Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Southwestern Adventist

At Southwestern Adventist University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.21%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 55.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 18.33%, and the 2024 yield is 19.95%.

The number of Southwestern Adventist applicants increased by 2.09% (30 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.21%, and this year's acceptance rate is 55.99% at Southwestern Adventist University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 54.84% and women students' rate is 54.95%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	53.92%	50.30%	56.17%
2014-15	49.65% -4.27%	48.73% -1.56%	50.23% -5.94%
2015-16	48.51% -1.14%	49.72% 0.99%	47.80% -2.43%
2016-17	49.97% 1.46%	49.82% 0.09%	45.04% -2.76%
2017-18	62.37% 12.40%	55.71% 5.89%	66.51% 21.47%
2018-19	55.33% -7.04%	54.52% -1.19%	55.83% -10.68%
2019-20	57.70% 2.37%	56.40% 1.88%	58.42% 2.59%
2020-21	62.30% 4.60%	65.32% 8.93%	60.78% 2.37%
2021-22	57.96% -4.33%	62.10% -3.23%	55.02% -5.76%
2022-23	53.62% -4.35%	53.63% -8.47%	53.61% -1.41%
2023-24	55.99% 2.38%	57.02% 3.40%	55.06% 1.45%
Average	55.21%	54.84%	54.95%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 18.33% where the current academic year yield is 19.95%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.06%	29.41%	21.09%
2014-15	23.34% -0.72%	26.77% -2.65%	21.23% 0.15%
2015-16	20.53% -2.81%	25.46% -1.30%	17.53% -3.70%
2016-17	17.42% -3.11%	21.38% -4.08%	16.93% -0.60%
2017-18	15.32% -2.10%	19.79% -1.59%	13.00% -3.93%
2018-19	14.68% -0.64%	14.72% -5.07%	14.65% 1.66%
2019-20	11.85% -2.83%	14.06% -0.67%	10.68% -3.97%
2020-21	16.63% 4.78%	22.26% 8.20%	13.60% 2.92%
2021-22	21.04% 4.41%	23.81% 1.55%	19.00% 5.40%
2022-23	16.86% -4.17%	18.55% -5.26%	15.67% -3.33%
2023-24	19.95% 3.09%	17.01% -1.54%	21.09% 5.41%
Average	18.33%	21.20%	16.77%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,420, the average number of admitted is 781, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 141.

The number of Southwestern Adventist applicants increased by 2.09% (30 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,326	715	172
2014-15	1,424 7.39%	707 -1.12%	165 -4.07%
2015-16	1,476 3.65%	716 1.27%	147 -10.91%
2016-17	1,551 5.08%	775 8.24%	135 -8.16%
2017-18	1,350 -12.96%	842 8.65%	129 -4.44%
2018-19	1,576 16.74%	872 3.56%	128 -0.78%
2019-20	1,565 -0.70%	903 3.56%	107 -16.41%
2020-21	1,342 -14.25%	836 -7.42%	139 29.91%
2021-22	1,099 -18.11%	637 -23.80%	134 -3.60%
2022-23	1,438 30.85%	771 21.04%	130 -2.99%
2023-24	1,468 2.09%	822 6.61%	164 26.15%
Average	1,420	781	141

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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