Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PBA

At Palm Beach Atlantic University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 92.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 88.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Palm Beach Atlantic University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.34%, and the 2024 yield is 10.00%.

The number of PBA applicants increased by 23.10% (1,437 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 92.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 88.00% at Palm Beach Atlantic University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.57% and women students' rate is 93.02%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Palm Beach Atlantic University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.12%	81.41%	85.37%
2014-15	95.27% 11.15%	94.04% 12.63%	95.85% 10.49%
2015-16	92.89% -2.38%	92.34% -1.70%	93.15% -2.70%
2016-17	93.37% 0.49%	91.23% -1.11%	94.36% 1.21%
2017-18	97.39% 4.02%	97.25% 6.02%	97.47% 3.11%
2018-19	95.29% -2.10%	95.65% -1.59%	95.11% -2.36%
2019-20	95.44% 0.15%	94.52% -1.13%	95.92% 0.81%
2020-21	91.71% -3.72%	89.96% -4.56%	92.52% -3.40%
2021-22	90.02% -1.70%	90.06% 0.10%	89.99% -2.53%
2022-23	94.66% 4.65%	92.84% 2.78%	95.45% 5.45%
2023-24	88.00% -6.66%	88.01% -4.84%	87.99% -7.45%
Average	92.56%	91.57%	93.02%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 32.34% where the current academic year yield is 10.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.13%	46.63%	40.63%
2014-15	35.17% -7.96%	37.00% -9.64%	34.32% -6.32%
2015-16	39.44% 4.27%	42.58% 5.58%	37.91% 3.60%
2016-17	37.32% -2.12%	37.74% -4.84%	37.14% -0.77%
2017-18	39.66% 2.33%	42.70% 4.96%	38.08% 0.94%
2018-19	38.23% -1.43%	39.39% -3.31%	37.64% -0.44%
2019-20	35.52% -2.71%	36.00% -3.39%	35.27% -2.37%
2020-21	36.28% 0.76%	40.18% 4.18%	34.53% -0.74%
2021-22	29.00% -7.28%	31.90% -8.28%	27.98% -6.56%
2022-23	12.04% -16.96%	14.21% -17.68%	11.13% -16.84%
2023-24	10.00% -2.04%	12.01% -2.20%	9.00% -2.14%
Average	32.34%	34.58%	31.24%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,534, the average number of admitted is 2,327, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 560.

The number of PBA applicants increased by 23.10% (1,437 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,618	1,361	587
2014-15	1,564 -3.34%	1,490 9.48%	524 -10.73%
2015-16	1,504 -3.84%	1,397 -6.24%	551 5.15%
2016-17	1,449 -3.66%	1,353 -3.15%	505 -8.35%
2017-18	1,380 -4.76%	1,344 -0.67%	533 5.54%
2018-19	1,444 4.64%	1,376 2.38%	526 -1.31%
2019-20	1,534 6.23%	1,464 6.40%	520 -1.14%
2020-21	1,581 3.06%	1,450 -0.96%	526 1.15%
2021-22	1,923 21.63%	1,731 19.38%	502 -4.56%
2022-23	6,220 223.45%	5,888 240.15%	709 41.24%
2023-24	7,657 23.10%	6,738 14.44%	674 -4.94%
Average	2,534	2,327	560

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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