Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Roanoke

At Roanoke College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.55%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 14.32%, and the 2024 yield is 9.99%.

The number of Roanoke applicants increased by 35.09% (1,774 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.55%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.00% at Roanoke College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.33% and women students' rate is 75.38%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.81%	71.93%	73.35%
2014-15	69.32% -3.49%	66.49% -5.44%	71.07% -2.28%
2015-16	72.46% 3.14%	71.96% 5.48%	72.78% 1.71%
2016-17	73.04% 0.58%	72.61% 0.65%	73.30% 0.52%
2017-18	67.19% -5.86%	64.40% -8.21%	68.98% -4.32%
2018-19	72.49% 5.30%	71.90% 7.50%	72.86% 3.88%
2019-20	74.80% 2.31%	72.74% 0.85%	76.11% 3.25%
2020-21	78.13% 3.33%	77.28% 4.54%	78.64% 2.53%
2021-22	79.99% 1.86%	77.99% 0.71%	82.01% 3.37%
2022-23	79.76% -0.23%	79.31% 1.32%	80.05% -1.97%
2023-24	80.00% 0.23%	80.01% 0.70%	80.01% -0.04%
Average	74.55%	73.33%	75.38%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 14.32% where the current academic year yield is 9.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.86%	19.56%	16.85%
2014-15	16.81% -1.06%	17.92% -1.64%	16.16% -0.69%
2015-16	16.21% -0.60%	17.81% -0.11%	15.22% -0.94%
2016-17	15.60% -0.61%	16.63% -1.18%	14.99% -0.23%
2017-18	16.20% 0.60%	18.48% 1.85%	14.84% -0.15%
2018-19	15.51% -0.69%	16.98% -1.50%	14.63% -0.21%
2019-20	13.56% -1.96%	15.32% -1.65%	12.49% -2.14%
2020-21	11.31% -2.25%	14.17% -1.15%	9.65% -2.83%
2021-22	11.99% 0.68%	15.99% 1.82%	8.98% -0.67%
2022-23	12.45% 0.46%	13.82% -2.17%	11.60% 2.62%
2023-24	9.99% -2.46%	10.99% -2.83%	9.01% -2.59%
Average	14.32%	16.15%	13.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,055, the average number of admitted is 3,781, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 527.

The number of Roanoke applicants increased by 35.09% (1,774 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,167	3,034	542
2014-15	4,824 15.77%	3,344 10.22%	562 3.69%
2015-16	4,325 -10.34%	3,134 -6.28%	508 -9.61%
2016-17	4,459 3.10%	3,257 3.92%	508
2017-18	5,117 14.76%	3,438 5.56%	557 9.65%
2018-19	5,122 0.10%	3,713 8.00%	576 3.41%
2019-20	5,453 6.46%	4,079 9.86%	553 -3.99%
2020-21	5,296 -2.88%	4,138 1.45%	468 -15.37%
2021-22	4,953 -6.48%	3,962 -4.25%	475 1.50%
2022-23	5,055 2.06%	4,032 1.77%	502 5.68%
2023-24	6,829 35.09%	5,463 35.49%	546 8.76%
Average	5,055	3,781	527

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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