Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Reed

At Reed College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 37.07%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 27.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Reed College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.51%, and the 2024 yield is 13.02%.

The number of Reed applicants increased by 11.33% (1,022 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 37.07%, and this year's acceptance rate is 27.00% at Reed College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 35.66% and women students' rate is 37.79%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Reed College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	48.53%	48.44%	48.60%
2014-15	38.73% -9.80%	40.98% -7.46%	37.20% -11.40%
2015-16	34.99% -3.74%	35.35% -5.62%	34.75% -2.46%
2016-17	31.31% -3.68%	33.22% -2.14%	30.02% -4.73%
2017-18	35.63% 4.33%	36.12% 2.90%	35.31% 5.29%
2018-19	35.03% -0.60%	33.64% -2.48%	35.99% 0.68%
2019-20	39.47% 4.43%	38.18% 4.55%	40.27% 4.29%
2020-21	42.34% 2.87%	40.27% 2.09%	43.66% 3.38%
2021-22	43.99% 1.65%	39.99% -0.28%	45.99% 2.33%
2022-23	30.80% -13.20%	25.08% -14.92%	33.93% -12.06%
2023-24	27.00% -3.80%	21.00% -4.07%	30.00% -3.93%
Average	37.07%	35.66%	37.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.51% where the current academic year yield is 13.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.21%	28.48%	22.75%
2014-15	22.65% -2.56%	24.31% -4.16%	21.41% -1.34%
2015-16	22.30% -0.35%	23.69% -0.62%	21.35% -0.06%
2016-17	19.88% -2.42%	21.89% -1.80%	18.38% -2.98%
2017-18	20.51% 0.63%	24.11% 2.23%	18.05% -0.33%
2018-19	17.39% -3.11%	19.70% -4.41%	15.92% -2.12%
2019-20	17.17% -0.23%	21.56% 1.86%	14.54% -1.38%
2020-21	15.27% -1.90%	17.87% -3.69%	13.74% -0.81%
2021-22	16.02% 0.75%	16.96% -0.91%	15.98% 2.24%
2022-23	14.18% -1.84%	15.82% -1.14%	12.18% -3.80%
2023-24	13.02% -1.16%	15.00% -0.82%	9.99% -2.18%
Average	18.51%	20.85%	16.75%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 6,100, the average number of admitted is 2,179, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 387.

The number of Reed applicants increased by 11.33% (1,022 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,893	1,404	354
2014-15	3,956 36.74%	1,532 9.12%	347 -1.98%
2015-16	5,396 36.40%	1,888 23.24%	421 21.33%
2016-17	5,705 5.73%	1,786 -5.40%	355 -15.68%
2017-18	5,652 -0.93%	2,014 12.77%	413 16.34%
2018-19	5,957 5.40%	2,087 3.62%	363 -12.11%
2019-20	5,815 -2.38%	2,295 9.97%	394 8.54%
2020-21	5,647 -2.89%	2,391 4.18%	365 -7.36%
2021-22	7,010 24.14%	3,084 28.98%	494 35.34%
2022-23	9,023 28.72%	2,779 -9.89%	394 -20.24%
2023-24	10,045 11.33%	2,712 -2.41%	353 -10.41%
Average	6,100	2,179	387

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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