Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SCU

At Santa Clara University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 50.07%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 44.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Santa Clara University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.44%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of SCU applicants increased by 13.17% (2,193 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.07%, and this year's acceptance rate is 44.00% at Santa Clara University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 47.43% and women students' rate is 52.36%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Santa Clara University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	51.22%	51.33%	51.12%
2014-15	49.35% -1.87%	46.56% -4.77%	51.84% 0.72%
2015-16	48.80% -0.55%	45.66% -0.90%	51.52% -0.32%
2016-17	48.30% -0.49%	45.77% 0.10%	50.51% -1.00%
2017-18	53.56% 5.26%	51.60% 5.83%	55.34% 4.83%
2018-19	49.91% -3.65%	47.48% -4.12%	52.16% -3.18%
2019-20	48.82% -1.09%	46.68% -0.80%	50.75% -1.41%
2020-21	50.72% 1.89%	49.20% 2.52%	52.13% 1.37%
2021-22	54.00% 3.28%	50.01% 0.81%	57.00% 4.88%
2022-23	52.11% -1.89%	47.47% -2.54%	56.58% -0.42%
2023-24	44.00% -8.11%	40.00% -7.47%	47.00% -9.59%
Average	50.07%	47.43%	52.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.44% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.40%	20.06%	15.12%
2014-15	17.84% 0.43%	19.94% -0.13%	16.15% 1.03%
2015-16	17.35% -0.49%	20.77% 0.83%	14.71% -1.44%
2016-17	17.22% -0.13%	19.25% -1.52%	15.62% 0.91%
2017-18	17.40% 0.18%	19.07% -0.18%	16.00% 0.38%
2018-19	17.16% -0.25%	19.67% 0.60%	15.05% -0.95%
2019-20	17.48% 0.32%	18.85% -0.81%	16.34% 1.29%
2020-21	15.06% -2.42%	17.90% -0.95%	12.56% -3.78%
2021-22	17.00% 1.95%	20.00% 2.09%	14.99% 2.44%
2022-23	18.91% 1.91%	20.41% 0.41%	17.70% 2.71%
2023-24	19.00% 0.08%	20.01% -0.40%	17.99% 0.29%
Average	17.44%	19.63%	15.66%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,044, the average number of admitted is 8,020, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,398.

The number of SCU applicants increased by 13.17% (2,193 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	14,339	7,344	1,278
2014-15	14,985 4.51%	7,395 0.69%	1,319 3.21%
2015-16	14,899 -0.57%	7,270 -1.69%	1,261 -4.40%
2016-17	15,834 6.28%	7,648 5.20%	1,317 4.44%
2017-18	15,061 -4.88%	8,067 5.48%	1,404 6.61%
2018-19	16,242 7.84%	8,107 0.50%	1,391 -0.93%
2019-20	16,300 0.36%	7,958 -1.84%	1,391
2020-21	16,488 1.15%	8,362 5.08%	1,259 -9.49%
2021-22	16,848 2.18%	9,098 8.80%	1,547 22.88%
2022-23	16,650 -1.18%	8,677 -4.63%	1,641 6.08%
2023-24	18,843 13.17%	8,291 -4.45%	1,575 -4.02%
Average	16,044	8,020	1,398

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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