Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mercyhurst

At Mercyhurst University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 78.28%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 83.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.87%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Mercyhurst applicants decreased by -3.45% (125 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 78.28%, and this year's acceptance rate is 83.00% at Mercyhurst University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.24% and women students' rate is 80.67%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	75.36%	72.35%	77.57%
2014-15	80.34% 4.99%	77.05% 4.70%	82.87% 5.30%
2015-16	80.39% 0.05%	76.44% -0.62%	83.39% 0.52%
2016-17	75.23% -5.16%	72.50% -3.94%	77.40% -5.99%
2017-18	69.92% -5.31%	65.23% -7.27%	73.44% -3.96%
2018-19	59.81% -10.10%	56.11% -9.12%	62.42% -11.02%
2019-20	86.44% 26.63%	83.61% 27.50%	88.56% 26.15%
2020-21	88.02% 1.58%	84.51% 0.90%	90.69% 2.13%
2021-22	81.99% -6.03%	81.03% -3.48%	83.00% -7.70%
2022-23	80.55% -1.44%	79.85% -1.18%	81.03% -1.96%
2023-24	83.00% 2.45%	79.02% -0.83%	87.00% 5.97%
Average	78.28%	75.24%	80.67%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.87% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27.10%	29.44%	25.49%
2014-15	29.09% 1.99%	29.32% -0.12%	28.92% 3.43%
2015-16	26.74% -2.35%	27.18% -2.14%	26.44% -2.48%
2016-17	29.58% 2.83%	30.94% 3.76%	28.56% 2.12%
2017-18	22.94% -6.64%	23.44% -7.50%	22.60% -5.96%
2018-19	35.04% 12.10%	38.34% 14.90%	32.95% 10.35%
2019-20	23.29% -11.75%	22.74% -15.60%	23.67% -9.28%
2020-21	22.02% -1.27%	23.49% 0.75%	20.98% -2.70%
2021-22	19.02% -3.00%	20.99% -2.51%	17.99% -2.98%
2022-23	18.73% -0.28%	18.37% -2.61%	18.98% 0.98%
2023-24	20.00% 1.27%	19.00% 0.62%	20.00% 1.02%
Average	24.87%	25.75%	24.23%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,246, the average number of admitted is 2,543, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 614.

The number of Mercyhurst applicants decreased by -3.45% (125 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,938	2,214	600
2014-15	2,610 -11.16%	2,097 -5.28%	610 1.67%
2015-16	2,749 5.33%	2,210 5.39%	591 -3.11%
2016-17	3,254 18.37%	2,448 10.77%	724 22.50%
2017-18	3,673 12.88%	2,568 4.90%	589 -18.65%
2018-19	3,073 -16.34%	1,838 -28.43%	644 9.34%
2019-20	2,936 -4.46%	2,538 38.08%	591 -8.23%
2020-21	3,457 17.75%	3,043 19.90%	670 13.37%
2021-22	3,893 12.61%	3,192 4.90%	607 -9.40%
2022-23	3,625 -6.88%	2,920 -8.52%	547 -9.88%
2023-24	3,500 -3.45%	2,905 -0.51%	581 6.22%
Average	3,246	2,543	614

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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