16%	73.86% 0.08%	81.91% 1.06%
2017-18	78.84% -0.39%	81.57% 7.71%	73.38% -8.53%
2018-19	80.41% 1.56%	73.01% -8.56%	84.27% 10.89%
2019-20	81.30% 0.90%	76.40% 3.39%	84.01% -0.26%
2020-21	79.41% -1.90%	74.49% -1.91%	82.16% -1.84%
2021-22	82.01% 2.60%	75.98% 1.49%	86.00% 3.84%
2022-23	80.24% -1.77%	75.19% -0.79%	83.10% -2.90%
2023-24	73.01% -7.23%	65.99% -9.20%	77.02% -6.08%
Average	78.09%	73.13%	80.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.10% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.81%	15.69%	15.87%
2014-15	15.94% 0.13%	19.50% 3.81%	14.40% -1.47%
2015-16	14.11% -1.83%	14.87% -4.64%	13.77% -0.63%
2016-17	16.17% 2.05%	16.33% 1.47%	16.09% 2.32%
2017-18	15.33% -0.83%	15.71% -0.62%	14.49% -1.60%
2018-19	17.03% 1.70%	18.86% 3.15%	16.21% 1.72%
2019-20	16.12% -0.92%	18.19% -0.67%	15.07% -1.13%
2020-21	11.25% -4.87%	10.94% -7.26%	11.40% -3.67%
2021-22	12.00% 0.75%	12.98% 2.05%	11.01% -0.39%
2022-23	11.38% -0.62%	10.00% -2.98%	12.08% 1.07%
2023-24	10.00% -1.38%	9.96% -0.04%	10.02% -2.06%
Average	14.10%	14.82%	13.67%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,182, the average number of admitted is 2,476, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 351.

The number of Goucher applicants increased by 19.48% (574 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,615	2,593	410
2014-15	3,340 -7.61%	2,528 -2.51%	403 -1.71%
2015-16	3,576 7.07%	2,756 9.02%	389 -3.47%
2016-17	3,443 -3.72%	2,728 -1.02%	441 13.37%
2017-18	3,474 0.90%	2,739 0.40%	420 -4.76%
2018-19	3,154 -9.21%	2,536 -7.41%	432 2.86%
2019-20	2,610 -17.25%	2,122 -16.32%	342 -20.83%
2020-21	2,598 -0.46%	2,063 -2.78%	232 -32.16%
2021-22	2,724 4.85%	2,234 8.29%	268 15.52%
2022-23	2,946 8.15%	2,364 5.82%	269 0.37%
2023-24	3,520 19.48%	2,570 8.71%	257 -4.46%
Average	3,182	2,476	351

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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