Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at La Sierra

At La Sierra University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.84%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.98%. La Sierra's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.27%, and the 2024 yield is 12.01%.

The number of La Sierra applicants increased by 19.17% (360 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.84%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.98% at La Sierra University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.40% and women students' rate is 59.17%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	46.77%	44.86%	47.79%
2014-15	40.64% -6.12%	38.53% -6.34%	41.84% -5.95%
2015-16	44.62% 3.97%	40.34% 1.81%	46.91% 5.07%
2016-17	45.93% 1.32%	42.32% 1.97%	47.98% 1.07%
2017-18	48.21% 2.27%	43.87% 1.56%	50.52% 2.55%
2018-19	47.09% -1.12%	42.99% -0.88%	49.33% -1.19%
2019-20	55.20% 8.11%	51.74% 8.75%	57.06% 7.73%
2020-21	56.97% 1.78%	55.48% 3.74%	57.79% 0.73%
2021-22	65.99% 9.02%	63.96% 8.48%	67.01% 9.22%
2022-23	91.85% 25.86%	94.35% 30.39%	90.67% 23.67%
2023-24	92.98% 1.13%	90.99% -3.37%	94.03% 3.35%
Average	57.84%	55.40%	59.17%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.27% where the current academic year yield is 12.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.32%	30.95%	28.49%
2014-15	24.41% -4.91%	27.18% -3.78%	22.97% -5.52%
2015-16	22.53% -1.88%	24.75% -2.42%	21.50% -1.47%
2016-17	17.81% -4.71%	22.48% -2.28%	15.49% -6.01%
2017-18	21.24% 3.43%	23.27% 0.80%	20.31% 4.82%
2018-19	17.69% -3.56%	19.69% -3.58%	16.73% -3.58%
2019-20	11.21% -6.48%	11.64% -8.05%	10.99% -5.73%
2020-21	9.68% -1.53%	9.68% -1.96%	9.68% -1.31%
2021-22	16.01% 6.33%	22.00% 12.32%	12.97% 3.29%
2022-23	19.07% 3.06%	22.89% 0.88%	17.20% 4.23%
2023-24	12.01% -7.06%	12.95% -9.94%	12.03% -5.17%
Average	18.27%	20.68%	17.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,842, the average number of admitted is 2,073, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 361.

The number of La Sierra applicants increased by 19.17% (360 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,479	1,627	477
2014-15	4,707 35.30%	1,913 17.58%	467 -2.10%
2015-16	4,328 -8.05%	1,931 0.94%	435 -6.85%
2016-17	4,021 -7.09%	1,847 -4.35%	329 -24.37%
2017-18	4,101 1.99%	1,977 7.04%	420 27.66%
2018-19	4,275 4.24%	2,013 1.82%	356 -15.24%
2019-20	5,399 26.29%	2,980 48.04%	334 -6.18%
2020-21	5,113 -5.30%	2,913 -2.25%	282 -15.57%
2021-22	2,726 -46.68%	1,799 -38.24%	288 2.13%
2022-23	1,878 -31.11%	1,725 -4.11%	329 14.24%
2023-24	2,238 19.17%	2,081 20.64%	250 -24.01%
Average	3,842	2,073	361

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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