Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MC

At Mississippi College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 49.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 48.99%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Mississippi College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 47.26%, and the 2024 yield is 42.00%.

The number of MC applicants increased by 37.38% (902 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 49.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 48.99% at Mississippi College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 52.01% and women students' rate is 48.56%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Mississippi College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	67.30%	70.32%	65.17%
2014-15	63.04% -4.26%	62.09% -8.23%	63.65% -1.52%
2015-16	82.48% 19.44%	82.04% 19.95%	82.77% 19.12%
2016-17	49.47% -33.01%	53.75% -28.29%	46.98% -35.79%
2017-18	39.03% -10.44%	40.43% -13.32%	38.23% -8.75%
2018-19	38.40% -0.63%	40.87% 0.44%	37.07% -1.17%
2019-20	42.04% 3.64%	45.47% 4.59%	40.10% 3.04%
2020-21	28.76% -13.28%	32.86% -12.60%	26.71% -13.39%
2021-22	49.00% 20.23%	51.95% 19.09%	46.97% 20.26%
2022-23	39.99% -9.00%	42.26% -9.70%	38.52% -8.45%
2023-24	48.99% 9.00%	50.00% 7.75%	48.00% 9.47%
Average	49.87%	52.01%	48.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 47.26% where the current academic year yield is 42.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	45.89%	51.24%	41.81%
2014-15	44.14% -1.76%	46.71% -4.54%	42.53% 0.71%
2015-16	37.40% -6.74%	35.75% -10.96%	38.47% -4.06%
2016-17	53.07% 15.67%	56.74% 21.00%	50.62% 12.15%
2017-18	50.04% -3.02%	51.98% -4.76%	48.87% -1.75%
2018-19	61.46% 11.41%	65.41% 13.43%	59.10% 10.23%
2019-20	51.16% -10.30%	53.65% -11.76%	49.55% -9.55%
2020-21	57.47% 6.32%	61.79% 8.13%	54.82% 5.28%
2021-22	38.05% -19.43%	40.04% -21.74%	36.96% -17.87%
2022-23	39.17% 1.13%	41.65% 1.60%	37.41% 0.45%
2023-24	42.00% 2.82%	41.02% -0.62%	42.02% 4.61%
Average	47.26%	49.63%	45.65%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,374, the average number of admitted is 1,155, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 531.

The number of MC applicants increased by 37.38% (902 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,936	1,303	598
2014-15	2,124 9.71%	1,339 2.76%	591 -1.17%
2015-16	1,958 -7.82%	1,615 20.61%	604 2.20%
2016-17	2,175 11.08%	1,076 -33.37%	571 -5.46%
2017-18	2,918 34.16%	1,139 5.86%	570 -0.18%
2018-19	2,216 -24.06%	851 -25.29%	523 -8.25%
2019-20	2,162 -2.44%	909 6.82%	465 -11.09%
2020-21	2,559 18.36%	736 -19.03%	423 -9.03%
2021-22	2,339 -8.60%	1,146 55.71%	436 3.07%
2022-23	2,413 3.16%	965 -15.79%	378 -13.30%
2023-24	3,315 37.38%	1,624 68.29%	682 80.42%
Average	2,374	1,155	531

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Mississippi College and similar schools.