Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Sarah Lawrence

At Sarah Lawrence College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 54.87%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 59.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Sarah Lawrence College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 20.80%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of Sarah Lawrence applicants decreased by -7.08% (367 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 54.87%, and this year's acceptance rate is 59.00% at Sarah Lawrence College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 57.74% and women students' rate is 54.14%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Sarah Lawrence College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	61.66%	63.31%	61.17%
2014-15	53.14% -8.53%	55.35% -7.96%	52.50% -8.67%
2015-16	53.38% 0.24%	51.97% -3.38%	53.81% 1.31%
2016-17	51.79% -1.58%	56.24% 4.27%	50.37% -3.44%
2017-18	53.19% 1.40%	62.70% 6.46%	50.64% 0.27%
2018-19	55.85% 2.66%	56.32% -6.39%	55.73% 5.09%
2019-20	53.10% -2.75%	53.32% -3.00%	53.04% -2.69%
2020-21	54.63% 1.53%	53.21% -0.11%	55.01% 1.97%
2021-22	58.00% 3.37%	66.95% 13.75%	56.01% 1.00%
2022-23	49.88% -8.11%	52.74% -14.21%	49.26% -6.75%
2023-24	59.00% 9.11%	63.03% 10.29%	58.01% 8.75%
Average	54.87%	57.74%	54.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 20.80% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.77%	27.07%	25.37%
2014-15	28.01% 2.24%	31.19% 4.12%	27.05% 1.68%
2015-16	23.50% -4.51%	27.99% -3.20%	22.17% -4.87%
2016-17	23.73% 0.22%	28.16% 0.17%	22.14% -0.04%
2017-18	21.34% -2.39%	24.62% -3.54%	20.25% -1.89%
2018-19	22.89% 1.55%	27.03% 2.41%	21.86% 1.61%
2019-20	18.49% -4.39%	23.47% -3.55%	17.27% -4.59%
2020-21	19.18% 0.69%	20.00% -3.47%	18.97% 1.70%
2021-22	17.00% -2.18%	17.00% -3.00%	16.99% -1.98%
2022-23	14.84% -2.16%	13.24% -3.76%	15.22% -1.77%
2023-24	14.00% -0.84%	12.97% -0.27%	15.00% -0.22%
Average	20.80%	22.98%	20.21%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,583, the average number of admitted is 1,961, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 387.

The number of Sarah Lawrence applicants decreased by -7.08% (367 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,165	1,335	344
2014-15	2,392 10.48%	1,271 -4.79%	356 3.49%
2015-16	2,814 17.64%	1,502 18.17%	353 -0.84%
2016-17	3,068 9.03%	1,589 5.79%	377 6.80%
2017-18	3,463 12.87%	1,842 15.92%	393 4.24%
2018-19	3,325 -3.98%	1,857 0.81%	425 8.14%
2019-20	4,053 21.89%	2,152 15.89%	398 -6.35%
2020-21	3,674 -9.35%	2,007 -6.74%	385 -3.27%
2021-22	4,452 21.18%	2,582 28.65%	439 14.03%
2022-23	5,186 16.49%	2,587 0.19%	384 -12.53%
2023-24	4,819 -7.08%	2,843 9.90%	398 3.65%
Average	3,583	1,961	387

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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