Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lindenwood

At Lindenwood University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 71.44%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 65.99%. Lindenwood's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lindenwood University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Lindenwood University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 37.85%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Lindenwood applicants increased by 54.23% (2,371 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 71.44%, and this year's acceptance rate is 65.99% at Lindenwood University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.16% and women students' rate is 73.39%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lindenwood University than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Lindenwood University have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.29%	66.52%	66.10%
2014-15	52.88% -13.41%	50.25% -16.27%	55.78% -10.31%
2015-16	55.39% 2.51%	53.19% 2.94%	57.48% 1.70%
2016-17	54.69% -0.70%	52.68% -0.50%	56.51% -0.98%
2017-18	73.75% 19.06%	71.54% 18.86%	75.78% 19.27%
2018-19	88.11% 14.37%	86.20% 14.66%	89.89% 14.11%
2019-20	87.56% -0.55%	84.74% -1.46%	89.91% 0.01%
2020-21	92.13% 4.57%	91.90% 7.16%	92.29% 2.39%
2021-22	74.99% -17.14%	70.03% -21.87%	79.03% -13.27%
2022-23	74.02% -0.98%	70.68% 0.65%	76.52% -2.50%
2023-24	65.99% -8.02%	63.01% -7.67%	68.01% -8.51%
Average	71.44%	69.16%	73.39%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 37.85% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	61.12%	64.07%	58.55%
2014-15	52.63% -8.48%	51.16% -12.92%	54.10% -4.45%
2015-16	53.04% 0.41%	53.02% 1.86%	53.06% -1.04%
2016-17	44.14% -8.90%	45.40% -7.62%	43.07% -9.99%
2017-18	43.23% -0.91%	45.62% 0.22%	41.16% -1.92%
2018-19	34.75% -8.48%	36.39% -9.23%	33.29% -7.86%
2019-20	23.37% -11.38%	23.82% -12.57%	23.03% -10.26%
2020-21	27.51% 4.13%	28.02% 4.20%	27.16% 4.13%
2021-22	29.01% 1.51%	29.98% 1.96%	27.98% 0.82%
2022-23	27.60% -1.42%	28.43% -1.55%	27.02% -0.96%
2023-24	20.00% -7.60%	19.99% -8.44%	19.98% -7.03%
Average	37.85%	38.72%	37.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,959, the average number of admitted is 2,766, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 982.

The number of Lindenwood applicants increased by 54.23% (2,371 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,379	2,240	1,369
2014-15	4,595 35.99%	2,430 8.48%	1,279 -6.57%
2015-16	4,156 -9.55%	2,302 -5.27%	1,221 -4.53%
2016-17	4,039 -2.82%	2,209 -4.04%	975 -20.15%
2017-18	2,895 -28.32%	2,135 -3.35%	923 -5.33%
2018-19	3,416 18.00%	3,010 40.98%	1,046 13.33%
2019-20	3,899 14.14%	3,414 13.42%	798 -23.71%
2020-21	2,695 -30.88%	2,483 -27.27%	683 -14.41%
2021-22	3,355 24.49%	2,516 1.33%	730 6.88%
2022-23	4,372 30.31%	3,236 28.62%	893 22.33%
2023-24	6,743 54.23%	4,450 37.52%	890 -0.34%
Average	3,959	2,766	982

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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