Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Loras

At Loras College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.25%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.01%. Loras's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.08%, and the 2024 yield is 16.97%.

The number of Loras applicants decreased by -11.18% (208 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.25%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.01% at Loras College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.23% and women students' rate is 85.51%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	69.03%	65.98%	72.03%
2014-15	95.13% 26.09%	93.10% 27.12%	97.10% 25.07%
2015-16	94.96% -0.17%	93.81% 0.71%	96.13% -0.97%
2016-17	92.36% -2.60%	91.83% -1.98%	92.99% -3.13%
2017-18	95.09% 2.73%	94.31% 2.48%	96.13% 3.14%
2018-19	92.68% -2.41%	92.16% -2.15%	93.45% -2.68%
2019-20	75.32% -17.36%	76.61% -15.55%	73.58% -19.86%
2020-21	58.38% -16.94%	58.67% -17.93%	58.02% -15.57%
2021-22	72.00% 13.62%	70.02% 11.34%	75.00% 16.98%
2022-23	89.84% 17.83%	88.02% 18.01%	93.09% 18.09%
2023-24	92.01% 2.17%	91.00% 2.98%	93.03% -0.07%
Average	84.25%	83.23%	85.51%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.08% where the current academic year yield is 16.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.02%	34.75%	29.56%
2014-15	30.41% -1.61%	33.00% -1.75%	27.99% -1.57%
2015-16	32.77% 2.37%	33.84% 0.84%	31.71% 3.72%
2016-17	27.99% -4.79%	28.71% -5.14%	27.12% -4.59%
2017-18	30.53% 2.54%	30.32% 1.61%	30.93% 3.81%
2018-19	29.77% -0.76%	30.82% 0.51%	28.26% -2.68%
2019-20	29.03% -0.74%	28.86% -1.97%	29.27% 1.02%
2020-21	20.29% -8.74%	21.99% -6.87%	18.17% -11.11%
2021-22	19.97% -0.32%	20.96% -1.02%	18.06% -0.11%
2022-23	17.12% -2.86%	17.22% -3.74%	16.94% -1.13%
2023-24	16.97% -0.14%	16.97% -0.26%	17.07% 0.13%
Average	26.08%	27.04%	25.01%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,612, the average number of admitted is 1,315, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 333.

The number of Loras applicants decreased by -11.18% (208 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,873	1,293	414
2014-15	1,293 -30.97%	1,230 -4.87%	374 -9.66%
2015-16	1,250 -3.33%	1,187 -3.50%	389 4.01%
2016-17	1,269 1.52%	1,172 -1.26%	328 -15.68%
2017-18	1,161 -8.51%	1,104 -5.80%	337 2.74%
2018-19	1,312 13.01%	1,216 10.14%	362 7.42%
2019-20	1,491 13.64%	1,123 -7.65%	326 -9.94%
2020-21	2,482 66.47%	1,449 29.03%	294 -9.82%
2021-22	2,086 -15.95%	1,502 3.66%	300 2.04%
2022-23	1,860 -10.83%	1,671 11.25%	286 -4.67%
2023-24	1,652 -11.18%	1,520 -9.04%	258 -9.79%
Average	1,612	1,315	333

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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