Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lake Forest

At Lake Forest College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.35%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 58.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.61%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Lake Forest applicants increased by 3.13% (146 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.35%, and this year's acceptance rate is 58.99% at Lake Forest College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.21% and women students' rate is 59.90%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.27%	53.35%	60.18%
2014-15	55.20% -2.07%	51.84% -1.51%	57.94% -2.24%
2015-16	55.00% -0.21%	53.08% 1.24%	56.42% -1.51%
2016-17	56.94% 1.95%	55.55% 2.47%	57.96% 1.54%
2017-18	52.99% -3.96%	52.90% -2.65%	53.05% -4.92%
2018-19	57.92% 4.94%	55.39% 2.49%	59.86% 6.82%
2019-20	55.20% -2.72%	50.73% -4.66%	58.42% -1.44%
2020-21	57.61% 2.41%	52.38% 1.65%	61.59% 3.16%
2021-22	64.00% 6.39%	60.99% 8.61%	66.98% 5.39%
2022-23	59.72% -4.28%	54.10% -6.89%	64.42% -2.56%
2023-24	58.99% -0.73%	55.99% 1.90%	62.02% -2.41%
Average	57.35%	54.21%	59.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.61% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Lake Forest College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.10%	22.01%	17.19%
2014-15	21.84% 2.74%	21.79% -0.22%	21.87% 4.68%
2015-16	19.30% -2.54%	20.37% -1.43%	18.55% -3.32%
2016-17	15.08% -4.22%	14.33% -6.04%	15.61% -2.94%
2017-18	15.66% 0.58%	17.47% 3.14%	14.39% -1.22%
2018-19	16.19% 0.54%	17.35% -0.11%	15.37% 0.98%
2019-20	14.49% -1.71%	16.78% -0.57%	13.05% -2.32%
2020-21	15.03% 0.54%	14.79% -1.99%	15.18% 2.13%
2021-22	14.99% -0.04%	16.99% 2.20%	12.98% -2.20%
2022-23	15.97% 0.99%	16.28% -0.72%	15.76% 2.78%
2023-24	15.01% -0.96%	15.97% -0.30%	13.99% -1.77%
Average	16.61%	17.65%	15.81%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,204, the average number of admitted is 2,415, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 395.

The number of Lake Forest applicants increased by 3.13% (146 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,684	2,110	403
2014-15	3,451 -6.32%	1,905 -9.72%	416 3.23%
2015-16	3,373 -2.26%	1,855 -2.62%	358 -13.94%
2016-17	4,227 25.32%	2,407 29.76%	363 1.40%
2017-18	4,303 1.80%	2,280 -5.28%	357 -1.65%
2018-19	4,147 -3.63%	2,402 5.35%	389 8.96%
2019-20	4,739 14.28%	2,616 8.91%	379 -2.57%
2020-21	4,482 -5.42%	2,582 -1.30%	388 2.37%
2021-22	4,358 -2.77%	2,789 8.02%	418 7.73%
2022-23	4,665 7.04%	2,786 -0.11%	445 6.46%
2023-24	4,811 3.13%	2,838 1.87%	426 -4.27%
Average	4,204	2,415	395

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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