Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lawrence

At Lawrence University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.45%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 63.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lawrence University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.79%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of Lawrence applicants increased by 18.55% (546 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.45%, and this year's acceptance rate is 63.00% at Lawrence University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.68% and women students' rate is 71.72%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lawrence University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.69%	69.41%	75.23%
2014-15	72.95% 0.26%	67.28% -2.13%	77.67% 2.44%
2015-16	68.25% -4.70%	61.94% -5.34%	73.35% -4.32%
2016-17	62.98% -5.27%	59.44% -2.50%	65.87% -7.48%
2017-18	61.35% -1.63%	57.54% -1.90%	64.77% -1.10%
2018-19	62.48% 1.13%	59.60% 2.06%	65.38% 0.61%
2019-20	62.08% -0.39%	56.89% -2.71%	67.04% 1.66%
2020-21	68.92% 6.84%	63.52% 6.63%	74.19% 7.14%
2021-22	74.99% 6.07%	69.03% 5.51%	79.97% 5.79%
2022-23	72.27% -2.72%	67.76% -1.28%	76.42% -3.56%
2023-24	63.00% -9.28%	57.02% -10.73%	69.02% -7.40%
Average	67.45%	62.68%	71.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.79% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.05%	21.98%	18.68%
2014-15	19.21% -0.84%	21.22% -0.76%	17.77% -0.91%
2015-16	19.45% 0.23%	20.24% -0.98%	18.90% 1.14%
2016-17	16.59% -2.85%	19.75% -0.49%	14.26% -4.64%
2017-18	15.93% -0.66%	16.97% -2.78%	15.10% 0.83%
2018-19	18.28% 2.35%	18.97% 2.00%	17.65% 2.55%
2019-20	17.95% -0.33%	17.15% -1.82%	18.60% 0.96%
2020-21	18.06% 0.11%	18.12% 0.97%	18.01% -0.59%
2021-22	17.98% -0.08%	21.01% 2.88%	16.98% -1.03%
2022-23	17.11% -0.87%	18.03% -2.98%	16.37% -0.61%
2023-24	15.01% -2.10%	15.97% -2.06%	15.02% -1.35%
Average	17.79%	19.04%	17.03%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,181, the average number of admitted is 2,130, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 378.

The number of Lawrence applicants increased by 18.55% (546 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,710	1,970	395
2014-15	2,747 1.37%	2,004 1.73%	385 -2.53%
2015-16	3,014 9.72%	2,057 2.64%	400 3.90%
2016-17	3,579 18.75%	2,254 9.58%	374 -6.50%
2017-18	3,612 0.92%	2,216 -1.69%	353 -5.61%
2018-19	3,502 -3.05%	2,188 -1.26%	400 13.31%
2019-20	3,463 -1.11%	2,150 -1.74%	386 -3.50%
2020-21	3,028 -12.56%	2,087 -2.93%	377 -2.33%
2021-22	2,907 -4.00%	2,180 4.46%	392 3.98%
2022-23	2,943 1.24%	2,127 -2.43%	364 -7.14%
2023-24	3,489 18.55%	2,198 3.34%	330 -9.34%
Average	3,181	2,130	378

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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