Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Luther

At Luther College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 68.76%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Luther College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.58%, and the 2024 yield is 19.99%.

The number of Luther applicants increased by 11.84% (259 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 68.76%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.99% at Luther College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 65.48% and women students' rate is 71.75%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Luther College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.12%	66.85%	76.59%
2014-15	71.16% -0.96%	66.48% -0.38%	75.16% -1.43%
2015-16	66.89% -4.27%	63.12% -3.36%	69.89% -5.27%
2016-17	67.63% 0.75%	65.19% 2.07%	69.68% -0.21%
2017-18	65.09% -2.55%	62.36% -2.83%	67.28% -2.40%
2018-19	62.57% -2.52%	59.83% -2.52%	64.68% -2.60%
2019-20	62.27% -0.30%	57.91% -1.93%	65.59% 0.91%
2020-21	64.29% 2.02%	59.06% 1.16%	68.91% 3.32%
2021-22	75.99% 11.71%	74.02% 14.96%	79.01% 10.09%
2022-23	75.32% -0.67%	73.49% -0.53%	77.45% -1.56%
2023-24	72.99% -2.33%	71.97% -1.52%	74.98% -2.47%
Average	68.76%	65.48%	71.75%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.58% where the current academic year yield is 19.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.95%	25.49%	24.55%
2014-15	22.84% -2.12%	24.31% -1.18%	21.72% -2.83%
2015-16	23.94% 1.11%	26.97% 2.66%	21.77% 0.05%
2016-17	19.94% -4.01%	21.24% -5.73%	18.92% -2.85%
2017-18	18.52% -1.41%	18.98% -2.27%	18.19% -0.73%
2018-19	20.02% 1.50%	19.13% 0.15%	20.66% 2.47%
2019-20	20.60% 0.58%	24.00% 4.87%	18.31% -2.34%
2020-21	19.36% -1.24%	19.60% -4.40%	19.17% 0.86%
2021-22	23.00% 3.64%	21.00% 1.39%	27.04% 7.87%
2022-23	24.27% 1.28%	21.16% 0.16%	27.71% 0.67%
2023-24	19.99% -4.28%	19.01% -2.14%	20.95% -6.76%
Average	21.58%	21.90%	21.73%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,479, the average number of admitted is 2,360, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 507.

The number of Luther applicants increased by 11.84% (259 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,490	2,517	628
2014-15	3,440 -1.43%	2,448 -2.74%	559 -10.99%
2015-16	3,896 13.26%	2,606 6.45%	624 11.63%
2016-17	3,856 -1.03%	2,608 0.08%	520 -16.67%
2017-18	4,288 11.20%	2,791 7.02%	517 -0.58%
2018-19	4,422 3.13%	2,767 -0.86%	554 7.16%
2019-20	4,108 -7.10%	2,558 -7.55%	527 -4.87%
2020-21	3,640 -11.39%	2,340 -8.52%	453 -14.04%
2021-22	2,495 -31.46%	1,896 -18.97%	436 -3.75%
2022-23	2,188 -12.30%	1,648 -13.08%	400 -8.26%
2023-24	2,447 11.84%	1,786 8.37%	357 -10.75%
Average	3,479	2,360	507

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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