Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mercy

At Mercy University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.37%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.00%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Mercy applicants increased by 8.74% (690 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.37%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Mercy University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.59% and women students' rate is 80.29%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	57.24%	51.64%	60.01%
2014-15	71.89% 14.65%	66.24% 14.60%	74.97% 14.96%
2015-16	65.69% -6.20%	60.00% -6.24%	68.50% -6.48%
2016-17	77.68% 11.99%	71.11% 11.11%	81.01% 12.51%
2017-18	78.73% 1.05%	72.23% 1.11%	82.07% 1.06%
2018-19	79.45% 0.72%	73.47% 1.25%	82.65% 0.58%
2019-20	81.62% 2.17%	76.41% 2.93%	84.23% 1.58%
2020-21	81.96% 0.34%	74.67% -1.74%	85.45% 1.23%
2021-22	86.00% 4.04%	80.02% 5.35%	88.00% 2.55%
2022-23	85.86% -0.14%	80.76% 0.75%	88.34% 0.35%
2023-24	85.00% -0.86%	80.99% 0.22%	88.00% -0.34%
Average	77.37%	71.59%	80.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.00% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.23%	22.90%	21.95%
2014-15	18.14% -4.09%	18.31% -4.59%	18.06% -3.89%
2015-16	25.62% 7.48%	26.00% 7.69%	25.46% 7.40%
2016-17	18.44% -7.18%	21.42% -4.58%	17.12% -8.34%
2017-18	16.75% -1.69%	20.44% -0.98%	15.08% -2.04%
2018-19	17.14% 0.39%	19.82% -0.62%	15.87% 0.79%
2019-20	18.21% 1.07%	19.47% -0.34%	17.64% 1.78%
2020-21	16.72% -1.49%	16.96% -2.51%	16.62% -1.02%
2021-22	15.00% -1.72%	15.98% -0.98%	15.01% -1.61%
2022-23	13.71% -1.29%	15.88% -0.11%	12.75% -2.26%
2023-24	16.00% 2.29%	16.99% 1.11%	15.01% 2.26%
Average	18.00%	19.47%	17.32%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,830, the average number of admitted is 5,327, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 930.

The number of Mercy applicants increased by 8.74% (690 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,546	3,747	833
2014-15	5,728 -12.50%	4,118 9.90%	747 -10.32%
2015-16	5,573 -2.71%	3,661 -11.10%	938 25.57%
2016-17	6,617 18.73%	5,140 40.40%	948 1.07%
2017-18	6,901 4.29%	5,433 5.70%	910 -4.01%
2018-19	6,851 -0.72%	5,443 0.18%	933 2.53%
2019-20	6,720 -1.91%	5,485 0.77%	999 7.07%
2020-21	7,246 7.83%	5,939 8.28%	993 -0.60%
2021-22	6,471 -10.70%	5,565 -6.30%	835 -15.91%
2022-23	7,891 21.94%	6,775 21.74%	929 11.26%
2023-24	8,581 8.74%	7,294 7.66%	1,167 25.62%
Average	6,830	5,327	930

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Mercy University and similar schools.