Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Houghton

At Houghton University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.80%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Houghton University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.14%, and the 2024 yield is 23.97%.

The number of Houghton applicants increased by 9.65% (94 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.80%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.98% at Houghton University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.20% and women students' rate is 87.44%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Houghton University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	91.08%	92.25%	90.49%
2014-15	93.81% 2.74%	91.36% -0.89%	94.90% 4.41%
2015-16	94.57% 0.75%	93.41% 2.05%	95.19% 0.29%
2016-17	79.33% -15.24%	75.20% -18.21%	79.02% -16.17%
2017-18	91.35% 12.02%	92.20% 17.01%	90.87% 11.86%
2018-19	95.09% 3.73%	92.81% 0.60%	96.27% 5.39%
2019-20	80.70% -14.39%	76.29% -16.52%	83.05% -13.22%
2020-21	79.98% -0.72%	77.75% 1.46%	81.40% -1.65%
2021-22	78.97% -1.01%	78.06% 0.31%	80.06% -1.34%
2022-23	77.00% -1.97%	75.91% -2.15%	77.63% -2.43%
2023-24	92.98% 15.98%	91.96% 16.05%	92.95% 15.32%
Average	86.80%	85.20%	87.44%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.14% where the current academic year yield is 23.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.34%	32.40%	29.28%
2014-15	32.03% 1.69%	34.23% 1.83%	31.09% 1.82%
2015-16	36.94% 4.90%	41.18% 6.94%	34.11% 3.01%
2016-17	29.11% -7.83%	36.46% -4.72%	26.01% -8.10%
2017-18	35.73% 6.63%	38.24% 1.78%	34.31% 8.30%
2018-19	33.20% -2.53%	39.92% 1.69%	29.85% -4.46%
2019-20	28.11% -5.09%	30.34% -9.59%	27.02% -2.82%
2020-21	21.05% -7.07%	25.00% -5.34%	18.64% -8.38%
2021-22	26.01% 4.96%	28.11% 3.11%	23.94% 5.30%
2022-23	24.00% -2.01%	25.83% -2.28%	22.96% -0.97%
2023-24	23.97% -0.03%	23.03% -2.80%	23.99% 1.03%
Average	29.14%	32.25%	27.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 922, the average number of admitted is 794, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 230.

The number of Houghton applicants increased by 9.65% (94 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	807	735	223
2014-15	792 -1.86%	743 1.09%	238 6.73%
2015-16	773 -2.40%	731 -1.62%	270 13.45%
2016-17	1,074 38.94%	852 16.55%	248 -8.15%
2017-18	821 -23.56%	750 -11.97%	268 8.06%
2018-19	814 -0.85%	774 3.20%	257 -4.10%
2019-20	1,005 23.46%	811 4.78%	228 -11.28%
2020-21	1,004 -0.10%	803 -0.99%	169 -25.88%
2021-22	1,008 0.40%	796 -0.87%	207 22.49%
2022-23	974 -3.37%	750 -5.78%	180 -13.04%
2023-24	1,068 9.65%	993 32.40%	238 32.22%
Average	922	794	230

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Houghton University and similar schools.