Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SU

At Shenandoah University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.26%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 78.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Shenandoah University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 26.62%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of SU applicants increased by 63.89% (1,467 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.26%, and this year's acceptance rate is 78.00% at Shenandoah University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 84.80% and women students' rate is 75.75%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Shenandoah University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	84.56%	85.60%	83.69%
2014-15	82.59% -1.97%	85.70% 0.10%	80.29% -3.39%
2015-16	82.05% -0.55%	84.28% -1.42%	80.53% 0.23%
2016-17	88.02% 5.97%	88.14% 3.86%	87.94% 7.41%
2017-18	83.25% -4.77%	87.41% -0.73%	80.50% -7.44%
2018-19	70.29% -12.95%	78.23% -9.18%	65.51% -14.98%
2019-20	74.38% 4.08%	81.57% 3.34%	70.20% 4.69%
2020-21	74.38% 0.00%	83.59% 2.02%	68.39% -1.81%
2021-22	74.01% -0.37%	83.99% 0.40%	68.98% 0.59%
2022-23	80.36% 6.35%	88.30% 4.31%	74.23% 5.25%
2023-24	78.00% -2.36%	86.02% -2.28%	73.00% -1.22%
Average	79.26%	84.80%	75.75%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 26.62% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.61%	33.80%	25.99%
2014-15	26.48% -3.14%	26.91% -6.89%	26.14% 0.14%
2015-16	26.60% 0.12%	27.40% 0.50%	26.02% -0.12%
2016-17	27.35% 0.75%	28.90% 1.50%	26.36% 0.34%
2017-18	30.29% 2.94%	29.30% 0.41%	31.00% 4.64%
2018-19	28.32% -1.97%	31.35% 2.04%	26.15% -4.84%
2019-20	29.13% 0.80%	34.68% 3.33%	25.39% -0.77%
2020-21	26.37% -2.75%	27.21% -7.47%	25.71% 0.32%
2021-22	25.98% -0.39%	27.02% -0.19%	26.00% 0.29%
2022-23	25.75% -0.24%	26.05% -0.97%	25.47% -0.53%
2023-24	17.00% -8.74%	18.01% -8.04%	14.98% -10.49%
Average	26.62%	28.24%	25.38%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,300, the average number of admitted is 1,810, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 469.

The number of SU applicants increased by 63.89% (1,467 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,833	1,550	459
2014-15	1,907 4.04%	1,575 1.61%	417 -9.15%
2015-16	2,044 7.18%	1,677 6.48%	446 6.95%
2016-17	1,911 -6.51%	1,682 0.30%	460 3.14%
2017-18	1,737 -9.11%	1,446 -14.03%	438 -4.78%
2018-19	2,225 28.09%	1,564 8.16%	443 1.14%
2019-20	2,322 4.36%	1,727 10.42%	503 13.54%
2020-21	2,646 13.95%	1,968 13.95%	519 3.18%
2021-22	2,616 -1.13%	1,936 -1.63%	503 -3.08%
2022-23	2,296 -12.23%	1,845 -4.70%	475 -5.57%
2023-24	3,763 63.89%	2,935 59.08%	499 5.05%
Average	2,300	1,810	469

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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