Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SPU

At Seattle Pacific University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 87.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 90.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 17.42%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of SPU applicants decreased by -27.96% (1,089 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 87.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 90.98% at Seattle Pacific University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 85.89% and women students' rate is 87.87%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.14%	70.14%	73.04%
2014-15	83.40% 11.27%	82.17% 12.03%	83.92% 10.89%
2015-16	81.61% -1.79%	82.78% 0.61%	81.16% -2.76%
2016-17	87.28% 5.67%	85.80% 3.03%	87.85% 6.69%
2017-18	90.87% 3.59%	90.17% 4.37%	91.16% 3.31%
2018-19	90.08% -0.80%	87.77% -2.40%	91.05% -0.12%
2019-20	90.61% 0.53%	88.76% 0.99%	91.33% 0.29%
2020-21	90.62% 0.01%	88.06% -0.70%	91.61% 0.28%
2021-22	91.99% 1.37%	91.01% 2.95%	92.01% 0.40%
2022-23	90.71% -1.29%	89.11% -1.90%	91.43% -0.59%
2023-24	90.98% 0.28%	89.01% -0.10%	91.99% 0.56%
Average	87.30%	85.89%	87.87%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 17.42% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20.59%	21.82%	20.05%
2014-15	18.47% -2.12%	17.73% -4.09%	18.77% -1.28%
2015-16	16.10% -2.36%	15.54% -2.19%	16.33% -2.45%
2016-17	19.45% 3.35%	20.40% 4.85%	19.10% 2.77%
2017-18	19.28% -0.17%	20.88% 0.48%	18.63% -0.48%
2018-19	19.00% -0.29%	20.48% -0.40%	18.40% -0.23%
2019-20	16.05% -2.95%	18.58% -1.90%	15.09% -3.31%
2020-21	18.42% 2.37%	19.05% 0.47%	18.19% 3.11%
2021-22	13.99% -4.43%	15.98% -3.07%	14.01% -4.18%
2022-23	15.23% 1.24%	16.02% 0.04%	14.88% 0.87%
2023-24	15.00% -0.23%	14.96% -1.05%	15.02% 0.14%
Average	17.42%	18.31%	17.13%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,192, the average number of admitted is 3,633, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 633.

The number of SPU applicants decreased by -27.96% (1,089 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,165	3,726	767
2014-15	4,447 -13.90%	3,709 -0.46%	685 -10.69%
2015-16	5,227 17.54%	4,266 15.02%	687 0.29%
2016-17	4,034 -22.82%	3,521 -17.46%	685 -0.29%
2017-18	3,692 -8.48%	3,355 -4.71%	647 -5.55%
2018-19	4,172 13.00%	3,758 12.01%	714 10.36%
2019-20	4,387 5.15%	3,975 5.77%	638 -10.64%
2020-21	3,923 -10.58%	3,555 -10.57%	655 2.66%
2021-22	4,359 11.11%	4,010 12.80%	561 -14.35%
2022-23	3,895 -10.64%	3,533 -11.90%	538 -4.10%
2023-24	2,806 -27.96%	2,553 -27.74%	383 -28.81%
Average	4,192	3,633	633

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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