Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Providence

At Providence College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 49.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Providence College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.45%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Providence applicants increased by 12.04% (1,340 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 49.00% at Providence College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.39% and women students' rate is 53.26%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Providence College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.79%	61.98%	58.24%
2014-15	63.06% 3.26%	64.03% 2.05%	62.35% 4.11%
2015-16	56.78% -6.28%	57.14% -6.88%	56.51% -5.84%
2016-17	55.03% -1.75%	57.14% -0.01%	53.47% -3.04%
2017-18	51.52% -3.50%	52.97% -4.17%	50.33% -3.13%
2018-19	48.97% -2.55%	48.77% -4.20%	49.13% -1.20%
2019-20	47.46% -1.52%	46.35% -2.42%	48.37% -0.77%
2020-21	53.86% 6.40%	54.77% 8.42%	53.18% 4.81%
2021-22	58.00% 4.14%	58.00% 3.23%	58.01% 4.83%
2022-23	52.78% -5.22%	56.21% -1.78%	50.31% -7.70%
2023-24	49.00% -3.78%	52.00% -4.22%	46.00% -4.31%
Average	54.20%	55.39%	53.26%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.45% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.78%	18.16%	17.49%
2014-15	18.23% 0.45%	18.43% 0.27%	18.09% 0.60%
2015-16	17.83% -0.41%	17.34% -1.09%	18.20% 0.11%
2016-17	17.77% -0.06%	18.40% 1.07%	17.27% -0.93%
2017-18	18.35% 0.58%	18.56% 0.16%	18.18% 0.91%
2018-19	20.06% 1.71%	20.33% 1.77%	19.85% 1.67%
2019-20	20.08% 0.02%	20.68% 0.35%	19.61% -0.23%
2020-21	17.15% -2.94%	16.70% -3.98%	17.49% -2.12%
2021-22	16.00% -1.14%	17.00% 0.30%	15.00% -2.49%
2022-23	19.68% 3.68%	20.50% 3.51%	19.02% 4.01%
2023-24	20.00% 0.32%	18.99% -1.52%	19.99% 0.98%
Average	18.45%	18.64%	18.20%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,851, the average number of admitted is 5,845, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,076.

The number of Providence applicants increased by 12.04% (1,340 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,660	5,776	1,027
2014-15	8,976 -7.08%	5,660 -2.01%	1,032 0.49%
2015-16	10,215 13.80%	5,800 2.47%	1,034 0.19%
2016-17	10,820 5.92%	5,954 2.66%	1,058 2.32%
2017-18	11,251 3.98%	5,797 -2.64%	1,064 0.57%
2018-19	11,421 1.51%	5,593 -3.52%	1,122 5.45%
2019-20	11,478 0.50%	5,447 -2.61%	1,094 -2.50%
2020-21	10,817 -5.76%	5,826 6.96%	999 -8.68%
2021-22	11,129 2.88%	6,455 10.80%	1,033 3.40%
2022-23	11,129	5,874 -9.00%	1,156 11.91%
2023-24	12,469 12.04%	6,110 4.02%	1,222 5.71%
Average	10,851	5,845	1,076

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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