Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Simpson

At Simpson College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 86.60%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.33%, and the 2024 yield is 23.00%.

The number of Simpson applicants increased by 4.91% (77 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 86.60%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Simpson College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.62% and women students' rate is 89.49%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	88.02%	82.99%	92.16%
2014-15	85.45% -2.57%	84.01% 1.02%	86.71% -5.44%
2015-16	89.46% 4.00%	87.29% 3.28%	91.43% 4.71%
2016-17	85.45% -4.00%	81.02% -6.28%	89.33% -2.10%
2017-18	83.86% -1.60%	78.53% -2.49%	90.27% 0.93%
2018-19	84.23% 0.37%	82.16% 3.63%	86.62% -3.65%
2019-20	80.46% -3.77%	76.68% -5.48%	84.00% -2.62%
2020-21	86.62% 6.15%	82.88% 6.21%	89.72% 5.72%
2021-22	90.98% 4.36%	88.94% 6.05%	93.08% 3.36%
2022-23	89.10% -1.88%	87.44% -1.49%	91.10% -1.98%
2023-24	89.00% -0.10%	87.93% 0.49%	90.02% -1.08%
Average	86.60%	83.62%	89.49%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.33% where the current academic year yield is 23.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.90%	31.15%	34.19%
2014-15	30.84% -2.06%	32.23% 1.09%	29.65% -4.54%
2015-16	28.32% -2.52%	27.79% -4.44%	28.78% -0.87%
2016-17	32.19% 3.87%	32.43% 4.64%	32.01% 3.22%
2017-18	28.54% -3.65%	29.03% -3.40%	28.04% -3.97%
2018-19	30.51% 1.96%	28.85% -0.18%	32.33% 4.29%
2019-20	22.58% -7.93%	21.85% -7.00%	23.21% -9.12%
2020-21	26.20% 3.62%	26.58% 4.74%	25.90% 2.69%
2021-22	23.97% -2.23%	22.08% -4.50%	24.96% -0.95%
2022-23	21.60% -2.36%	21.34% -0.74%	22.17% -2.79%
2023-24	23.00% 1.40%	24.02% 2.68%	22.05% -0.12%
Average	27.33%	27.03%	27.57%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,386, the average number of admitted is 1,200, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 324.

The number of Simpson applicants increased by 4.91% (77 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,302	1,146	377
2014-15	1,313 0.84%	1,122 -2.09%	346 -8.22%
2015-16	1,271 -3.20%	1,137 1.34%	322 -6.94%
2016-17	1,265 -0.47%	1,081 -4.93%	348 8.07%
2017-18	1,245 -1.58%	1,044 -3.42%	298 -14.37%
2018-19	1,401 12.53%	1,180 13.03%	360 20.81%
2019-20	1,607 14.70%	1,293 9.58%	292 -18.89%
2020-21	1,300 -19.10%	1,126 -12.92%	295 1.03%
2021-22	1,330 2.31%	1,210 7.46%	290 -1.69%
2022-23	1,569 17.97%	1,398 15.54%	302 4.14%
2023-24	1,646 4.91%	1,465 4.79%	337 11.59%
Average	1,386	1,200	324

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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