Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Saint Ambrose

At Saint Ambrose University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 74.71%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 73.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.33%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Saint Ambrose applicants decreased by -3.71% (133 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 74.71%, and this year's acceptance rate is 73.00% at Saint Ambrose University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 73.98% and women students' rate is 75.69%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	96.17%	95.20%	96.80%
2014-15	96.07% -0.10%	94.72% -0.48%	97.04% 0.24%
2015-16	72.98% -23.10%	70.90% -23.83%	74.63% -22.41%
2016-17	63.58% -9.40%	58.74% -12.16%	67.34% -7.29%
2017-18	60.81% -2.77%	58.81% 0.07%	64.04% -3.30%
2018-19	62.69% 1.88%	61.40% 2.58%	63.64% -0.40%
2019-20	76.79% 14.10%	93.61% 32.22%	64.58% 0.94%
2020-21	73.84% -2.94%	71.09% -22.52%	76.17% 11.59%
2021-22	72.01% -1.83%	68.98% -2.11%	75.02% -1.15%
2022-23	73.92% 1.91%	69.32% 0.34%	77.35% 2.33%
2023-24	73.00% -0.92%	70.98% 1.67%	75.98% -1.37%
Average	74.71%	73.98%	75.69%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.33% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.17%	22.16%	18.89%
2014-15	18.46% -1.71%	20.05% -2.11%	17.35% -1.54%
2015-16	24.11% 5.65%	25.41% 5.36%	23.14% 5.78%
2016-17	16.13% -7.98%	18.22% -7.19%	14.72% -8.42%
2017-18	16.95% 0.82%	19.18% 0.95%	15.40% 0.68%
2018-19	15.42% -1.53%	17.71% -1.46%	13.82% -1.58%
2019-20	12.74% -2.69%	11.88% -5.84%	13.64% -0.17%
2020-21	15.31% 2.58%	16.85% 4.98%	14.19% 0.55%
2021-22	16.99% 1.68%	20.03% 3.18%	13.99% -0.20%
2022-23	17.30% 0.31%	19.49% -0.54%	16.71% 2.72%
2023-24	17.00% -0.30%	19.02% -0.47%	14.98% -1.73%
Average	17.33%	19.09%	16.08%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,993, the average number of admitted is 2,912, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 493.

The number of Saint Ambrose applicants decreased by -3.71% (133 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,897	2,786	562
2014-15	2,954 1.97%	2,838 1.87%	524 -6.76%
2015-16	2,546 -13.81%	1,858 -34.53%	448 -14.50%
2016-17	4,426 73.84%	2,814 51.45%	454 1.34%
2017-18	5,335 20.54%	3,244 15.28%	550 21.15%
2018-19	5,234 -1.89%	3,281 1.14%	506 -8.00%
2019-20	4,877 -6.82%	3,745 14.14%	477 -5.73%
2020-21	4,607 -5.54%	3,402 -9.16%	521 9.22%
2021-22	4,005 -13.07%	2,884 -15.23%	490 -5.95%
2022-23	3,589 -10.39%	2,653 -8.01%	459 -6.33%
2023-24	3,456 -3.71%	2,523 -4.90%	429 -6.54%
Average	3,993	2,912	493

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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