Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Muhlenberg

At Muhlenberg College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 57.43%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 64.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.65%, and the 2024 yield is 14.98%.

The number of Muhlenberg applicants decreased by 0.44% (19 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 57.43%, and this year's acceptance rate is 64.01% at Muhlenberg College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 53.20% and women students' rate is 60.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	46.16%	41.77%	49.01%
2014-15	52.80% 6.64%	49.58% 7.81%	54.96% 5.96%
2015-16	48.37% -4.43%	43.82% -5.75%	51.45% -3.51%
2016-17	48.25% -0.12%	42.65% -1.18%	52.08% 0.62%
2017-18	48.36% 0.11%	44.88% 2.23%	50.74% -1.33%
2018-19	61.79% 13.43%	57.63% 12.75%	64.70% 13.96%
2019-20	66.24% 4.45%	61.96% 4.33%	69.26% 4.56%
2020-21	62.18% -4.06%	59.58% -2.37%	63.92% -5.34%
2021-22	67.99% 5.81%	64.02% 4.44%	70.99% 7.07%
2022-23	65.51% -2.48%	61.32% -2.71%	68.52% -2.48%
2023-24	64.01% -1.51%	58.02% -3.30%	69.00% 0.49%
Average	57.43%	53.20%	60.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.65% where the current academic year yield is 14.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.35%	25.38%	23.78%
2014-15	23.66% -0.68%	26.41% 1.03%	22.00% -1.78%
2015-16	23.99% 0.33%	25.70% -0.71%	23.00% 1.00%
2016-17	25.28% 1.29%	27.82% 2.12%	23.85% 0.85%
2017-18	25.16% -0.12%	27.46% -0.37%	23.77% -0.09%
2018-19	21.39% -3.77%	21.79% -5.66%	21.14% -2.63%
2019-20	19.23% -2.16%	19.30% -2.49%	19.18% -1.96%
2020-21	18.30% -0.93%	19.17% -0.13%	17.76% -1.43%
2021-22	16.00% -2.30%	17.03% -2.14%	15.01% -2.75%
2022-23	14.81% -1.19%	15.07% -1.96%	14.64% -0.36%
2023-24	14.98% 0.17%	17.00% 1.93%	14.01% -0.63%
Average	20.65%	22.01%	19.83%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,553, the average number of admitted is 2,590, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 527.

The number of Muhlenberg applicants decreased by 0.44% (19 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,152	2,378	579
2014-15	4,714 -8.50%	2,489 4.67%	589 1.73%
2015-16	5,015 6.39%	2,426 -2.53%	582 -1.19%
2016-17	4,862 -3.05%	2,346 -3.30%	593 1.89%
2017-18	4,636 -4.65%	2,242 -4.43%	564 -4.89%
2018-19	4,146 -10.57%	2,562 14.27%	548 -2.84%
2019-20	4,224 1.88%	2,798 9.21%	538 -1.82%
2020-21	4,543 7.55%	2,825 0.96%	517 -3.90%
2021-22	4,118 -9.36%	2,800 -0.88%	448 -13.35%
2022-23	4,329 5.12%	2,836 1.29%	420 -6.25%
2023-24	4,348 0.44%	2,783 -1.87%	417 -0.71%
Average	4,553	2,590	527

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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