Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Millsaps

At Millsaps College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 48.98%. Millsaps's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Millsaps College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.10%, and the 2024 yield is 14.98%.

The number of Millsaps applicants decreased by -6.88% (152 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 48.98% at Millsaps College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.05% and women students' rate is 58.82%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Millsaps College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	47.45%	49.80%	44.83%
2014-15	57.18% 9.73%	54.95% 5.15%	59.33% 14.50%
2015-16	52.64% -4.54%	53.34% -1.62%	52.08% -7.24%
2016-17	59.15% 6.51%	60.99% 7.65%	57.78% 5.69%
2017-18	48.95% -10.20%	49.18% -11.81%	48.78% -9.00%
2018-19	59.31% 10.37%	57.99% 8.81%	60.17% 11.39%
2019-20	68.81% 9.50%	69.19% 11.21%	68.59% 8.43%
2020-21	69.81% 1.00%	67.73% -1.46%	71.35% 2.76%
2021-22	68.02% -1.80%	67.02% -0.71%	69.04% -2.31%
2022-23	67.83% -0.19%	65.28% -1.74%	70.08% 1.04%
2023-24	48.98% -18.85%	54.03% -11.26%	44.99% -25.09%
Average	58.92%	59.05%	58.82%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.10% where the current academic year yield is 14.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.96%	19.24%	18.61%
2014-15	14.43% -4.53%	15.18% -4.06%	13.76% -4.85%
2015-16	11.58% -2.84%	13.79% -1.39%	9.79% -3.96%
2016-17	10.26% -1.33%	12.43% -1.36%	8.55% -1.24%
2017-18	10.94% 0.68%	11.92% -0.52%	10.21% 1.66%
2018-19	9.93% -1.01%	11.23% -0.69%	9.12% -1.09%
2019-20	5.65% -4.28%	6.94% -4.29%	4.89% -4.23%
2020-21	8.61% 2.96%	10.82% 3.88%	7.06% 2.16%
2021-22	14.97% 6.36%	18.05% 7.23%	12.97% 5.91%
2022-23	12.81% -2.16%	18.46% 0.41%	8.15% -4.82%
2023-24	14.98% 2.17%	15.90% -2.56%	14.99% 6.84%
Average	12.10%	14.00%	10.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,239, the average number of admitted is 1,919, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 209.

The number of Millsaps applicants decreased by -6.88% (152 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,901	902	171
2014-15	2,861 50.50%	1,636 81.37%	236 38.01%
2015-16	3,657 27.82%	1,925 17.67%	223 -5.51%
2016-17	4,269 16.74%	2,525 31.17%	259 16.14%
2017-18	4,276 0.16%	2,093 -17.11%	229 -11.58%
2018-19	4,161 -2.69%	2,468 17.92%	245 6.99%
2019-20	5,223 25.52%	3,594 45.62%	203 -17.14%
2020-21	2,796 -46.47%	1,952 -45.69%	168 -17.24%
2021-22	2,220 -20.60%	1,510 -22.64%	226 34.52%
2022-23	2,210 -0.45%	1,499 -0.73%	192 -15.04%
2023-24	2,058 -6.88%	1,008 -32.76%	151 -21.35%
Average	3,239	1,919	209

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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