Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Harding

At Harding University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.37%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Harding University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 61.85%, and the 2024 yield is 39.01%.

The number of Harding applicants decreased by -2.31% (52 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.37%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Harding University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.88% and women students' rate is 73.04%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Harding University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.28%	78.04%	74.96%
2014-15	99.12% 22.83%	98.98% 20.95%	99.22% 24.26%
2015-16	99.20% 0.08%	99.40% 0.41%	99.05% -0.17%
2016-17	70.18% -29.02%	70.21% -29.19%	70.17% -28.88%
2017-18	72.12% 1.94%	71.51% 1.30%	72.60% 2.43%
2018-19	74.62% 2.50%	76.07% 4.57%	73.45% 0.85%
2019-20	61.34% -13.28%	62.66% -13.42%	60.33% -13.12%
2020-21	55.07% -6.28%	55.27% -7.38%	54.92% -5.41%
2021-22	54.00% -1.07%	55.03% -0.24%	53.98% -0.94%
2022-23	45.12% -8.88%	45.56% -9.48%	44.78% -9.20%
2023-24	100.00% 54.88%	100.00% 54.44%	100.00% 55.22%
Average	73.37%	73.88%	73.04%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 61.85% where the current academic year yield is 39.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	62.60%	63.25%	62.08%
2014-15	47.44% -15.15%	47.79% -15.46%	47.17% -14.91%
2015-16	66.53% 19.09%	69.65% 21.86%	64.06% 16.89%
2016-17	65.49% -1.04%	65.49% -4.16%	65.49% 1.42%
2017-18	64.77% -0.72%	64.41% -1.08%	65.05% -0.44%
2018-19	59.60% -5.17%	60.15% -4.26%	59.13% -5.92%
2019-20	71.47% 11.87%	70.00% 9.85%	72.64% 13.51%
2020-21	61.63% -9.83%	65.06% -4.94%	59.24% -13.40%
2021-22	62.96% 1.33%	65.04% -0.02%	61.99% 2.74%
2022-23	78.86% 15.90%	80.49% 15.45%	77.58% 15.60%
2023-24	39.01% -39.85%	44.00% -36.50%	36.00% -41.58%
Average	61.85%	63.21%	60.95%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,074, the average number of admitted is 1,509, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 898.

The number of Harding applicants decreased by -2.31% (52 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,180	1,663	1,041
2014-15	2,269 4.08%	2,249 35.24%	1,067 2.50%
2015-16	1,503 -33.76%	1,491 -33.70%	992 -7.03%
2016-17	2,217 47.50%	1,556 4.36%	1,019 2.72%
2017-18	2,023 -8.75%	1,459 -6.23%	945 -7.26%
2018-19	1,927 -4.75%	1,438 -1.44%	857 -9.31%
2019-20	1,834 -4.83%	1,125 -21.77%	804 -6.18%
2020-21	2,201 20.01%	1,212 7.73%	747 -7.09%
2021-22	2,200 -0.05%	1,188 -1.98%	748 0.13%
2022-23	2,254 2.45%	1,017 -14.39%	802 7.22%
2023-24	2,202 -2.31%	2,202 116.52%	859 7.11%
Average	2,074	1,509	898

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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