Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at HBU

At Houston Christian University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 64.80%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.20%, and the 2024 yield is 9.00%.

The number of HBU applicants decreased by -12.06% (1,237 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 64.80%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Houston Christian University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.21% and women students' rate is 65.05%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.18%	74.40%	72.48%
2014-15	35.73% -37.45%	37.55% -36.85%	34.67% -37.81%
2015-16	33.23% -2.49%	33.50% -4.04%	33.08% -1.59%
2016-17	34.56% 1.33%	34.57% 1.07%	34.56% 1.48%
2017-18	69.01% 34.45%	69.94% 35.36%	68.52% 33.96%
2018-19	70.02% 1.00%	70.11% 0.17%	69.97% 1.45%
2019-20	71.05% 1.03%	71.30% 1.19%	70.92% 0.95%
2020-21	71.51% 0.47%	71.29% -0.01%	71.62% 0.70%
2021-22	85.00% 13.49%	82.00% 10.71%	86.01% 14.39%
2022-23	84.48% -0.52%	80.61% -1.39%	86.68% 0.67%
2023-24	85.00% 0.52%	80.99% 0.38%	87.01% 0.33%
Average	64.80%	64.21%	65.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.20% where the current academic year yield is 9.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.41%	14.65%	12.38%
2014-15	13.48% -12.93%	14.37% -0.28%	12.92% 0.54%
2015-16	11.30% -2.19%	11.70% -2.67%	11.06% -1.86%
2016-17	10.94% -0.35%	11.80% 0.10%	10.44% -0.62%
2017-18	11.64% 0.70%	12.83% 1.02%	10.99% 0.55%
2018-19	10.76% -0.88%	9.34% -3.48%	11.60% 0.60%
2019-20	11.49% 0.74%	12.02% 2.68%	11.22% -0.37%
2020-21	10.71% -0.78%	11.84% -0.18%	10.16% -1.06%
2021-22	10.00% -0.71%	10.99% -0.84%	9.00% -1.16%
2022-23	8.45% -1.55%	9.57% -1.42%	7.85% -1.14%
2023-24	9.00% 0.55%	10.99% 1.42%	8.99% 1.14%
Average	12.20%	11.83%	10.60%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,865, the average number of admitted is 5,953, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 687.

The number of HBU applicants decreased by -12.06% (1,237 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,872	4,297	1,135
2014-15	12,769 117.46%	4,562 6.17%	615 -45.81%
2015-16	14,519 13.71%	4,825 5.77%	545 -11.38%
2016-17	15,256 5.08%	5,273 9.28%	577 5.87%
2017-18	6,461 -57.65%	4,459 -15.44%	519 -10.05%
2018-19	7,051 9.13%	4,937 10.72%	531 2.31%
2019-20	8,904 26.28%	6,326 28.13%	727 36.91%
2020-21	8,723 -2.03%	6,238 -1.39%	668 -8.12%
2021-22	9,685 11.03%	8,232 31.97%	823 23.20%
2022-23	10,258 5.92%	8,666 5.27%	732 -11.06%
2023-24	9,021 -12.06%	7,668 -11.52%	690 -5.74%
Average	9,865	5,953	687

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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