Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Hillsdale

At Hillsdale College, the average acceptance rate over the past 9 years is 35.89%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 20.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 48.96%, and the 2024 yield is 62.03%.

The number of Hillsdale applicants decreased by -8.09% (244 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.89%, and this year's acceptance rate is 20.99% at Hillsdale College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 35.53% and women students' rate is 36.26%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Hillsdale College over the past 9 years (2015-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2015-16	50.03%	49.51%	50.53%
2016-17	45.19% -4.84%	44.23% -5.28%	46.11% -4.42%
2017-18	41.49% -3.70%	40.57% -3.67%	42.45% -3.66%
2018-19	35.99% -5.50%	37.49% -3.08%	34.44% -8.01%
2019-20	48.27% 12.28%	47.62% 10.13%	48.97% 14.53%
2020-21	36.48% -11.80%	36.16% -11.46%	36.80% -12.16%
2021-22	24.01% -12.46%	22.98% -13.17%	25.03% -11.77%
2022-23	20.58% -3.43%	21.21% -1.78%	20.01% -5.02%
2023-24	20.99% 0.40%	20.01% -1.19%	22.02% 2.00%
Average	35.89%	35.53%	36.26%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 9 years is 48.96% where the current academic year yield is 62.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Hillsdale College from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	39.78%	39.78%	39.79%
2016-17	43.14% 3.35%	43.54% 3.76%	42.76% 2.97%
2017-18	43.11% -0.03%	43.02% -0.52%	43.19% 0.42%
2018-19	42.89% -0.21%	43.47% 0.44%	41.44% -1.74%
2019-20	44.60% 1.71%	45.38% 1.92%	43.80% 2.36%
2020-21	46.91% 2.30%	49.04% 3.65%	44.78% 0.98%
2021-22	55.91% 9.01%	56.14% 7.10%	55.97% 11.19%
2022-23	62.32% 6.41%	62.09% 5.95%	62.54% 6.57%
2023-24	62.03% -0.29%	65.09% 3.00%	59.09% -3.45%
Average	48.96%	49.73%	48.15%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,272, the average number of admitted is 764, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 366.

The number of Hillsdale applicants decreased by -8.09% (244 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Hillsdale College from 2015 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2015-16	1,859	930	370
2016-17	1,934 4.03%	874 -6.02%	377 1.89%
2017-18	2,080 7.55%	863 -1.26%	372 -1.33%
2018-19	2,209 6.20%	795 -7.88%	341 -8.33%
2019-20	1,593 -27.89%	769 -3.27%	343 0.59%
2020-21	1,993 25.11%	727 -5.46%	341 -0.58%
2021-22	2,994 50.23%	719 -1.10%	402 17.89%
2022-23	3,017 0.77%	621 -13.63%	387 -3.73%
2023-24	2,773 -8.09%	582 -6.28%	361 -6.72%
Average	2,272	764	366

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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