Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Skidmore

At Skidmore College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 30.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 23.00%. Skidmore's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Skidmore College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 23.43%, and the 2024 yield is 25.99%.

The number of Skidmore applicants decreased by -7.88% (1,039 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 30.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 23.00% at Skidmore College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 29.79% and women students' rate is 30.26%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Skidmore College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	35.05%	36.73%	34.18%
2014-15	37.34% 2.29%	39.07% 2.34%	36.41% 2.23%
2015-16	36.50% -0.84%	34.86% -4.22%	37.42% 1.01%
2016-17	29.08% -7.41%	30.13% -4.73%	28.47% -8.96%
2017-18	24.52% -4.56%	25.23% -4.90%	24.08% -4.39%
2018-19	26.93% 2.41%	26.77% 1.54%	27.02% 2.95%
2019-20	30.05% 3.12%	29.79% 3.02%	30.20% 3.18%
2020-21	32.17% 2.12%	29.75% -0.04%	33.74% 3.53%
2021-22	31.00% -1.16%	28.01% -1.74%	32.00% -1.74%
2022-23	25.54% -5.46%	24.36% -3.65%	26.31% -5.69%
2023-24	23.00% -2.54%	23.00% -1.37%	23.00% -3.31%
Average	30.11%	29.79%	30.26%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 23.43% where the current academic year yield is 25.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22.73%	25.07%	21.42%
2014-15	22.37% -0.36%	24.70% -0.37%	21.02% -0.40%
2015-16	22.09% -0.27%	23.93% -0.77%	21.12% 0.10%
2016-17	26.74% 4.65%	28.87% 4.94%	25.42% 4.30%
2017-18	26.82% 0.07%	28.13% -0.73%	25.96% 0.53%
2018-19	23.32% -3.49%	22.21% -5.92%	24.00% -1.95%
2019-20	22.03% -1.29%	25.54% 3.33%	19.95% -4.05%
2020-21	21.39% -0.64%	24.20% -1.34%	19.78% -0.17%
2021-22	21.01% -0.38%	24.03% -0.18%	19.02% -0.77%
2022-23	23.28% 2.27%	23.70% -0.32%	23.03% 4.01%
2023-24	25.99% 2.71%	25.99% 2.29%	25.99% 2.96%
Average	23.43%	25.13%	22.43%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 10,321, the average number of admitted is 3,055, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 710.

The number of Skidmore applicants decreased by -7.88% (1,039 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	8,285	2,904	660
2014-15	8,669 4.63%	3,237 11.47%	724 9.70%
2015-16	8,508 -1.86%	3,105 -4.08%	686 -5.25%
2016-17	9,181 7.91%	2,670 -14.01%	714 4.08%
2017-18	10,053 9.50%	2,465 -7.68%	661 -7.42%
2018-19	10,796 7.39%	2,907 17.93%	678 2.57%
2019-20	11,102 2.83%	3,336 14.76%	735 8.41%
2020-21	10,433 -6.03%	3,356 0.60%	718 -2.31%
2021-22	11,176 7.12%	3,465 3.25%	728 1.39%
2022-23	13,183 17.96%	3,367 -2.83%	784 7.69%
2023-24	12,144 -7.88%	2,793 -17.05%	726 -7.40%
Average	10,321	3,055	710

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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