Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at RBC

At Richard Bland College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 58.64%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Richard Bland College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 46.14%, and the 2024 yield is 32.99%.

The number of RBC applicants increased by 10.71% (169 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 58.64%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.01% at Richard Bland College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 56.47% and women students' rate is 60.12%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Richard Bland College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	55.72%	50.57%	59.33%
2014-15	52.88% -2.84%	47.47% -3.10%	56.72% -2.61%
2015-16	59.99% 7.11%	60.23% 12.76%	59.80% 3.07%
2016-17	42.32% -17.67%	37.45% -22.78%	46.01% -13.79%
2017-18	32.92% -9.41%	31.33% -6.13%	34.19% -11.82%
2018-19	57.65% 24.73%	54.82% 23.49%	59.46% 25.27%
2019-20	49.55% -8.10%	48.66% -6.16%	50.14% -9.32%
2020-21	70.93% 21.38%	67.89% 19.22%	72.71% 22.56%
2021-22	72.00% 1.07%	71.98% 4.10%	72.01% -0.70%
2022-23	79.09% 7.09%	78.76% 6.77%	78.98% 6.97%
2023-24	72.01% -7.08%	72.04% -6.72%	72.02% -6.96%
Average	58.64%	56.47%	60.12%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 46.14% where the current academic year yield is 32.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	71.55%	72.07%	71.24%
2014-15	58.76% -12.79%	60.38% -11.69%	57.79% -13.44%
2015-16	47.37% -11.39%	45.95% -14.43%	48.51% -9.28%
2016-17	54.45% 7.09%	60.00% 14.05%	51.04% 2.53%
2017-18	62.10% 7.65%	62.04% 2.04%	62.14% 11.10%
2018-19	32.26% -29.84%	33.00% -29.04%	31.82% -30.32%
2019-20	38.43% 6.17%	42.07% 9.07%	36.08% 4.26%
2020-21	33.99% -4.44%	33.65% -8.42%	34.17% -1.90%
2021-22	44.00% 10.01%	41.03% 7.38%	45.98% 11.81%
2022-23	31.65% -12.35%	33.14% -7.89%	30.42% -15.56%
2023-24	32.99% 1.34%	38.02% 4.88%	30.03% -0.40%
Average	46.14%	47.40%	45.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,062, the average number of admitted is 1,203, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 522.

The number of RBC applicants increased by 10.71% (169 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,066	594	425
2014-15	1,857 74.20%	982 65.32%	577 35.76%
2015-16	2,122 14.27%	1,273 29.63%	603 4.51%
2016-17	2,573 21.25%	1,089 -14.45%	593 -1.66%
2017-18	1,996 -22.43%	657 -39.67%	408 -31.20%
2018-19	2,366 18.54%	1,364 107.61%	440 7.84%
2019-20	2,337 -1.23%	1,158 -15.10%	445 1.14%
2020-21	2,074 -11.25%	1,471 27.03%	500 12.36%
2021-22	2,964 42.91%	2,134 45.07%	939 87.80%
2022-23	1,578 -46.76%	1,248 -41.52%	395 -57.93%
2023-24	1,747 10.71%	1,258 0.80%	415 5.06%
Average	2,062	1,203	522