Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PUC

At Pacific Union College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.03%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 42.03%. PUC's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pacific Union College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.18%, and the 2024 yield is 25.00%.

The number of PUC applicants decreased by -3.01% (41 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.03%, and this year's acceptance rate is 42.03% at Pacific Union College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 49.47% and women students' rate is 50.45%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Pacific Union College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.55%	51.83%	49.77%
2014-15	47.44% -3.11%	47.07% -4.76%	47.67% -2.10%
2015-16	45.22% -2.22%	43.84% -3.23%	46.06% -1.61%
2016-17	46.55% 1.32%	45.90% 2.06%	46.93% 0.87%
2017-18	50.21% 3.66%	49.78% 3.89%	50.46% 3.52%
2018-19	49.44% -0.77%	47.60% -2.18%	50.18% -0.28%
2019-20	53.32% 3.88%	55.45% 7.84%	52.09% 1.91%
2020-21	59.17% 5.85%	57.24% 1.79%	60.43% 8.34%
2021-22	57.98% -1.19%	56.09% -1.15%	58.99% -1.43%
2022-23	48.46% -9.52%	50.41% -5.68%	47.37% -11.63%
2023-24	42.03% -6.43%	38.95% -11.46%	44.96% -2.41%
Average	50.03%	49.47%	50.45%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.18% where the current academic year yield is 25.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.51%	35.28%	29.14%
2014-15	33.50% 1.99%	35.50% 0.22%	32.28% 3.14%
2015-16	27.19% -6.31%	31.66% -3.84%	24.62% -7.67%
2016-17	25.10% -2.09%	25.75% -5.91%	24.72% 0.11%
2017-18	21.34% -3.76%	20.46% -5.28%	21.84% -2.89%
2018-19	18.42% -2.92%	23.38% 2.92%	15.99% -5.85%
2019-20	19.12% 0.70%	20.24% -3.14%	18.43% 2.44%
2020-21	17.85% -1.26%	20.69% 0.45%	16.11% -2.32%
2021-22	19.01% 1.15%	22.87% 2.18%	15.92% -0.19%
2022-23	16.94% -2.06%	17.00% -5.86%	16.91% 0.99%
2023-24	25.00% 8.06%	25.12% 8.11%	25.07% 8.17%
Average	23.18%	25.27%	21.91%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,741, the average number of admitted is 866, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 204.

The number of PUC applicants decreased by -3.01% (41 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,103	1,063	335
2014-15	2,051 -2.47%	973 -8.47%	326 -2.69%
2015-16	2,041 -0.49%	923 -5.14%	251 -23.01%
2016-17	2,157 5.68%	1,004 8.78%	252 0.40%
2017-18	1,904 -11.73%	956 -4.78%	204 -19.05%
2018-19	1,790 -5.99%	885 -7.43%	163 -20.10%
2019-20	1,658 -7.37%	884 -0.11%	169 3.68%
2020-21	1,543 -6.94%	913 3.28%	163 -3.55%
2021-22	1,216 -21.19%	705 -22.78%	134 -17.79%
2022-23	1,364 12.17%	661 -6.24%	112 -16.42%
2023-24	1,323 -3.01%	556 -15.89%	139 24.11%
Average	1,741	866	204

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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