Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Macalester

At Macalester College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 35.17%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 28.00%. Macalester's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.25%, and the 2024 yield is 23.02%.

The number of Macalester applicants decreased by -3.97% (335 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 35.17%, and this year's acceptance rate is 28.00% at Macalester College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 33.61% and women students' rate is 36.29%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	34.16%	32.74%	35.07%
2014-15	36.35% 2.18%	34.73% 1.99%	37.38% 2.31%
2015-16	39.02% 2.68%	36.07% 1.34%	40.91% 3.53%
2016-17	37.10% -1.92%	36.04% -0.03%	37.79% -3.12%
2017-18	40.58% 3.48%	36.91% 0.86%	43.06% 5.26%
2018-19	41.24% 0.66%	40.11% 3.21%	42.01% -1.05%
2019-20	32.27% -8.97%	31.99% -8.12%	32.45% -9.56%
2020-21	38.69% 6.43%	38.70% 6.70%	38.69% 6.24%
2021-22	31.00% -7.70%	31.01% -7.69%	32.00% -6.69%
2022-23	28.42% -2.58%	26.37% -4.64%	29.85% -2.16%
2023-24	28.00% -0.42%	24.99% -1.37%	29.99% 0.15%
Average	35.17%	33.61%	36.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.25% where the current academic year yield is 23.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.31%	26.49%	23.01%
2014-15	23.03% -1.28%	22.81% -3.69%	23.17% 0.16%
2015-16	24.78% 1.75%	27.36% 4.55%	23.32% 0.16%
2016-17	22.94% -1.84%	25.03% -2.33%	21.63% -1.69%
2017-18	22.68% -0.26%	23.23% -1.79%	22.36% 0.73%
2018-19	25.16% 2.48%	28.16% 4.93%	23.19% 0.82%
2019-20	23.58% -1.58%	25.74% -2.42%	22.16% -1.02%
2020-21	22.18% -1.40%	22.76% -2.98%	21.78% -0.38%
2021-22	21.01% -1.18%	23.03% 0.27%	20.02% -1.75%
2022-23	23.03% 2.02%	23.38% 0.35%	22.81% 2.79%
2023-24	23.02% -0.01%	27.05% 3.66%	20.03% -2.78%
Average	23.25%	25.00%	22.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,869, the average number of admitted is 2,374, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 551.

The number of Macalester applicants decreased by -3.97% (335 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,683	2,283	555
2014-15	6,463 -3.29%	2,349 2.89%	541 -2.52%
2015-16	6,030 -6.70%	2,353 0.17%	583 7.76%
2016-17	5,946 -1.39%	2,206 -6.25%	506 -13.21%
2017-18	5,900 -0.77%	2,394 8.52%	543 7.31%
2018-19	5,985 1.44%	2,468 3.09%	621 14.36%
2019-20	6,598 10.24%	2,129 -13.74%	502 -19.16%
2020-21	6,373 -3.41%	2,466 15.83%	547 8.96%
2021-22	9,046 41.94%	2,804 13.71%	589 7.68%
2022-23	8,434 -6.77%	2,397 -14.51%	552 -6.28%
2023-24	8,099 -3.97%	2,268 -5.38%	522 -5.43%
Average	6,869	2,374	551

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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