Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Principia

At Principia College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.39%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 44.03%. Principia's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Principia College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Principia College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 70.49%, and the 2024 yield is 71.19%.

The number of Principia applicants increased by 28.23% (59 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.39%, and this year's acceptance rate is 44.03% at Principia College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 78.14% and women students' rate is 80.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Principia College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Principia College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.13%	79.12%	88.78%
2014-15	79.15% -4.98%	80.56% 1.43%	77.67% -11.11%
2015-16	75.47% -3.68%	70.83% -9.72%	79.31% 1.64%
2016-17	90.91% 15.44%	87.65% 16.82%	94.05% 14.74%
2017-18	91.04% 0.14%	90.48% 2.82%	91.55% -2.50%
2018-19	91.95% 0.90%	93.33% 2.86%	90.54% -1.01%
2019-20	91.43% -0.52%	90.48% -2.86%	92.06% 1.52%
2020-21	93.24% 1.81%	94.59% 4.12%	91.89% -0.17%
2021-22	84.06% -9.19%	79.22% -15.37%	90.16% -1.73%
2022-23	47.85% -36.21%	50.00% -29.22%	44.57% -45.60%
2023-24	44.03% -3.82%	43.29% -6.71%	47.12% 2.55%
Average	79.39%	78.14%	80.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 70.49% where the current academic year yield is 71.19%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	79.87%	76.39%	82.76%
2014-15	72.46% -7.42%	79.31% 2.92%	65.00% -17.76%
2015-16	65.83% -6.62%	74.51% -4.80%	59.42% -5.58%
2016-17	76.00% 10.17%	78.87% 4.36%	73.42% 14.00%
2017-18	69.67% -6.33%	82.46% 3.58%	58.46% -14.96%
2018-19	72.99% 3.32%	78.57% -3.88%	67.16% 8.70%
2019-20	68.75% -4.24%	73.68% -4.89%	65.52% -1.65%
2020-21	69.57% 0.82%	68.57% -5.11%	70.59% 5.07%
2021-22	68.10% -1.46%	73.77% 5.20%	61.82% -8.77%
2022-23	61.00% -7.10%	67.24% -6.53%	51.22% -10.60%
2023-24	71.19% 10.19%	73.24% 6.00%	67.35% 16.13%
Average	70.49%	75.15%	65.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 164, the average number of admitted is 123, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 88.

The number of Principia applicants increased by 28.23% (59 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	189	159	127
2014-15	211 11.64%	167 5.03%	121 -4.72%
2015-16	159 -24.64%	120 -28.14%	79 -34.71%
2016-17	165 3.77%	150 25.00%	114 44.30%
2017-18	134 -18.79%	122 -18.67%	85 -25.44%
2018-19	149 11.19%	137 12.30%	100 17.65%
2019-20	105 -29.53%	96 -29.93%	66 -34.00%
2020-21	74 -29.52%	69 -28.13%	48 -27.27%
2021-22	138 86.49%	116 68.12%	79 64.58%
2022-23	209 51.45%	100 -13.79%	61 -22.78%
2023-24	268 28.23%	118 18.00%	84 37.70%
Average	164	123	88

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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