Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Samford

At Samford University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.13%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 82.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.09%, and the 2024 yield is 29.00%.

The number of Samford applicants increased by 4.70% (204 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.13%, and this year's acceptance rate is 82.01% at Samford University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.33% and women students' rate is 85.52%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	76.97%	73.43%	79.04%
2014-15	81.91% 4.94%	79.39% 5.95%	83.16% 4.12%
2015-16	93.30% 11.40%	92.17% 12.79%	93.88% 10.72%
2016-17	91.38% -1.92%	90.61% -1.56%	91.76% -2.12%
2017-18	83.19% -8.19%	80.82% -9.79%	84.37% -7.39%
2018-19	82.08% -1.11%	78.73% -2.09%	83.82% -0.55%
2019-20	83.31% 1.23%	78.71% -0.02%	85.61% 1.79%
2020-21	83.99% 0.69%	80.75% 2.04%	85.59% -0.02%
2021-22	83.99% 0.00%	80.99% 0.23%	84.98% -0.61%
2022-23	83.26% -0.73%	79.01% -1.98%	85.45% 0.46%
2023-24	82.01% -1.25%	80.01% 1.00%	83.01% -2.43%
Average	84.13%	81.33%	85.52%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.09% where the current academic year yield is 29.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.84%	28.50%	29.02%
2014-15	26.79% -2.05%	28.13% -0.36%	26.15% -2.87%
2015-16	27.70% 0.91%	29.22% 1.09%	26.94% 0.79%
2016-17	29.09% 1.39%	28.75% -0.47%	29.25% 2.31%
2017-18	27.05% -2.04%	27.16% -1.59%	27.00% -2.25%
2018-19	30.05% 3.00%	30.08% 2.92%	30.04% 3.04%
2019-20	27.65% -2.40%	27.14% -2.94%	27.88% -2.16%
2020-21	29.90% 2.25%	30.62% 3.48%	29.56% 1.68%
2021-22	26.00% -3.89%	28.00% -2.62%	24.99% -4.57%
2022-23	26.97% 0.97%	24.85% -3.15%	27.98% 2.99%
2023-24	29.00% 2.03%	28.99% 4.14%	29.00% 1.02%
Average	28.09%	28.31%	27.98%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,817, the average number of admitted is 3,204, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 900.

The number of Samford applicants increased by 4.70% (204 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,447	2,653	765
2014-15	3,327 -3.48%	2,725 2.71%	730 -4.58%
2015-16	3,196 -3.94%	2,982 9.43%	826 13.15%
2016-17	3,446 7.82%	3,149 5.60%	916 10.90%
2017-18	3,808 10.50%	3,168 0.60%	857 -6.44%
2018-19	3,884 2.00%	3,188 0.63%	958 11.79%
2019-20	3,912 0.72%	3,259 2.23%	901 -5.95%
2020-21	3,867 -1.15%	3,248 -0.34%	971 7.77%
2021-22	4,217 9.05%	3,542 9.05%	921 -5.15%
2022-23	4,337 2.85%	3,611 1.95%	974 5.75%
2023-24	4,541 4.70%	3,724 3.13%	1,080 10.88%
Average	3,817	3,204	900

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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