Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lees-McRae

At Lees-McRae College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 65.03%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.97%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Lees-McRae College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.10%, and the 2024 yield is 14.03%.

The number of Lees-McRae applicants increased by 3.12% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 65.03%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.97% at Lees-McRae College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.62% and women students' rate is 64.93%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Lees-McRae College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.48%	67.29%	65.94%
2014-15	61.96% -4.52%	61.24% -6.05%	62.38% -3.56%
2015-16	66.50% 4.54%	66.85% 5.61%	66.27% 3.89%
2016-17	63.03% -3.47%	63.57% -3.28%	62.74% -3.53%
2017-18	70.76% 7.73%	70.51% 6.94%	70.91% 8.17%
2018-19	57.18% -13.57%	63.78% -6.73%	53.67% -17.24%
2019-20	54.82% -2.36%	56.48% -7.30%	54.03% 0.36%
2020-21	73.29% 18.46%	71.89% 15.40%	75.36% 21.34%
2021-22	58.98% -14.31%	60.00% -11.89%	58.96% -16.41%
2022-23	61.34% 2.36%	62.18% 2.18%	62.01% 3.05%
2023-24	80.97% 19.64%	78.02% 15.84%	82.00% 19.99%
Average	65.03%	65.62%	64.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.10% where the current academic year yield is 14.03%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Lees-McRae College from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19.42%	23.66%	16.60%
2014-15	23.03% 3.61%	19.65% -4.00%	25.00% 8.40%
2015-16	21.27% -1.76%	24.80% 5.14%	18.93% -6.07%
2016-17	19.38% -1.89%	24.56% -0.24%	16.53% -2.40%
2017-18	24.23% 4.85%	26.10% 1.54%	23.09% 6.56%
2018-19	26.56% 2.33%	30.25% 4.15%	24.22% 1.13%
2019-20	22.69% -3.87%	23.35% -6.90%	22.35% -1.87%
2020-21	18.61% -4.08%	22.35% -1.00%	17.09% -5.27%
2021-22	23.00% 4.39%	25.14% 2.79%	23.05% 5.97%
2022-23	19.94% -3.05%	24.02% -1.12%	17.67% -5.38%
2023-24	14.03% -5.91%	15.08% -8.94%	12.96% -4.72%
Average	21.10%	23.54%	19.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,543, the average number of admitted is 1,004, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 207.

The number of Lees-McRae applicants increased by 3.12% (54 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,751	1,164	226
2014-15	1,514 -13.54%	938 -19.42%	216 -4.42%
2015-16	1,400 -7.53%	931 -0.75%	198 -8.33%
2016-17	1,531 9.36%	965 3.65%	187 -5.56%
2017-18	1,190 -22.27%	842 -12.75%	204 9.09%
2018-19	1,462 22.86%	836 -0.71%	222 8.82%
2019-20	1,399 -4.31%	767 -8.25%	174 -21.62%
2020-21	1,430 2.22%	1,048 36.64%	195 12.07%
2021-22	1,777 24.27%	1,048	241 23.59%
2022-23	1,733 -2.48%	1,063 1.43%	212 -12.03%
2023-24	1,787 3.12%	1,447 36.12%	203 -4.25%
Average	1,543	1,004	207

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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