Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Grinnell

At Grinnell College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 21.68%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 13.00%. Grinnell College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.14%, and the 2024 yield is 35.98%.

The number of Grinnell applicants decreased by -0.09% (9 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 21.68%, and this year's acceptance rate is 13.00% at Grinnell College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 20.49% and women students' rate is 22.63%. Grinnell College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.06%	33.97%	35.99%
2014-15	28.01% -7.05%	28.09% -5.88%	27.94% -8.04%
2015-16	24.91% -3.10%	24.29% -3.80%	25.46% -2.48%
2016-17	20.19% -4.72%	20.52% -3.77%	19.99% -5.47%
2017-18	28.87% 8.68%	26.00% 5.48%	31.46% 11.46%
2018-19	24.38% -4.49%	22.87% -3.13%	25.73% -5.73%
2019-20	23.08% -1.31%	22.03% -0.84%	24.05% -1.67%
2020-21	19.25% -3.83%	18.20% -3.83%	20.22% -3.83%
2021-22	11.00% -8.25%	9.00% -9.20%	12.01% -8.22%
2022-23	10.76% -0.23%	9.46% 0.46%	12.09% 0.08%
2023-24	13.00% 2.23%	10.99% 1.53%	14.01% 1.92%
Average	21.68%	20.49%	22.63%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.14% where the current academic year yield is 35.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.32%	29.42%	31.05%
2014-15	25.63% -4.69%	25.16% -4.26%	26.05% -4.99%
2015-16	27.66% 2.03%	27.63% 2.48%	27.68% 1.63%
2016-17	27.82% 0.16%	28.18% 0.55%	27.50% -0.18%
2017-18	26.47% -1.36%	29.82% 1.64%	23.97% -3.54%
2018-19	25.84% -0.63%	25.19% -4.63%	26.35% 2.38%
2019-20	24.91% -0.93%	27.38% 2.19%	22.79% -3.56%
2020-21	23.31% -1.60%	26.12% -1.26%	20.94% -1.85%
2021-22	42.99% 19.69%	45.96% 19.85%	40.03% 19.09%
2022-23	40.61% -2.38%	43.11% -2.85%	39.38% -0.65%
2023-24	35.98% -4.64%	39.06% -4.05%	34.07% -5.31%
Average	30.14%	31.55%	29.07%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,605, the average number of admitted is 1,509, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 441.

The number of Grinnell applicants decreased by -0.09% (9 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,979	1,395	423
2014-15	6,058 52.25%	1,697 21.65%	435 2.84%
2015-16	6,414 5.88%	1,598 -5.83%	442 1.61%
2016-17	7,370 14.90%	1,488 -6.88%	414 -6.33%
2017-18	5,850 -20.62%	1,689 13.51%	447 7.97%
2018-19	7,349 25.62%	1,792 6.10%	463 3.58%
2019-20	8,004 8.91%	1,847 3.07%	460 -0.65%
2020-21	8,137 1.66%	1,566 -15.21%	365 -20.65%
2021-22	10,513 29.20%	1,156 -26.18%	497 36.16%
2022-23	9,997 -4.91%	1,076 -6.92%	437 -12.07%
2023-24	9,988 -0.09%	1,298 20.63%	467 6.86%
Average	7,605	1,509	441

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Grinnell College and similar schools.