Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MBU

At Mary Baldwin University, the average acceptance rate over the past 8 years is 93.31%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 87.10%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 7.23%, and the 2021 yield is 5.72%.

The number of MBU applicants decreased by -4.92% (372 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 93.31%, and this year's acceptance rate is 87.10% at Mary Baldwin University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.94% and women students' rate is 93.69%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Mary Baldwin University over the past 8 years (2013-2021).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	88.35%	0.00%	88.35%
2014-15	95.45% 7.10%	0.00%	95.45% 7.10%
2015-16	97.08% 1.63%	0.00%	97.08% 1.63%
2016-17	99.48% 2.40%	100.00% 100.00%	99.48% 2.40%
2017-18	94.70% -4.78%	96.34% -3.66%	94.60% -4.88%
2018-19	99.91% 5.20%	99.84% 3.50%	99.92% 5.32%
2019-20	84.39% -15.51%	78.53% -21.31%	85.96% -13.97%
2020-21	87.10% 2.71%	80.84% 2.31%	88.68% 2.72%
Average	93.31%	56.94%	93.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 8 years is 7.23% where the current academic year yield is 5.72%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Mary Baldwin University from 2013 to 2021.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7.99%	0.00%	7.99%
2014-15	8.93% 0.94%	0.00%	8.93% 0.94%
2015-16	6.57% -2.36%	0.00%	6.57% -2.36%
2016-17	8.43% 1.86%	100.00% 100.00%	8.36% 1.79%
2017-18	8.24% -0.19%	5.06% -94.94%	8.44% 0.08%
2018-19	5.83% -2.41%	6.76% 1.70%	5.61% -2.84%
2019-20	6.10% 0.27%	7.35% 0.59%	5.79% 0.19%
2020-21	5.72% -0.38%	7.70% 0.34%	5.26% -0.53%
Average	7.23%	15.86%	7.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,270, the average number of admitted is 3,922, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 264.

The number of MBU applicants decreased by -4.92% (372 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Mary Baldwin University from 2013 to 2021.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,089	2,729	218
2014-15	3,074 -0.49%	2,934 7.51%	262 20.18%
2015-16	2,774 -9.76%	2,693 -8.21%	177 -32.44%
2016-17	2,706 -2.45%	2,692 -0.04%	227 28.25%
2017-18	1,397 -48.37%	1,323 -50.85%	109 -51.98%
2018-19	6,371 356.05%	6,365 381.10%	371 240.37%
2019-20	7,560 18.66%	6,380 0.24%	389 4.85%
2020-21	7,188 -4.92%	6,261 -1.87%	358 -7.97%
Average	4,270	3,922	264