Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Seattle

At Seattle University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 77.05%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 76.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Seattle University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.67%, and the 2024 yield is 15.00%.

The number of Seattle applicants increased by 13.13% (1,042 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 77.05%, and this year's acceptance rate is 76.00% at Seattle University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.05% and women students' rate is 77.10%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Seattle University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	73.23%	72.83%	73.46%
2014-15	73.35% 0.12%	72.90% 0.06%	73.60% 0.14%
2015-16	73.02% -0.33%	71.14% -1.75%	74.04% 0.45%
2016-17	73.63% 0.61%	74.21% 3.07%	73.32% -0.72%
2017-18	73.80% 0.17%	74.84% 0.63%	73.26% -0.07%
2018-19	75.65% 1.85%	77.40% 2.56%	74.74% 1.48%
2019-20	78.48% 2.83%	78.71% 1.31%	78.36% 3.62%
2020-21	83.23% 4.76%	83.98% 5.27%	82.83% 4.47%
2021-22	82.00% -1.23%	80.99% -2.99%	83.00% 0.17%
2022-23	85.15% 3.15%	84.54% 3.56%	85.47% 2.47%
2023-24	76.00% -9.15%	76.00% -8.54%	76.00% -9.47%
Average	77.05%	77.05%	77.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.67% where the current academic year yield is 15.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18.62%	30.10%	11.63%
2014-15	17.10% -1.52%	18.43% -11.66%	16.37% 4.74%
2015-16	17.58% 0.48%	17.45% -0.98%	17.65% 1.28%
2016-17	16.45% -1.13%	15.87% -1.58%	16.76% -0.89%
2017-18	15.12% -1.33%	15.29% -0.58%	15.03% -1.73%
2018-19	16.57% 1.45%	18.79% 3.50%	15.37% 0.34%
2019-20	14.87% -1.70%	16.91% -1.88%	13.82% -1.55%
2020-21	12.22% -2.65%	13.19% -3.72%	11.69% -2.13%
2021-22	14.00% 1.78%	13.99% 0.80%	14.00% 2.31%
2022-23	14.86% 0.86%	16.98% 2.99%	13.77% -0.23%
2023-24	15.00% 0.13%	14.99% -1.98%	15.00% 1.23%
Average	15.67%	17.45%	14.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,095, the average number of admitted is 6,240, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 970.

The number of Seattle applicants increased by 13.13% (1,042 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	7,160	5,243	976
2014-15	7,392 3.24%	5,422 3.41%	927 -5.02%
2015-16	7,806 5.60%	5,700 5.13%	1,002 8.09%
2016-17	8,141 4.29%	5,994 5.16%	986 -1.60%
2017-18	8,576 5.34%	6,329 5.59%	957 -2.94%
2018-19	8,640 0.75%	6,536 3.27%	1,083 13.17%
2019-20	7,968 -7.78%	6,253 -4.33%	930 -14.13%
2020-21	7,914 -0.68%	6,587 5.34%	805 -13.44%
2021-22	8,539 7.90%	7,002 6.30%	980 21.74%
2022-23	7,934 -7.09%	6,756 -3.51%	1,004 2.45%
2023-24	8,976 13.13%	6,822 0.98%	1,023 1.89%
Average	8,095	6,240	970

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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