Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Piedmont

At Piedmont University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 92.98%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Piedmont University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.64%, and the 2024 yield is 14.99%.

The number of Piedmont applicants decreased by -11.37% (265 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 92.98% at Piedmont University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 63.63% and women students' rate is 63.68%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Piedmont University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.18%	63.85%	59.37%
2014-15	57.55% -3.63%	56.84% -7.01%	57.97% -1.40%
2015-16	57.00% -0.54%	59.20% 2.36%	55.70% -2.27%
2016-17	57.15% 0.15%	57.43% -1.77%	56.99% 1.29%
2017-18	59.52% 2.36%	56.40% -1.03%	61.61% 4.62%
2018-19	59.61% 0.09%	62.64% 6.24%	57.67% -3.94%
2019-20	53.98% -5.63%	57.12% -5.52%	51.97% -5.70%
2020-21	70.08% 16.10%	70.26% 13.14%	69.95% 17.98%
2021-22	67.00% -3.08%	64.01% -6.26%	68.97% -0.98%
2022-23	64.35% -2.65%	61.22% -2.79%	66.21% -2.76%
2023-24	92.98% 28.63%	91.02% 29.80%	94.02% 27.80%
Average	63.67%	63.63%	63.68%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.64% where the current academic year yield is 14.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	49.04%	46.12%	51.16%
2014-15	47.38% -1.66%	48.58% 2.47%	46.67% -4.50%
2015-16	43.43% -3.95%	44.22% -4.36%	42.93% -3.74%
2016-17	35.91% -7.52%	42.07% -2.15%	32.14% -10.79%
2017-18	37.99% 2.08%	36.43% -5.64%	38.95% 6.81%
2018-19	31.14% -6.85%	32.05% -4.38%	30.52% -8.43%
2019-20	26.67% -4.47%	28.47% -3.58%	25.41% -5.10%
2020-21	24.39% -2.29%	25.74% -2.73%	23.50% -1.91%
2021-22	17.01% -7.38%	19.02% -6.72%	17.06% -6.44%
2022-23	20.07% 3.06%	20.04% 1.02%	20.08% 3.02%
2023-24	14.99% -5.07%	20.06% 0.03%	13.04% -7.05%
Average	31.64%	32.98%	31.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,533, the average number of admitted is 999, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 271.

The number of Piedmont applicants decreased by -11.37% (265 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	850	520	255
2014-15	994 16.94%	572 10.00%	271 6.27%
2015-16	1,135 14.19%	647 13.11%	281 3.69%
2016-17	1,335 17.62%	763 17.93%	274 -2.49%
2017-18	1,287 -3.60%	766 0.39%	291 6.20%
2018-19	1,379 7.15%	822 7.31%	256 -12.03%
2019-20	1,910 38.51%	1,031 25.43%	275 7.42%
2020-21	1,457 -23.72%	1,021 -0.97%	249 -9.45%
2021-22	2,124 45.78%	1,423 39.37%	242 -2.81%
2022-23	2,331 9.75%	1,500 5.41%	301 24.38%
2023-24	2,066 -11.37%	1,921 28.07%	288 -4.32%
Average	1,533	999	271

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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