Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southwest Baptist

At Southwest Baptist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.23%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 100.00%. Southwest Baptist's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 5 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.88%, and the 2024 yield is 26.02%.

The number of Southwest Baptist applicants increased by 19.98% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.23%, and this year's acceptance rate is 100.00% at Southwest Baptist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 83.86% and women students' rate is 82.79%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	90.22%	92.77%	87.25%
2014-15	61.85% -28.38%	57.18% -35.58%	65.61% -21.64%
2015-16	90.47% 28.62%	90.71% 33.52%	90.30% 24.69%
2016-17	89.67% -0.80%	91.86% 1.16%	87.91% -2.39%
2017-18	73.20% -16.48%	73.89% -17.97%	72.72% -15.19%
2018-19	70.40% -2.80%	70.03% -3.87%	70.63% -2.09%
2019-20	70.86% 0.46%	71.88% 1.85%	70.28% -0.35%
2020-21	73.35% 2.49%	76.27% 4.39%	71.62% 1.34%
2021-22	95.98% 22.64%	98.11% 21.84%	94.95% 23.33%
2022-23	99.55% 3.56%	99.73% 1.62%	99.41% 4.47%
2023-24	100.00% 0.45%	100.00% 0.27%	100.00% 0.59%
Average	83.23%	83.86%	82.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.88% where the current academic year yield is 26.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.52%	19.45%	30.82%
2014-15	48.69% 24.17%	49.02% 29.57%	48.45% 17.63%
2015-16	27.20% -21.49%	27.27% -21.75%	27.15% -21.30%
2016-17	28.00% 0.80%	27.52% 0.24%	28.41% 1.26%
2017-18	34.37% 6.37%	36.93% 9.41%	32.60% 4.18%
2018-19	31.18% -3.20%	33.81% -3.11%	29.54% -3.05%
2019-20	30.99% -0.18%	32.18% -1.64%	30.30% 0.76%
2020-21	31.48% 0.48%	35.01% 2.84%	29.25% -1.05%
2021-22	36.00% 4.53%	36.01% 1.00%	34.98% 5.73%
2022-23	32.27% -3.74%	34.69% -1.32%	30.51% -4.47%
2023-24	26.02% -6.25%	28.96% -5.73%	23.98% -6.53%
Average	31.88%	32.80%	31.45%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,623, the average number of admitted is 1,317, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 407.

The number of Southwest Baptist applicants increased by 19.98% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	2,179	1,966	482
2014-15	1,604 -26.39%	992 -49.54%	483 0.21%
2015-16	1,857 15.77%	1,680 69.35%	457 -5.38%
2016-17	1,820 -1.99%	1,632 -2.86%	457
2017-18	1,884 3.52%	1,379 -15.50%	474 3.72%
2018-19	2,064 9.55%	1,453 5.37%	453 -4.43%
2019-20	2,090 1.26%	1,481 1.93%	459 1.32%
2020-21	1,542 -26.22%	1,131 -23.63%	356 -22.44%
2021-22	871 -43.51%	836 -26.08%	301 -15.45%
2022-23	881 1.15%	877 4.90%	283 -5.98%
2023-24	1,057 19.98%	1,057 20.52%	275 -2.83%
Average	1,623	1,317	407

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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