Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Merrimack

At Merrimack College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 74.00%. Merrimack's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 13.62%, and the 2024 yield is 11.00%.

The number of Merrimack applicants increased by 3.93% (518 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 74.00% at Merrimack College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.40% and women students' rate is 81.68%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.60%	74.62%	83.02%
2014-15	77.77% -0.83%	72.77% -1.86%	82.84% -0.18%
2015-16	78.97% 1.20%	74.82% 2.05%	83.41% 0.57%
2016-17	81.91% 2.94%	78.56% 3.74%	85.45% 2.04%
2017-18	81.54% -0.37%	78.82% 0.26%	84.29% -1.16%
2018-19	82.76% 1.23%	81.10% 2.27%	84.46% 0.18%
2019-20	81.90% -0.86%	81.20% 0.10%	82.53% -1.94%
2020-21	81.64% -0.26%	80.55% -0.64%	82.51% -0.02%
2021-22	80.00% -1.65%	79.99% -0.56%	80.99% -1.52%
2022-23	74.63% -5.36%	74.91% -5.08%	75.00% -5.99%
2023-24	74.00% -0.63%	74.01% -0.91%	74.00% -1.00%
Average	79.43%	77.40%	81.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 13.62% where the current academic year yield is 11.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.00%	15.57%	16.43%
2014-15	15.66% -0.34%	15.42% -0.15%	15.88% -0.55%
2015-16	13.53% -2.14%	13.58% -1.84%	13.48% -2.40%
2016-17	14.94% 1.41%	15.38% 1.80%	14.51% 1.03%
2017-18	12.11% -2.82%	12.79% -2.59%	11.47% -3.03%
2018-19	15.65% 3.54%	16.32% 3.53%	15.00% 3.53%
2019-20	14.77% -0.88%	14.18% -2.14%	15.28% 0.28%
2020-21	12.17% -2.60%	13.28% -0.90%	11.31% -3.97%
2021-22	12.00% -0.17%	12.01% -1.27%	10.99% -0.31%
2022-23	12.02% 0.02%	13.05% 1.04%	11.23% 0.24%
2023-24	11.00% -1.02%	12.00% -1.05%	9.00% -2.23%
Average	13.62%	13.96%	13.14%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 9,511, the average number of admitted is 7,522, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,002.

The number of Merrimack applicants increased by 3.93% (518 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,314	4,963	794
2014-15	7,044 11.56%	5,478 10.38%	858 8.06%
2015-16	7,751 10.04%	6,121 11.74%	828 -3.50%
2016-17	8,214 5.97%	6,728 9.92%	1,005 21.38%
2017-18	8,656 5.38%	7,058 4.90%	855 -14.93%
2018-19	8,668 0.14%	7,174 1.64%	1,123 31.35%
2019-20	9,747 12.45%	7,983 11.28%	1,179 4.99%
2020-21	10,934 12.18%	8,927 11.83%	1,086 -7.89%
2021-22	10,429 -4.62%	8,343 -6.54%	1,001 -7.83%
2022-23	13,175 26.33%	9,833 17.86%	1,182 18.08%
2023-24	13,693 3.93%	10,133 3.05%	1,115 -5.67%
Average	9,511	7,522	1,002

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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