Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SHU

At Sacred Heart University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 63.59%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 68.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.62%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of SHU applicants increased by 7.27% (968 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 63.59%, and this year's acceptance rate is 68.00% at Sacred Heart University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 58.78% and women students' rate is 66.14%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.24%	74.54%	77.23%
2014-15	57.15% -19.08%	52.80% -21.74%	59.70% -17.53%
2015-16	58.97% 1.82%	53.39% 0.59%	62.16% 2.46%
2016-17	57.21% -1.76%	54.05% 0.66%	58.99% -3.17%
2017-18	60.28% 3.07%	53.66% -0.38%	63.88% 4.89%
2018-19	60.45% 0.17%	54.89% 1.23%	63.45% -0.43%
2019-20	63.92% 3.47%	58.12% 3.23%	66.87% 3.42%
2020-21	65.53% 1.62%	59.13% 1.01%	68.70% 1.83%
2021-22	66.00% 0.47%	62.01% 2.87%	68.00% -0.70%
2022-23	65.71% -0.29%	60.00% -2.01%	68.60% 0.59%
2023-24	68.00% 2.29%	64.00% 4.00%	70.00% 1.40%
Average	63.59%	58.78%	66.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.62% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Sacred Heart University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14.58%	16.36%	13.58%
2014-15	26.59% 12.01%	28.73% 12.38%	25.22% 11.64%
2015-16	23.63% -2.96%	25.32% -3.41%	22.80% -2.42%
2016-17	23.07% -0.56%	23.97% -1.35%	22.60% -0.19%
2017-18	23.03% -0.04%	24.18% 0.21%	22.50% -0.10%
2018-19	22.56% -0.47%	24.24% 0.06%	21.78% -0.72%
2019-20	21.38% -1.18%	23.04% -1.20%	20.64% -1.14%
2020-21	20.66% -0.72%	21.28% -1.77%	20.39% -0.25%
2021-22	22.00% 1.35%	23.98% 2.71%	21.00% 0.61%
2022-23	20.29% -1.72%	21.53% -2.45%	19.74% -1.26%
2023-24	20.00% -0.28%	22.99% 1.46%	18.00% -1.74%
Average	21.62%	23.24%	20.75%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 11,007, the average number of admitted is 7,013, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,502.

The number of SHU applicants increased by 7.27% (968 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,781	5,932	865
2014-15	9,114 17.13%	5,209 -12.19%	1,385 60.12%
2015-16	9,259 1.59%	5,460 4.82%	1,290 -6.86%
2016-17	10,017 8.19%	5,731 4.96%	1,322 2.48%
2017-18	9,992 -0.25%	6,023 5.10%	1,387 4.92%
2018-19	10,742 7.51%	6,493 7.80%	1,465 5.62%
2019-20	11,717 9.08%	7,489 15.34%	1,601 9.28%
2020-21	12,189 4.03%	7,988 6.66%	1,650 3.06%
2021-22	12,663 3.89%	8,358 4.63%	1,839 11.45%
2022-23	13,316 5.16%	8,750 4.69%	1,775 -3.48%
2023-24	14,284 7.27%	9,713 11.01%	1,943 9.46%
Average	11,007	7,013	1,502

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Sacred Heart University and similar schools.