Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at PZ

At Pitzer College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 15.27%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 17.00%. Pitzer College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 45.47%, and the 2024 yield is 48.05%.

The number of PZ applicants decreased by -1.03% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 15.27%, and this year's acceptance rate is 17.00% at Pitzer College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 18.28% and women students' rate is 13.62%. Pitzer College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	14.51%	17.71%	12.72%
2014-15	13.02% -1.49%	15.46% -2.25%	11.73% -0.99%
2015-16	13.47% 0.45%	17.32% 1.86%	11.47% -0.26%
2016-17	13.74% 0.26%	17.35% 0.03%	11.92% 0.46%
2017-18	16.20% 2.46%	20.95% 3.60%	13.80% 1.87%
2018-19	13.33% -2.87%	16.71% -4.24%	11.70% -2.10%
2019-20	13.70% 0.37%	16.90% 0.19%	12.19% 0.49%
2020-21	16.57% 2.87%	19.54% 2.64%	15.14% 2.95%
2021-22	18.01% 1.44%	21.00% 1.46%	17.02% 1.88%
2022-23	18.40% 0.39%	20.17% -0.82%	17.16% 0.14%
2023-24	17.00% -1.40%	17.98% -2.19%	14.99% -2.17%
Average	15.27%	18.28%	13.62%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 45.47% where the current academic year yield is 48.05%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	43.72%	44.44%	43.15%
2014-15	46.18% 2.46%	50.22% 5.77%	43.37% 0.22%
2015-16	46.51% 0.33%	46.75% -3.47%	46.33% 2.95%
2016-17	47.10% 0.59%	50.00% 3.25%	44.98% -1.34%
2017-18	43.09% -4.01%	43.94% -6.06%	42.44% -2.54%
2018-19	46.99% 3.90%	47.68% 3.74%	46.51% 4.07%
2019-20	45.62% -1.37%	46.25% -1.43%	45.21% -1.31%
2020-21	31.87% -13.75%	36.16% -10.09%	29.20% -16.01%
2021-22	53.02% 21.15%	50.96% 14.80%	53.86% 24.67%
2022-23	47.98% -5.04%	55.84% 4.89%	43.56% -10.30%
2023-24	48.05% 0.07%	47.20% -8.65%	49.03% 5.46%
Average	45.47%	47.22%	44.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,014, the average number of admitted is 608, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 275.

The number of PZ applicants decreased by -1.03% (36 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,115	597	261
2014-15	4,324 5.08%	563 -5.70%	260 -0.38%
2015-16	4,149 -4.05%	559 -0.71%	260
2016-17	4,142 -0.17%	569 1.79%	268 3.08%
2017-18	3,753 -9.39%	608 6.85%	262 -2.24%
2018-19	4,358 16.12%	581 -4.44%	273 4.20%
2019-20	4,415 1.31%	605 4.13%	276 1.10%
2020-21	4,260 -3.51%	706 16.69%	225 -18.48%
2021-22	3,676 -13.71%	662 -6.23%	351 56.00%
2022-23	3,500 -4.79%	644 -2.72%	309 -11.97%
2023-24	3,464 -1.03%	589 -8.54%	283 -8.41%
Average	4,014	608	275

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Pitzer College and similar schools.