Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Messiah

At Messiah University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.10%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.02%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.48%, and the 2024 yield is 32.00%.

The number of Messiah applicants decreased by -2.58% (63 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.10%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.02% at Messiah University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.85% and women students' rate is 77.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	65.90%	68.48%	64.43%
2014-15	79.98% 14.07%	81.03% 12.55%	79.34% 14.91%
2015-16	78.98% -1.00%	78.80% -2.23%	79.09% -0.25%
2016-17	79.51% 0.53%	77.86% -0.94%	80.41% 1.32%
2017-18	77.01% -2.49%	74.32% -3.54%	78.73% -1.67%
2018-19	78.89% 1.88%	77.38% 3.06%	79.89% 1.16%
2019-20	75.87% -3.02%	77.78% 0.40%	74.78% -5.12%
2020-21	77.52% 1.65%	77.20% -0.57%	77.70% 2.93%
2021-22	77.01% -0.51%	75.03% -2.18%	78.97% 1.27%
2022-23	79.41% 2.40%	79.56% 4.53%	79.31% 0.34%
2023-24	78.02% -1.39%	77.96% -1.60%	79.00% -0.31%
Average	77.10%	76.85%	77.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.48% where the current academic year yield is 32.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.67%	36.83%	33.36%
2014-15	35.20% 0.53%	37.17% 0.34%	33.99% 0.63%
2015-16	35.44% 0.23%	36.89% -0.28%	34.58% 0.59%
2016-17	33.19% -2.25%	36.69% -0.20%	31.33% -3.25%
2017-18	33.76% 0.57%	35.90% -0.80%	32.47% 1.13%
2018-19	32.41% -1.34%	31.54% -4.36%	32.98% 0.51%
2019-20	30.25% -2.16%	32.84% 1.31%	28.71% -4.27%
2020-21	31.07% 0.82%	33.84% 1.00%	29.49% 0.78%
2021-22	29.00% -2.07%	28.92% -4.92%	29.01% -0.49%
2022-23	30.32% 1.32%	32.50% 3.58%	28.90% -0.11%
2023-24	32.00% 1.68%	32.04% -0.47%	31.96% 3.06%
Average	32.48%	34.11%	31.53%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,538, the average number of admitted is 1,953, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 635.

The number of Messiah applicants decreased by -2.58% (63 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,836	1,869	648
2014-15	2,472 -12.83%	1,977 5.78%	696 7.41%
2015-16	2,469 -0.12%	1,950 -1.37%	691 -0.72%
2016-17	2,596 5.14%	2,064 5.85%	685 -0.87%
2017-18	2,558 -1.46%	1,970 -4.55%	665 -2.92%
2018-19	2,530 -1.09%	1,996 1.32%	647 -2.71%
2019-20	2,640 4.35%	2,003 0.35%	606 -6.34%
2020-21	2,549 -3.45%	1,976 -1.35%	614 1.32%
2021-22	2,458 -3.57%	1,893 -4.20%	549 -10.59%
2022-23	2,438 -0.81%	1,936 2.27%	587 6.92%
2023-24	2,375 -2.58%	1,853 -4.29%	593 1.02%
Average	2,538	1,953	635

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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