Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Shepherd

At Shepherd University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 92.86%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 95.98%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 38.00%, and the 2024 yield is 33.00%.

The number of Shepherd applicants increased by 6.09% (103 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 92.86%, and this year's acceptance rate is 95.98% at Shepherd University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 91.98% and women students' rate is 93.51%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	81.02%	80.59%	81.35%
2014-15	98.29% 17.28%	96.79% 16.21%	99.42% 18.07%
2015-16	89.87% -8.43%	88.62% -8.17%	90.92% -8.50%
2016-17	91.91% 2.05%	90.09% 1.47%	93.22% 2.30%
2017-18	89.13% -2.79%	87.88% -2.21%	90.03% -3.19%
2018-19	89.46% 0.33%	86.84% -1.04%	91.70% 1.66%
2019-20	96.28% 6.82%	96.58% 9.73%	96.07% 4.38%
2020-21	97.70% 1.42%	97.96% 1.39%	97.51% 1.44%
2021-22	95.96% -1.73%	94.95% -3.01%	97.03% -0.48%
2022-23	95.86% -0.11%	96.51% 1.56%	95.41% -1.63%
2023-24	95.98% 0.13%	94.94% -1.57%	95.97% 0.56%
Average	92.86%	91.98%	93.51%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 38.00% where the current academic year yield is 33.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	46.13%	46.64%	45.73%
2014-15	35.95% -10.18%	33.77% -12.86%	37.54% -8.19%
2015-16	43.08% 7.13%	43.73% 9.96%	42.54% 5.00%
2016-17	39.69% -3.39%	41.41% -2.32%	38.50% -4.04%
2017-18	42.65% 2.96%	45.00% 3.59%	41.00% 2.50%
2018-19	42.36% -0.30%	43.22% -1.78%	41.66% 0.66%
2019-20	36.62% -5.74%	37.50% -5.72%	36.02% -5.64%
2020-21	32.42% -4.19%	30.46% -7.04%	33.83% -2.19%
2021-22	32.01% -0.41%	31.91% 1.45%	33.01% -0.82%
2022-23	34.14% 2.13%	34.64% 2.72%	33.79% 0.78%
2023-24	33.00% -1.13%	33.94% -0.70%	33.00% -0.79%
Average	38.00%	38.38%	37.87%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,638, the average number of admitted is 1,517, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 575.

The number of Shepherd applicants increased by 6.09% (103 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,023	1,639	756
2014-15	1,817 -10.18%	1,786 8.97%	642 -15.08%
2015-16	1,648 -9.30%	1,481 -17.08%	638 -0.62%
2016-17	1,546 -6.19%	1,421 -4.05%	564 -11.60%
2017-18	1,573 1.75%	1,402 -1.34%	598 6.03%
2018-19	1,565 -0.51%	1,400 -0.14%	593 -0.84%
2019-20	1,370 -12.46%	1,319 -5.79%	483 -18.55%
2020-21	1,651 20.51%	1,613 22.29%	523 8.28%
2021-22	1,338 -18.96%	1,284 -20.40%	411 -21.41%
2022-23	1,690 26.31%	1,620 26.17%	553 34.55%
2023-24	1,793 6.09%	1,721 6.23%	568 2.71%
Average	1,638	1,517	575

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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