Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Longwood

At Longwood University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.37%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Longwood University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.92%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of Longwood applicants decreased by 0.60% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.37%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Longwood University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.28% and women students' rate is 85.37%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Longwood University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.36%	79.21%	82.54%
2014-15	72.92% -8.44%	70.00% -9.21%	74.34% -8.20%
2015-16	78.90% 5.99%	74.86% 4.86%	80.91% 6.56%
2016-17	73.95% -4.95%	68.26% -6.60%	76.79% -4.12%
2017-18	91.83% 17.88%	92.76% 24.50%	91.38% 14.59%
2018-19	89.13% -2.70%	87.53% -5.23%	89.90% -1.48%
2019-20	89.89% 0.76%	89.26% 1.73%	90.16% 0.26%
2020-21	87.34% -2.55%	86.24% -3.02%	87.87% -2.28%
2021-22	90.00% 2.65%	87.01% 0.77%	91.01% 3.13%
2022-23	87.79% -2.21%	86.94% -0.07%	88.22% -2.79%
2023-24	85.00% -2.79%	83.02% -3.92%	86.01% -2.21%
Average	84.37%	82.28%	85.37%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.92% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33.68%	32.20%	34.46%
2014-15	32.94% -0.74%	34.91% 2.71%	32.02% -2.44%
2015-16	27.84% -5.09%	25.81% -9.10%	28.77% -3.25%
2016-17	24.32% -3.52%	27.67% 1.85%	22.84% -5.93%
2017-18	23.53% -0.79%	24.57% -3.10%	23.01% 0.17%
2018-19	21.89% -1.64%	21.71% -2.85%	21.97% -1.04%
2019-20	20.06% -1.83%	20.00% -1.71%	20.09% -1.88%
2020-21	13.95% -6.12%	12.77% -7.23%	14.50% -5.58%
2021-22	13.00% -0.95%	13.00% 0.23%	13.99% -0.51%
2022-23	14.97% 1.97%	13.28% 0.28%	15.82% 1.83%
2023-24	15.00% 0.03%	13.01% -0.26%	16.01% 0.19%
Average	21.92%	21.72%	22.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,267, the average number of admitted is 4,460, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 922.

The number of Longwood applicants decreased by 0.60% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,055	3,299	1,111
2014-15	4,593 13.27%	3,349 1.52%	1,103 -0.72%
2015-16	4,716 2.68%	3,721 11.11%	1,036 -6.07%
2016-17	5,282 12.00%	3,906 4.97%	950 -8.30%
2017-18	4,873 -7.74%	4,475 14.57%	1,053 10.84%
2018-19	5,162 5.93%	4,601 2.82%	1,007 -4.37%
2019-20	4,431 -14.16%	3,983 -13.43%	799 -20.66%
2020-21	6,724 51.75%	5,873 47.45%	819 2.50%
2021-22	5,977 -11.11%	5,379 -8.41%	699 -14.65%
2022-23	6,042 1.09%	5,304 -1.39%	794 13.59%
2023-24	6,078 0.60%	5,166 -2.60%	775 -2.39%
Average	5,267	4,460	922

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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