Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Iona

At Iona University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 91.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Iona University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 10.81%, and the 2024 yield is 12.00%.

The number of Iona applicants increased by 17.04% (1,061 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 91.00% at Iona University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.54% and women students' rate is 90.73%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Iona University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	92.12%	92.53%	91.85%
2014-15	86.70% -5.42%	87.68% -4.86%	85.99% -5.86%
2015-16	91.21% 4.51%	91.78% 4.11%	90.79% 4.80%
2016-17	91.46% 0.25%	91.33% -0.45%	91.54% 0.75%
2017-18	92.20% 0.74%	92.17% 0.83%	92.24% 0.69%
2018-19	88.16% -4.03%	87.11% -5.05%	88.95% -3.29%
2019-20	84.11% -4.05%	84.00% -3.11%	84.20% -4.75%
2020-21	85.95% 1.83%	82.68% -1.33%	88.47% 4.28%
2021-22	93.00% 7.05%	91.01% 8.33%	94.01% 5.54%
2022-23	96.40% 3.41%	95.67% 4.66%	96.97% 2.96%
2023-24	91.00% -5.40%	88.99% -6.68%	93.01% -3.96%
Average	90.21%	89.54%	90.73%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 10.81% where the current academic year yield is 12.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.93%	19.52%	15.27%
2014-15	11.83% -5.10%	13.81% -5.71%	10.37% -4.90%
2015-16	9.63% -2.20%	11.56% -2.25%	8.22% -2.14%
2016-17	9.38% -0.25%	10.97% -0.59%	8.26% 0.04%
2017-18	9.05% -0.33%	10.66% -0.30%	7.89% -0.37%
2018-19	9.62% 0.56%	12.05% 1.38%	7.83% -0.06%
2019-20	7.65% -1.97%	9.34% -2.70%	6.34% -1.49%
2020-21	8.38% 0.73%	9.68% 0.34%	7.44% 1.10%
2021-22	11.00% 2.63%	12.02% 2.34%	11.01% 3.58%
2022-23	13.47% 2.47%	15.14% 3.12%	12.40% 1.38%
2023-24	12.00% -1.47%	13.01% -2.13%	11.01% -1.39%
Average	10.81%	12.52%	9.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,637, the average number of admitted is 7,759, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 807.

The number of Iona applicants increased by 17.04% (1,061 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,911	5,445	922
2014-15	7,818 32.26%	6,778 24.48%	802 -13.02%
2015-16	9,587 22.63%	8,744 29.01%	842 4.99%
2016-17	10,896 13.65%	9,965 13.96%	935 11.05%
2017-18	10,305 -5.42%	9,501 -4.66%	860 -8.02%
2018-19	10,062 -2.36%	8,871 -6.63%	853 -0.81%
2019-20	9,965 -0.96%	8,382 -5.51%	641 -24.85%
2020-21	10,319 3.55%	8,869 5.81%	743 15.91%
2021-22	6,625 -35.80%	6,161 -30.53%	678 -8.75%
2022-23	6,228 -5.99%	6,004 -2.55%	809 19.32%
2023-24	7,289 17.04%	6,633 10.48%	796 -1.61%
Average	8,637	7,759	807

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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