Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Lipscomb

At Lipscomb University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 62.41%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 66.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lipscomb University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.89%, and the 2024 yield is 25.01%.

The number of Lipscomb applicants increased by 14.55% (539 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 62.41%, and this year's acceptance rate is 66.99% at Lipscomb University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 62.74% and women students' rate is 62.21%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Lipscomb University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.70%	50.04%	54.26%
2014-15	55.58% 2.89%	56.58% 6.55%	55.02% 0.76%
2015-16	60.77% 5.18%	62.32% 5.73%	59.93% 4.90%
2016-17	60.85% 0.09%	62.24% -0.08%	60.13% 0.21%
2017-18	60.43% -0.42%	60.66% -1.58%	60.31% 0.18%
2018-19	59.51% -0.92%	59.47% -1.19%	59.53% -0.78%
2019-20	63.11% 3.60%	65.70% 6.23%	61.75% 2.22%
2020-21	61.50% -1.61%	64.14% -1.56%	60.21% -1.53%
2021-22	73.99% 12.49%	72.98% 8.84%	74.02% 13.81%
2022-23	71.12% -2.87%	71.01% -1.97%	71.18% -2.84%
2023-24	66.99% -4.13%	64.97% -6.03%	67.99% -3.19%
Average	62.41%	62.74%	62.21%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.89% where the current academic year yield is 25.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	37.44%	39.97%	36.06%
2014-15	30.64% -6.80%	31.52% -8.45%	30.14% -5.93%
2015-16	33.25% 2.61%	32.64% 1.13%	33.59% 3.45%
2016-17	30.22% -3.03%	32.97% 0.33%	28.73% -4.86%
2017-18	29.62% -0.60%	31.61% -1.37%	28.60% -0.13%
2018-19	30.99% 1.37%	34.47% 2.86%	29.10% 0.50%
2019-20	27.90% -3.09%	30.85% -3.62%	26.24% -2.86%
2020-21	31.16% 3.26%	34.12% 3.27%	29.62% 3.38%
2021-22	25.99% -5.18%	30.00% -4.12%	23.97% -5.65%
2022-23	26.53% 0.54%	28.65% -1.35%	25.41% 1.43%
2023-24	25.01% -1.52%	25.98% -2.67%	25.03% -0.38%
Average	29.89%	32.07%	28.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,603, the average number of admitted is 2,251, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 664.

The number of Lipscomb applicants increased by 14.55% (539 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,467	1,827	684
2014-15	3,699 6.69%	2,056 12.53%	630 -7.89%
2015-16	3,311 -10.49%	2,012 -2.14%	669 6.19%
2016-17	3,464 4.62%	2,108 4.77%	637 -4.78%
2017-18	3,581 3.38%	2,164 2.66%	641 0.63%
2018-19	3,638 1.59%	2,165 0.05%	671 4.68%
2019-20	3,481 -4.32%	2,197 1.48%	613 -8.64%
2020-21	3,621 4.02%	2,227 1.37%	694 13.21%
2021-22	3,422 -5.50%	2,532 13.70%	658 -5.19%
2022-23	3,705 8.27%	2,635 4.07%	699 6.23%
2023-24	4,244 14.55%	2,843 7.89%	711 1.72%
Average	3,603	2,251	664

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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