Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Mount Mercy

At Mount Mercy University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.75%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.97%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.00%, and the 2024 yield is 17.99%.

The number of Mount Mercy applicants decreased by -8.48% (133 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.75%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.97% at Mount Mercy University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.65% and women students' rate is 69.72%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.45%	62.50%	70.60%
2014-15	56.83% -11.62%	57.07% -5.43%	56.75% -13.86%
2015-16	60.65% 3.82%	56.72% -0.35%	62.35% 5.61%
2016-17	61.88% 1.23%	58.78% 2.06%	63.24% 0.89%
2017-18	57.24% -4.64%	48.51% -10.26%	61.87% -1.37%
2018-19	62.81% 5.57%	57.47% 8.95%	65.25% 3.38%
2019-20	65.99% 3.18%	64.95% 7.48%	66.50% 1.24%
2020-21	76.21% 10.22%	71.46% 6.52%	78.66% 12.17%
2021-22	80.99% 4.78%	75.93% 4.47%	83.06% 4.39%
2022-23	75.27% -5.72%	69.85% -6.09%	78.60% -4.46%
2023-24	78.97% 3.70%	76.92% 7.07%	80.00% 1.40%
Average	67.75%	63.65%	69.72%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.00% where the current academic year yield is 17.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	41.51%	44.44%	40.57%
2014-15	33.92% -7.59%	30.28% -14.17%	35.31% -5.25%
2015-16	34.97% 1.05%	32.11% 1.83%	36.10% 0.78%
2016-17	30.24% -4.73%	33.33% 1.23%	28.98% -7.12%
2017-18	28.66% -1.58%	32.65% -0.68%	26.99% -1.98%
2018-19	27.12% -1.54%	27.17% -5.49%	27.10% 0.10%
2019-20	28.22% 1.10%	28.17% 1.01%	28.24% 1.14%
2020-21	25.45% -2.77%	28.98% 0.80%	23.79% -4.45%
2021-22	20.97% -4.49%	27.08% -1.90%	18.98% -4.81%
2022-23	18.97% -2.00%	24.46% -2.62%	15.97% -3.01%
2023-24	17.99% -0.98%	21.05% -3.41%	16.98% 1.01%
Average	28.00%	29.97%	27.18%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,193, the average number of admitted is 815, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 212.

The number of Mount Mercy applicants decreased by -8.48% (133 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	542	371	154
2014-15	695 28.23%	395 6.47%	134 -12.99%
2015-16	1,108 59.42%	672 70.13%	235 75.37%
2016-17	1,288 16.25%	797 18.60%	241 2.55%
2017-18	1,457 13.12%	834 4.64%	239 -0.83%
2018-19	1,409 -3.29%	885 6.12%	240 0.42%
2019-20	1,176 -16.54%	776 -12.32%	219 -8.75%
2020-21	1,160 -1.36%	884 13.92%	225 2.74%
2021-22	1,278 10.17%	1,035 17.08%	217 -3.56%
2022-23	1,569 22.77%	1,181 14.11%	224 3.23%
2023-24	1,436 -8.48%	1,134 -3.98%	204 -8.93%
Average	1,193	815	212

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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