Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PLU

At Pacific Lutheran University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pacific Lutheran University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.12%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of PLU applicants increased by 24.15% (805 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.01% at Pacific Lutheran University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.94% and women students' rate is 82.66%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pacific Lutheran University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.76%	74.50%	78.14%
2014-15	75.01% -1.75%	71.15% -3.35%	77.32% -0.82%
2015-16	75.55% 0.53%	74.11% 2.96%	76.43% -0.89%
2016-17	76.82% 1.27%	73.16% -0.96%	79.01% 2.58%
2017-18	75.39% -1.42%	71.33% -1.82%	77.78% -1.23%
2018-19	79.79% 4.39%	77.63% 6.30%	81.14% 3.36%
2019-20	86.03% 6.24%	83.32% 5.69%	87.67% 6.53%
2020-21	86.30% 0.27%	84.33% 1.01%	87.45% -0.22%
2021-22	88.01% 1.71%	85.04% 0.71%	89.99% 2.54%
2022-23	88.90% 0.89%	86.75% 1.71%	90.32% 0.32%
2023-24	81.01% -7.89%	75.99% -10.76%	84.01% -6.30%
Average	80.87%	77.94%	82.66%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.12% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.52%	24.54%	24.51%
2014-15	22.26% -2.26%	20.77% -3.77%	23.08% -1.43%
2015-16	23.49% 1.24%	24.29% 3.53%	23.01% -0.06%
2016-17	23.45% -0.05%	23.68% -0.61%	23.27% 0.25%
2017-18	22.62% -0.82%	22.55% -1.13%	22.67% -0.60%
2018-19	21.75% -0.88%	19.71% -2.83%	22.97% 0.31%
2019-20	18.86% -2.89%	18.70% -1.01%	18.93% -4.05%
2020-21	20.64% 1.78%	19.85% 1.14%	21.06% 2.13%
2021-22	18.00% -2.65%	15.95% -3.89%	19.01% -2.05%
2022-23	17.75% -0.25%	17.09% 1.14%	17.60% -1.41%
2023-24	19.00% 1.25%	18.02% 0.93%	18.97% 1.37%
Average	21.12%	20.47%	21.37%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,575, the average number of admitted is 2,886, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 606.

The number of PLU applicants increased by 24.15% (805 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,443	2,643	648
2014-15	3,438 -0.15%	2,579 -2.42%	574 -11.42%
2015-16	3,623 5.38%	2,737 6.13%	643 12.02%
2016-17	3,770 4.06%	2,896 5.81%	679 5.60%
2017-18	3,629 -3.74%	2,736 -5.52%	619 -8.84%
2018-19	3,740 3.06%	2,984 9.06%	649 4.85%
2019-20	3,679 -1.63%	3,165 6.07%	597 -8.01%
2020-21	3,306 -10.14%	2,853 -9.86%	589 -1.34%
2021-22	3,220 -2.60%	2,834 -0.67%	510 -13.41%
2022-23	3,334 3.54%	2,964 4.59%	526 3.14%
2023-24	4,139 24.15%	3,353 13.12%	637 21.10%
Average	3,575	2,886	606

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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