Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Pepperdine

At Pepperdine University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 40.78%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 50.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.85%, and the 2024 yield is 11.99%.

The number of Pepperdine applicants increased by 8.64% (991 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 40.78%, and this year's acceptance rate is 50.00% at Pepperdine University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 45.45% and women students' rate is 38.24%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	37.34%	43.29%	34.14%
2014-15	35.46% -1.88%	43.77% 0.48%	31.22% -2.92%
2015-16	38.10% 2.64%	46.22% 2.45%	33.92% 2.70%
2016-17	36.87% -1.23%	43.65% -2.57%	33.50% -0.42%
2017-18	39.85% 2.98%	44.25% 0.60%	37.52% 4.03%
2018-19	35.65% -4.20%	41.39% -2.86%	32.40% -5.13%
2019-20	31.72% -3.93%	35.49% -5.90%	29.60% -2.80%
2020-21	41.85% 10.13%	46.32% 10.82%	39.32% 9.72%
2021-22	53.00% 11.15%	52.01% 5.69%	53.00% 13.69%
2022-23	48.71% -4.29%	51.58% -0.43%	47.06% -5.95%
2023-24	50.00% 1.29%	52.01% 0.43%	49.00% 1.94%
Average	40.78%	45.45%	38.24%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.85% where the current academic year yield is 11.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21.60%	20.99%	22.01%
2014-15	20.78% -0.81%	21.02% 0.02%	20.62% -1.39%
2015-16	19.70% -1.08%	19.55% -1.47%	19.81% -0.81%
2016-17	18.14% -1.57%	18.29% -1.26%	18.04% -1.78%
2017-18	18.48% 0.35%	18.94% 0.65%	18.20% 0.16%
2018-19	20.00% 1.51%	20.76% 1.82%	19.44% 1.24%
2019-20	17.93% -2.06%	20.53% -0.23%	16.18% -3.27%
2020-21	14.88% -3.05%	15.60% -4.92%	14.40% -1.78%
2021-22	16.00% 1.11%	18.01% 2.40%	15.00% 0.60%
2022-23	16.87% 0.87%	16.47% -1.53%	17.11% 2.12%
2023-24	11.99% -4.87%	11.99% -4.48%	11.00% -6.12%
Average	17.85%	18.38%	17.44%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,177, the average number of admitted is 4,584, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 795.

The number of Pepperdine applicants increased by 8.64% (991 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,721	3,630	784
2014-15	8,914 -8.30%	3,161 -12.92%	657 -16.20%
2015-16	9,923 11.32%	3,781 19.61%	745 13.39%
2016-17	11,111 11.97%	4,097 8.36%	743 -0.27%
2017-18	11,704 5.34%	4,664 13.84%	862 16.02%
2018-19	11,265 -3.75%	4,016 -13.89%	803 -6.84%
2019-20	12,764 13.31%	4,049 0.82%	726 -9.59%
2020-21	11,768 -7.80%	4,925 21.63%	733 0.96%
2021-22	11,855 0.74%	6,283 27.57%	1,005 37.11%
2022-23	11,466 -3.28%	5,585 -11.11%	942 -6.27%
2023-24	12,457 8.64%	6,229 11.53%	747 -20.70%
Average	11,177	4,584	795

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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