Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Shorter

At Shorter University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 70.73%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 97.06%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.27%, and the 2024 yield is 35.00%.

The number of Shorter applicants decreased by -10.10% (88 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.73%, and this year's acceptance rate is 97.06% at Shorter University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.20% and women students' rate is 71.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	68.07%	69.19%	66.76%
2014-15	69.22% 1.16%	68.15% -1.03%	70.48% 3.73%
2015-16	62.89% -6.34%	61.12% -7.03%	64.41% -6.07%
2016-17	61.15% -1.73%	59.75% -1.37%	63.07% -1.34%
2017-18	53.37% -7.79%	52.52% -7.24%	54.13% -8.93%
2018-19	56.52% 3.15%	57.64% 5.12%	55.52% 1.39%
2019-20	60.32% 3.80%	62.00% 4.36%	58.75% 3.23%
2020-21	70.93% 10.61%	73.37% 11.38%	68.88% 10.13%
2021-22	81.03% 10.10%	73.98% 0.61%	89.03% 20.15%
2022-23	97.47% 16.45%	97.40% 23.43%	97.53% 8.50%
2023-24	97.06% -0.41%	97.07% -0.33%	97.05% -0.48%
Average	70.73%	70.20%	71.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.27% where the current academic year yield is 35.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28.43%	28.40%	28.46%
2014-15	29.48% 1.05%	30.50% 2.09%	28.77% 0.31%
2015-16	25.69% -3.79%	26.36% -4.13%	25.13% -3.63%
2016-17	28.66% 2.98%	29.14% 2.78%	28.04% 2.91%
2017-18	28.84% 0.17%	31.31% 2.17%	26.68% -1.36%
2018-19	32.31% 3.47%	38.72% 7.41%	26.39% -0.29%
2019-20	32.59% 0.29%	33.81% -4.91%	31.40% 5.01%
2020-21	27.50% -5.09%	27.80% -6.01%	27.24% -4.16%
2021-22	32.98% 5.47%	32.96% 5.17%	31.94% 4.70%
2022-23	31.45% -1.53%	34.93% 1.97%	28.69% -3.25%
2023-24	35.00% 3.55%	40.00% 5.07%	30.89% 2.19%
Average	30.27%	32.18%	28.51%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,455, the average number of admitted is 981, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 295.

The number of Shorter applicants decreased by -10.10% (88 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,597	1,087	309
2014-15	1,475 -7.64%	1,021 -6.07%	301 -2.59%
2015-16	1,622 9.97%	1,020 -0.10%	262 -12.96%
2016-17	1,820 12.21%	1,113 9.12%	319 21.76%
2017-18	1,722 -5.38%	919 -17.43%	265 -16.93%
2018-19	1,780 3.37%	1,006 9.47%	325 22.64%
2019-20	1,643 -7.70%	991 -1.49%	323 -0.62%
2020-21	1,548 -5.78%	1,098 10.80%	302 -6.50%
2021-22	1,149 -25.78%	931 -15.21%	307 1.66%
2022-23	871 -24.19%	849 -8.81%	267 -13.03%
2023-24	783 -10.10%	760 -10.48%	266 -0.37%
Average	1,455	981	295

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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