Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SMU

At Southern Methodist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 51.56%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 61.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern Methodist University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.59%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of SMU applicants decreased by -6.55% (1,058 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 51.56%, and this year's acceptance rate is 61.00% at Southern Methodist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.71% and women students' rate is 51.53%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Southern Methodist University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.70%	52.41%	49.40%
2014-15	52.40% 1.70%	54.55% 2.14%	50.69% 1.29%
2015-16	48.95% -3.45%	50.64% -3.91%	47.57% -3.13%
2016-17	48.92% -0.03%	50.00% -0.64%	48.01% 0.45%
2017-18	48.77% -0.15%	49.80% -0.20%	47.87% -0.14%
2018-19	51.23% 2.47%	51.72% 1.92%	50.77% 2.91%
2019-20	47.29% -3.95%	47.57% -4.15%	47.03% -3.74%
2020-21	52.67% 5.38%	53.17% 5.60%	52.21% 5.17%
2021-22	53.00% 0.33%	50.01% -3.17%	55.00% 2.79%
2022-23	52.25% -0.75%	49.91% -0.10%	54.31% -0.69%
2023-24	61.00% 8.75%	59.00% 9.09%	64.00% 9.69%
Average	51.56%	51.71%	51.53%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.59% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.36%	25.28%	21.80%
2014-15	23.56% 0.20%	25.53% 0.24%	21.88% 0.08%
2015-16	21.60% -1.96%	24.07% -1.45%	19.44% -2.44%
2016-17	23.48% 1.88%	25.41% 1.34%	21.78% 2.35%
2017-18	22.23% -1.25%	23.65% -1.76%	20.94% -0.84%
2018-19	23.70% 1.47%	25.50% 1.85%	21.96% 1.01%
2019-20	23.39% -0.30%	25.02% -0.48%	21.91% -0.05%
2020-21	20.75% -2.64%	21.65% -3.36%	19.90% -2.01%
2021-22	18.99% -1.75%	20.01% -1.64%	18.01% -1.89%
2022-23	19.42% 0.43%	19.66% -0.35%	19.23% 1.22%
2023-24	17.00% -2.42%	19.00% -0.66%	15.99% -3.24%
Average	21.59%	23.16%	20.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 13,706, the average number of admitted is 7,087, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,509.

The number of SMU applicants decreased by -6.55% (1,058 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,080	6,125	1,431
2014-15	11,817 -2.18%	6,192 1.09%	1,459 1.96%
2015-16	12,992 9.94%	6,360 2.71%	1,374 -5.83%
2016-17	13,250 1.99%	6,482 1.92%	1,522 10.77%
2017-18	13,128 -0.92%	6,402 -1.23%	1,423 -6.50%
2018-19	12,603 -4.00%	6,457 0.86%	1,530 7.52%
2019-20	13,959 10.76%	6,601 2.23%	1,544 0.92%
2020-21	14,010 0.37%	7,379 11.79%	1,531 -0.84%
2021-22	15,685 11.96%	8,313 12.66%	1,579 3.14%
2022-23	16,150 2.96%	8,439 1.52%	1,639 3.80%
2023-24	15,092 -6.55%	9,206 9.09%	1,565 -4.51%
Average	13,706	7,087	1,509

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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