Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PU

At Pacific University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 85.95%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.34%, and the 2024 yield is 15.01%.

The number of PU applicants increased by 2.10% (58 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 85.95%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.01% at Pacific University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.07% and women students' rate is 87.79%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	86.19%	83.09%	88.91%
2014-15	80.45% -5.74%	78.00% -5.09%	82.28% -6.63%
2015-16	79.03% -1.42%	76.88% -1.12%	80.74% -1.54%
2016-17	78.80% -0.22%	75.18% -1.70%	81.63% 0.88%
2017-18	84.49% 5.69%	82.89% 7.71%	85.82% 4.19%
2018-19	85.31% 0.81%	83.57% 0.68%	86.59% 0.78%
2019-20	86.61% 1.30%	85.40% 1.83%	87.45% 0.86%
2020-21	89.30% 2.69%	86.17% 0.77%	91.95% 4.51%
2021-22	91.00% 1.70%	89.97% 3.80%	92.03% 0.07%
2022-23	92.28% 1.28%	91.65% 1.68%	96.27% 4.24%
2023-24	92.01% -0.27%	92.02% 0.37%	92.02% -4.25%
Average	85.95%	84.07%	87.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.34% where the current academic year yield is 15.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.38%	16.28%	20.10%
2014-15	21.41% 3.03%	23.15% 6.87%	20.18% 0.08%
2015-16	20.18% -1.23%	20.31% -2.83%	20.07% -0.10%
2016-17	19.22% -0.95%	20.94% 0.63%	17.99% -2.08%
2017-18	19.41% 0.18%	18.16% -2.78%	20.39% 2.40%
2018-19	19.81% 0.41%	18.98% 0.82%	20.40% 0.01%
2019-20	19.03% -0.78%	18.01% -0.98%	19.72% -0.68%
2020-21	15.85% -3.18%	15.84% -2.16%	15.86% -3.86%
2021-22	17.99% 2.14%	18.01% 2.16%	16.98% 1.11%
2022-23	15.44% -2.56%	19.76% 1.75%	17.56% 0.58%
2023-24	15.01% -0.43%	16.97% -2.79%	15.02% -2.54%
Average	18.34%	18.76%	18.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,643, the average number of admitted is 2,267, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 414.

The number of PU applicants increased by 2.10% (58 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,658	2,291	421
2014-15	2,665 0.26%	2,144 -6.42%	459 9.03%
2015-16	3,004 12.72%	2,374 10.73%	479 4.36%
2016-17	2,845 -5.29%	2,242 -5.56%	431 -10.02%
2017-18	2,586 -9.10%	2,185 -2.54%	424 -1.62%
2018-19	2,491 -3.67%	2,125 -2.75%	421 -0.71%
2019-20	2,524 1.32%	2,186 2.87%	416 -1.19%
2020-21	2,458 -2.61%	2,195 0.41%	348 -16.35%
2021-22	2,266 -7.81%	2,062 -6.06%	371 6.61%
2022-23	2,759 21.76%	2,546 23.47%	393 5.93%
2023-24	2,817 2.10%	2,592 1.81%	389 -1.02%
Average	2,643	2,267	414

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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