Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Rust

At Rust College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 42.63%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 34.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rust College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.99%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Rust applicants decreased by -30.48% (752 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 42.63%, and this year's acceptance rate is 34.99% at Rust College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 42.62% and women students' rate is 42.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Rust College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	13.86%	15.80%	12.71%
2014-15	38.85% 24.99%	38.75% 22.95%	38.94% 26.23%
2015-16	41.49% 2.64%	43.26% 4.51%	40.43% 1.50%
2016-17	46.86% 5.37%	45.40% 2.14%	47.73% 7.29%
2017-18	43.22% -3.64%	38.23% -7.18%	46.55% -1.18%
2018-19	53.22% 10.00%	50.23% 12.01%	54.82% 8.26%
2019-20	50.25% -2.97%	47.28% -2.95%	51.94% -2.87%
2020-21	29.47% -20.78%	35.93% -11.35%	26.58% -25.37%
2021-22	37.98% 8.51%	37.98% 2.05%	37.99% 11.41%
2022-23	78.76% 40.78%	78.86% 40.88%	79.11% 41.13%
2023-24	34.99% -43.77%	37.08% -41.79%	32.96% -46.16%
Average	42.63%	42.62%	42.70%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.99% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	65.68%	54.84%	73.71%
2014-15	14.19% -51.49%	17.91% -36.93%	12.33% -61.37%
2015-16	11.22% -2.97%	12.44% -5.47%	10.43% -1.90%
2016-17	14.59% 3.38%	16.70% 4.26%	13.40% 2.97%
2017-18	11.37% -3.23%	14.25% -2.45%	9.79% -3.61%
2018-19	8.99% -2.37%	12.76% -1.49%	7.15% -2.64%
2019-20	8.82% -0.17%	10.79% -1.97%	7.79% 0.64%
2020-21	66.51% 57.69%	64.58% 53.79%	67.68% 59.88%
2021-22	36.02% -30.49%	35.01% -29.57%	35.96% -31.71%
2022-23	9.47% -26.55%	10.95% -24.06%	8.77% -27.19%
2023-24	17.00% 7.53%	24.90% 13.95%	11.97% 3.19%
Average	23.99%	25.01%	23.54%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,978, the average number of admitted is 1,733, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 273.

The number of Rust applicants decreased by -30.48% (752 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,152	437	287
2014-15	5,189 64.63%	2,016 361.33%	286 -0.35%
2015-16	5,307 2.27%	2,202 9.23%	247 -13.64%
2016-17	5,337 0.57%	2,501 13.58%	365 47.77%
2017-18	5,414 1.44%	2,340 -6.44%	266 -27.12%
2018-19	5,558 2.66%	2,958 26.41%	266
2019-20	4,852 -12.70%	2,438 -17.58%	215 -19.17%
2020-21	2,158 -55.52%	636 -73.91%	423 96.74%
2021-22	2,609 20.90%	991 55.82%	357 -15.60%
2022-23	2,467 -5.44%	1,943 96.06%	184 -48.46%
2023-24	1,715 -30.48%	600 -69.12%	102 -44.57%
Average	3,978	1,733	273

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Rust College and similar schools.