Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Saint Joseph's

At Saint Joseph's University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 80.85%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Saint Joseph's University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.54%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of Saint Joseph's applicants decreased by -9.86% (957 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 80.85%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.00% at Saint Joseph's University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.49% and women students' rate is 82.10%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Saint Joseph's University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.73%	78.15%	79.21%
2014-15	84.65% 5.92%	83.69% 5.54%	85.44% 6.23%
2015-16	81.85% -2.80%	80.30% -3.39%	83.10% -2.34%
2016-17	77.93% -3.92%	75.66% -4.64%	79.79% -3.31%
2017-18	77.18% -0.75%	74.66% -1.00%	79.35% -0.44%
2018-19	76.32% -0.86%	74.89% 0.23%	77.51% -1.84%
2019-20	74.98% -1.34%	73.33% -1.56%	76.36% -1.15%
2020-21	80.07% 5.09%	78.92% 5.59%	81.02% 4.66%
2021-22	83.00% 2.93%	81.00% 2.08%	84.99% 3.97%
2022-23	88.68% 5.68%	87.78% 6.78%	89.29% 4.30%
2023-24	86.00% -2.68%	86.00% -1.78%	87.00% -2.29%
Average	80.85%	79.49%	82.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.54% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.68%	21.11%	20.33%
2014-15	18.89% -1.79%	19.61% -1.49%	18.31% -2.03%
2015-16	17.24% -1.65%	17.34% -2.27%	17.17% -1.14%
2016-17	18.30% 1.05%	19.49% 2.15%	17.37% 0.21%
2017-18	15.54% -2.76%	15.70% -3.80%	15.41% -1.96%
2018-19	16.73% 1.19%	16.90% 1.20%	16.59% 1.18%
2019-20	16.93% 0.20%	17.43% 0.53%	16.52% -0.07%
2020-21	13.86% -3.06%	15.27% -2.16%	12.73% -3.79%
2021-22	15.00% 1.14%	16.99% 1.73%	14.00% 1.28%
2022-23	12.73% -2.27%	15.19% -1.80%	11.08% -2.92%
2023-24	16.00% 3.27%	17.00% 1.81%	14.99% 3.91%
Average	16.54%	17.46%	15.86%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,568, the average number of admitted is 6,933, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,140.

The number of Saint Joseph's applicants decreased by -9.86% (957 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,831	6,165	1,275
2014-15	8,461 8.04%	7,162 16.17%	1,353 6.12%
2015-16	8,325 -1.61%	6,814 -4.86%	1,175 -13.16%
2016-17	8,914 7.08%	6,947 1.95%	1,271 8.17%
2017-18	8,972 0.65%	6,925 -0.32%	1,076 -15.34%
2018-19	8,843 -1.44%	6,749 -2.54%	1,129 4.93%
2019-20	8,692 -1.71%	6,517 -3.44%	1,103 -2.30%
2020-21	7,632 -12.20%	6,111 -6.23%	847 -23.21%
2021-22	8,119 6.38%	6,739 10.28%	1,011 19.36%
2022-23	9,708 19.57%	8,609 27.75%	1,096 8.41%
2023-24	8,751 -9.86%	7,526 -12.58%	1,204 9.85%
Average	8,568	6,933	1,140

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