Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Salem

At Salem College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 69.32%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.89%, and the 2024 yield is 9.02%.

The number of Salem applicants increased by 68.33% (792 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 69.32%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.98% at Salem College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 8.18% and women students' rate is 69.40%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	58.20%	0.00%	58.20%
2014-15	59.85% 1.65%	0.00%	59.85% 1.65%
2015-16	62.24% 2.39%	0.00%	62.24% 2.39%
2016-17	56.84% -5.39%	0.00%	56.84% -5.39%
2017-18	56.84%	0.00%	56.84%
2018-19	39.47% -17.37%	30.00% 30.00%	39.60% -17.24%
2019-20	79.95% 40.48%	0.00% -30.00%	79.95% 40.35%
2020-21	84.63% 4.68%	0.00%	85.30% 5.35%
2021-22	89.98% 5.35%	0.00%	89.98% 4.68%
2022-23	87.49% -2.49%	60.00% 60.00%	87.61% -2.37%
2023-24	86.98% -0.51%	0.00% -60.00%	86.98% -0.63%
Average	69.32%	8.18%	69.40%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.89% where the current academic year yield is 9.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	35.01%	0.00%	35.01%
2014-15	36.51% 1.50%	0.00%	36.51% 1.50%
2015-16	33.27% -3.24%	0.00%	32.92% -3.59%
2016-17	34.34% 1.07%	0.00%	34.34% 1.43%
2017-18	27.44% -6.90%	0.00%	27.44% -6.90%
2018-19	34.56% 7.12%	0.00%	34.92% 7.47%
2019-20	16.37% -18.20%	0.00%	16.37% -18.55%
2020-21	16.40% 0.03%	0.00%	16.42% 0.05%
2021-22	10.90% -5.49%	0.00%	10.90% -5.51%
2022-23	8.97% -1.93%	0.00%	9.00% -1.90%
2023-24	9.02% 0.04%	0.00%	9.02% 0.01%
Average	23.89%	0.00%	23.89%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 984, the average number of admitted is 695, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 141.

The number of Salem applicants increased by 68.33% (792 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	854	497	174
2014-15	929 8.78%	556 11.87%	203 16.67%
2015-16	903 -2.80%	562 1.08%	187 -7.88%
2016-17	1,045 15.73%	594 5.69%	204 9.09%
2017-18	1,045	594	163 -20.10%
2018-19	755 -27.75%	298 -49.83%	103 -36.81%
2019-20	833 10.33%	666 123.49%	109 5.83%
2020-21	872 4.68%	738 10.81%	121 11.01%
2021-22	479 -45.07%	431 -41.60%	47 -61.16%
2022-23	1,159 141.96%	1,014 135.27%	91 93.62%
2023-24	1,951 68.33%	1,697 67.36%	153 68.13%
Average	984	695	141

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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