Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at MBU

At Missouri Baptist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 59.94%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 64.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Missouri Baptist University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 49.97%, and the 2024 yield is 33.99%.

The number of MBU applicants increased by 13.27% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 59.94%, and this year's acceptance rate is 64.02% at Missouri Baptist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 60.15% and women students' rate is 59.69%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Missouri Baptist University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.95%	61.07%	60.86%
2014-15	60.23% -0.72%	61.10% 0.03%	59.27% -1.59%
2015-16	57.44% -2.79%	57.46% -3.64%	57.43% -1.84%
2016-17	51.20% -6.24%	53.68% -3.77%	48.55% -8.88%
2017-18	54.50% 3.30%	56.59% 2.91%	52.27% 3.72%
2018-19	52.29% -2.21%	56.55% -0.04%	47.85% -4.42%
2019-20	61.04% 8.75%	57.47% 0.91%	64.78% 16.93%
2020-21	64.84% 3.80%	61.06% 3.59%	69.34% 4.57%
2021-22	61.95% -2.89%	62.96% 1.91%	60.06% -9.28%
2022-23	70.90% 8.95%	69.73% 6.77%	72.24% 12.19%
2023-24	64.02% -6.88%	63.99% -5.75%	63.99% -8.26%
Average	59.94%	60.15%	59.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 49.97% where the current academic year yield is 33.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	51.76%	58.52%	46.29%
2014-15	42.42% -9.34%	47.84% -10.67%	36.21% -10.08%
2015-16	50.68% 8.26%	49.83% 1.99%	51.75% 15.54%
2016-17	55.86% 5.18%	53.79% 3.96%	58.30% 6.54%
2017-18	51.93% -3.93%	56.85% 3.06%	46.25% -12.05%
2018-19	60.43% 8.50%	60.94% 4.09%	59.79% 13.54%
2019-20	55.11% -5.31%	53.94% -7.01%	56.20% -3.58%
2020-21	50.20% -4.91%	51.18% -2.76%	49.17% -7.03%
2021-22	54.97% 4.76%	60.18% 9.00%	48.80% -0.37%
2022-23	42.38% -12.59%	43.15% -17.03%	41.53% -7.28%
2023-24	33.99% -8.39%	37.94% -5.21%	30.87% -10.65%
Average	49.97%	52.20%	47.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 908, the average number of admitted is 545, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 266.

The number of MBU applicants increased by 13.27% (140 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	840	512	265
2014-15	865 2.98%	521 1.76%	221 -16.60%
2015-16	900 4.05%	517 -0.77%	262 18.55%
2016-17	1,000 11.11%	512 -0.97%	286 9.16%
2017-18	1,000	545 6.45%	283 -1.05%
2018-19	807 -19.30%	422 -22.57%	255 -9.89%
2019-20	865 7.19%	528 25.12%	291 14.12%
2020-21	765 -11.56%	496 -6.06%	249 -14.43%
2021-22	699 -8.63%	433 -12.70%	238 -4.42%
2022-23	1,055 50.93%	748 72.75%	317 33.19%
2023-24	1,195 13.27%	765 2.27%	260 -17.98%
Average	908	545	266

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Missouri Baptist University and similar schools.