Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Guilford

At Guilford College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.77%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 84.00%. Guilford's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.33%, and the 2024 yield is 12.02%.

The number of Guilford applicants increased by 11.13% (378 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.77%, and this year's acceptance rate is 84.00% at Guilford College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.99% and women students' rate is 75.58%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.18%	67.74%	68.60%
2014-15	62.18% -6.01%	61.65% -6.08%	62.63% -5.97%
2015-16	62.90% 0.73%	61.87% 0.21%	63.87% 1.24%
2016-17	60.52% -2.38%	60.34% -1.52%	60.70% -3.17%
2017-18	90.72% 30.20%	88.62% 28.28%	92.60% 31.90%
2018-19	64.47% -26.26%	63.27% -25.35%	65.61% -26.99%
2019-20	75.01% 10.54%	73.75% 10.48%	76.06% 10.45%
2020-21	78.01% 3.00%	76.85% 3.09%	79.00% 2.95%
2021-22	82.00% 3.99%	81.03% 4.19%	83.00% 3.99%
2022-23	83.51% 1.52%	83.69% 2.66%	83.36% 0.36%
2023-24	84.00% 0.49%	95.03% 11.34%	95.98% 12.62%
Average	73.77%	73.99%	75.58%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.33% where the current academic year yield is 12.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.70%	23.41%	16.28%
2014-15	18.81% -0.89%	23.34% -0.07%	14.97% -1.31%
2015-16	17.89% -0.92%	20.87% -2.47%	15.20% 0.24%
2016-17	21.29% 3.41%	23.33% 2.46%	19.34% 4.14%
2017-18	20.27% -1.02%	20.80% -2.53%	19.82% 0.49%
2018-19	17.39% -2.88%	19.72% -1.08%	15.24% -4.58%
2019-20	15.33% -2.06%	17.30% -2.42%	13.73% -1.51%
2020-21	13.03% -2.30%	14.60% -2.69%	11.71% -2.02%
2021-22	9.99% -3.04%	13.03% -1.57%	8.03% -3.68%
2022-23	13.92% 3.93%	15.50% 2.47%	12.53% 4.50%
2023-24	12.02% -1.91%	12.01% -3.49%	11.02% -1.51%
Average	16.33%	18.54%	14.35%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,125, the average number of admitted is 2,298, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 362.

The number of Guilford applicants increased by 11.13% (378 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,030	2,066	407
2014-15	3,001 -0.96%	1,866 -9.68%	351 -13.76%
2015-16	2,782 -7.30%	1,750 -6.22%	313 -10.83%
2016-17	3,321 19.37%	2,010 14.86%	428 36.74%
2017-18	1,865 -43.84%	1,692 -15.82%	343 -19.86%
2018-19	3,211 72.17%	2,070 22.34%	360 4.96%
2019-20	3,305 2.93%	2,479 19.76%	380 5.56%
2020-21	3,660 10.74%	2,855 15.17%	372 -2.11%
2021-22	3,027 -17.30%	2,482 -13.06%	248 -33.33%
2022-23	3,397 12.22%	2,837 14.30%	395 59.27%
2023-24	3,775 11.13%	3,171 11.77%	381 -3.54%
Average	3,125	2,298	362

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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