Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at NEC

At New England College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 97.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into New England College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 6.71%, and the 2024 yield is 8.98%.

The number of NEC applicants decreased by -55.72% (3,575 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 97.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.99% at New England College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 97.35% and women students' rate is 97.95%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into New England College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.97%	88.89%	90.82%
2014-15	95.73% 5.76%	94.92% 6.03%	96.38% 5.55%
2015-16	97.75% 2.02%	97.28% 2.37%	98.12% 1.74%
2016-17	99.01% 1.26%	98.79% 1.50%	99.18% 1.06%
2017-18	99.59% 0.58%	99.40% 0.61%	99.71% 0.53%
2018-19	99.79% 0.21%	99.69% 0.30%	99.88% 0.16%
2019-20	100.00% 0.21%	100.00% 0.31%	100.00% 0.12%
2020-21	96.25% -3.75%	96.02% -3.98%	96.39% -3.61%
2021-22	100.00% 3.75%	100.00% 3.98%	100.00% 3.61%
2022-23	99.94% -0.06%	99.86% -0.14%	99.98% -0.02%
2023-24	95.99% -3.95%	96.03% -3.83%	97.00% -2.97%
Average	97.64%	97.35%	97.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 6.71% where the current academic year yield is 8.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7.54%	8.58%	6.72%
2014-15	5.44% -2.10%	6.04% -2.54%	4.97% -1.76%
2015-16	8.82% 3.38%	9.98% 3.94%	7.93% 2.96%
2016-17	7.42% -1.40%	9.44% -0.55%	5.92% -2.01%
2017-18	5.23% -2.19%	5.77% -3.66%	4.88% -1.04%
2018-19	13.34% 8.11%	14.65% 8.88%	12.30% 7.42%
2019-20	4.71% -8.63%	5.41% -9.24%	4.28% -8.02%
2020-21	4.33% -0.38%	5.44% 0.03%	3.68% -0.61%
2021-22	4.00% -0.33%	5.02% -0.42%	2.99% -0.69%
2022-23	4.01% 0.01%	5.24% 0.22%	3.50% 0.51%
2023-24	8.98% 4.98%	8.99% 3.75%	9.01% 5.51%
Average	6.71%	7.69%	6.02%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,889, the average number of admitted is 5,763, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 344.

The number of NEC applicants decreased by -55.72% (3,575 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,723	5,149	388
2014-15	5,551 -3.01%	5,314 3.20%	289 -25.52%
2015-16	4,987 -10.16%	4,875 -8.26%	430 48.79%
2016-17	4,249 -14.80%	4,207 -13.70%	312 -27.44%
2017-18	9,214 116.85%	9,176 118.11%	480 53.85%
2018-19	2,922 -68.29%	2,916 -68.22%	389 -18.96%
2019-20	10,012 242.64%	10,012 243.35%	472 21.34%
2020-21	6,909 -30.99%	6,650 -33.58%	288 -38.98%
2021-22	5,952 -13.85%	5,952 -10.50%	238 -17.36%
2022-23	6,416 7.80%	6,412 7.73%	257 7.98%
2023-24	2,841 -55.72%	2,727 -57.47%	245 -4.67%
Average	5,889	5,763	344

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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