Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Nichols

At Nichols College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.26%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.97%, and the 2024 yield is 17.98%.

The number of Nichols applicants decreased by -10.22% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.26%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at Nichols College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 82.23% and women students' rate is 85.29%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	80.47%	78.41%	84.40%
2014-15	76.28% -4.19%	75.34% -3.08%	78.11% -6.29%
2015-16	82.68% 6.40%	81.92% 6.58%	84.30% 6.19%
2016-17	83.69% 1.01%	83.46% 1.54%	84.12% -0.18%
2017-18	92.50% 8.82%	91.89% 8.43%	93.80% 9.68%
2018-19	82.26% -10.24%	81.38% -10.51%	83.88% -9.92%
2019-20	79.74% -2.52%	79.98% -1.40%	79.28% -4.60%
2020-21	80.38% 0.63%	77.07% -2.91%	87.69% 8.42%
2021-22	85.00% 4.62%	84.02% 6.95%	87.00% -0.69%
2022-23	84.86% -0.14%	84.02% 0.01%	86.61% -0.39%
2023-24	88.00% 3.14%	87.03% 3.01%	88.96% 2.35%
Average	83.26%	82.23%	85.29%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.97% where the current academic year yield is 17.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.59%	20.22%	21.24%
2014-15	21.39% 0.80%	22.50% 2.29%	19.30% -1.95%
2015-16	17.33% -4.06%	17.34% -5.17%	17.32% -1.98%
2016-17	18.25% 0.92%	17.61% 0.27%	19.49% 2.17%
2017-18	18.76% 0.51%	19.42% 1.81%	17.38% -2.10%
2018-19	17.72% -1.04%	17.82% -1.60%	17.55% 0.16%
2019-20	17.29% -0.44%	17.87% 0.05%	16.11% -1.44%
2020-21	15.48% -1.80%	17.05% -0.82%	12.43% -3.68%
2021-22	17.01% 1.52%	19.03% 1.97%	13.01% 0.58%
2022-23	15.84% -1.16%	15.06% -3.96%	17.42% 4.42%
2023-24	17.98% 2.14%	19.02% 3.96%	15.99% -1.43%
Average	17.97%	18.45%	17.02%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,346, the average number of admitted is 1,948, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 350.

The number of Nichols applicants decreased by -10.22% (241 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,499	2,011	414
2014-15	2,458 -1.64%	1,875 -6.76%	401 -3.14%
2015-16	2,275 -7.45%	1,881 0.32%	326 -18.70%
2016-17	2,311 1.58%	1,934 2.82%	353 8.28%
2017-18	2,161 -6.49%	1,999 3.36%	375 6.23%
2018-19	2,435 12.68%	2,003 0.20%	355 -5.33%
2019-20	2,488 2.18%	1,984 -0.95%	343 -3.38%
2020-21	2,507 0.76%	2,015 1.56%	312 -9.04%
2021-22	2,193 -12.52%	1,864 -7.49%	317 1.60%
2022-23	2,358 7.52%	2,001 7.35%	317
2023-24	2,117 -10.22%	1,863 -6.90%	335 5.68%
Average	2,346	1,948	350

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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