Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MBTS

At Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 92.15%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.33%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 78.81%, and the 2024 yield is 63.16%.

The number of MBTS applicants increased by 34.29% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 92.15%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.33% at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.43% and women students' rate is 93.05%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.74%	67.57%	68.00%
2014-15	76.36% 8.62%	72.73% 5.16%	81.82% 13.82%
2015-16	96.55% 20.19%	100.00% 27.27%	91.30% 9.49%
2016-17	99.11% 2.56%	98.08% -1.92%	100.00% 8.70%
2017-18	94.55% -4.56%	93.33% -4.74%	96.00% -4.00%
2018-19	95.61% 1.07%	93.94% 0.61%	97.92% 1.92%
2019-20	100.00% 4.39%	100.00% 6.06%	100.00% 2.08%
2020-21	97.00% -3.00%	95.95% -4.05%	98.82% -1.18%
2021-22	98.11% 1.12%	96.27% 0.32%	100.00% 1.18%
2022-23	94.29% -3.83%	94.59% -1.67%	93.55% -6.45%
2023-24	94.33% 0.04%	93.26% -1.34%	96.15% 2.61%
Average	92.15%	91.43%	93.05%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 78.81% where the current academic year yield is 63.16%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	90.48%	96.00%	82.35%
2014-15	85.71% -4.76%	91.67% -4.33%	77.78% -4.58%
2015-16	73.21% -12.50%	77.14% -14.52%	66.67% -11.11%
2016-17	86.49% 13.27%	84.31% 7.17%	88.33% 21.67%
2017-18	65.38% -21.10%	53.57% -30.74%	79.17% -9.17%
2018-19	81.65% 16.27%	83.87% 30.30%	78.72% -0.44%
2019-20	90.00% 8.35%	100.00% 16.13%	78.38% -0.34%
2020-21	89.38% -0.62%	85.21% -14.79%	96.43% 18.05%
2021-22	79.81% -9.57%	77.52% -7.69%	82.05% -14.38%
2022-23	61.62% -18.19%	68.57% -8.95%	44.83% -37.22%
2023-24	63.16% 1.54%	60.24% -8.33%	68.00% 23.17%
Average	78.81%	79.83%	76.61%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 112, the average number of admitted is 105, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 84.

The number of MBTS applicants increased by 34.29% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	62	42	38
2014-15	55 -11.29%	42	36 -5.26%
2015-16	58 5.45%	56 33.33%	41 13.89%
2016-17	112 93.10%	111 98.21%	96 134.15%
2017-18	55 -50.89%	52 -53.15%	34 -64.58%
2018-19	114 107.27%	109 109.62%	89 161.76%
2019-20	80 -29.82%	80 -26.61%	72 -19.10%
2020-21	233 191.25%	226 182.50%	202 180.56%
2021-22	212 -9.01%	208 -7.96%	166 -17.82%
2022-23	105 -50.47%	99 -52.40%	61 -63.25%
2023-24	141 34.29%	133 34.34%	84 37.70%
Average	112	105	84

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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