Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Liberty

At Liberty University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 52.16%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 99.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.34%, and the 2024 yield is 18.00%.

The number of Liberty applicants increased by 19.32% (5,978 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 52.16%, and this year's acceptance rate is 99.00% at Liberty University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 52.24% and women students' rate is 52.08%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	21.65%	22.34%	21.15%
2014-15	22.32% 0.67%	23.15% 0.81%	21.70% 0.55%
2015-16	21.56% -0.75%	22.11% -1.04%	21.17% -0.53%
2016-17	24.38% 2.82%	25.70% 3.59%	23.52% 2.34%
2017-18	29.79% 5.41%	31.67% 5.97%	28.59% 5.07%
2018-19	55.54% 25.75%	55.36% 23.69%	55.66% 27.07%
2019-20	51.06% -4.49%	48.03% -7.33%	52.89% -2.77%
2020-21	50.13% -0.92%	48.93% 0.90%	50.96% -1.93%
2021-22	99.00% 48.87%	99.00% 50.07%	99.00% 48.04%
2022-23	99.29% 0.29%	99.30% 0.30%	99.28% 0.29%
2023-24	99.00% -0.29%	99.00% -0.30%	99.00% -0.29%
Average	52.16%	52.24%	52.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.34% where the current academic year yield is 18.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.07%	44.91%	45.20%
2014-15	46.81% 1.74%	47.32% 2.41%	46.41% 1.21%
2015-16	45.42% -1.39%	47.38% 0.06%	43.95% -2.46%
2016-17	46.60% 1.18%	47.00% -0.39%	46.31% 2.36%
2017-18	44.49% -2.11%	45.89% -1.11%	43.50% -2.81%
2018-19	28.93% -15.57%	31.78% -14.11%	27.09% -16.42%
2019-20	24.44% -4.49%	28.87% -2.91%	22.01% -5.08%
2020-21	17.02% -7.42%	18.83% -10.03%	15.83% -6.17%
2021-22	19.00% 1.98%	22.00% 3.17%	18.00% 2.17%
2022-23	19.90% 0.90%	22.86% 0.85%	17.97% -0.03%
2023-24	18.00% -1.90%	20.00% -2.86%	16.00% -1.98%
Average	32.34%	34.26%	31.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 39,989, the average number of admitted is 19,415, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 5,077.

The number of Liberty applicants increased by 19.32% (5,978 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	48,054	10,405	4,690
2014-15	45,121 -6.10%	10,070 -3.22%	4,714 0.51%
2015-16	48,936 8.46%	10,553 4.80%	4,793 1.68%
2016-17	35,627 -27.20%	8,687 -17.68%	4,048 -15.54%
2017-18	32,854 -7.78%	9,788 12.67%	4,355 7.58%
2018-19	29,010 -11.70%	16,113 64.62%	4,661 7.03%
2019-20	42,312 45.85%	21,603 34.07%	5,280 13.28%
2020-21	61,649 45.70%	30,907 43.07%	5,261 -0.36%
2021-22	28,448 -53.85%	28,164 -8.88%	5,351 1.71%
2022-23	30,943 8.77%	30,723 9.09%	6,114 14.26%
2023-24	36,921 19.32%	36,552 18.97%	6,579 7.61%
Average	39,989	19,415	5,077

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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