Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SC

At Southwestern College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 75.02%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 64.97%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southwestern College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southwestern College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 31.88%, and the 2024 yield is 24.02%.

The number of SC applicants increased by 7.50% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 75.02%, and this year's acceptance rate is 64.97% at Southwestern College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 74.57% and women students' rate is 76.16%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southwestern College than the previous year. The acceptance rate at Southwestern College have not been tight and applicants have more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.68%	88.85%	90.91%
2014-15	87.93% -1.75%	86.81% -2.03%	89.76% -1.15%
2015-16	91.16% 3.23%	89.47% 2.66%	94.03% 4.27%
2016-17	92.15% 0.99%	90.55% 1.07%	95.83% 1.80%
2017-18	96.88% 4.72%	95.12% 4.58%	100.00% 4.17%
2018-19	55.53% -41.35%	57.47% -37.65%	53.07% -46.93%
2019-20	51.57% -3.96%	53.31% -4.17%	49.53% -3.54%
2020-21	56.24% 4.67%	53.86% 0.56%	60.04% 10.51%
2021-22	68.98% 12.74%	70.00% 16.14%	68.03% 8.00%
2022-23	70.16% 1.18%	69.85% -0.15%	70.64% 2.61%
2023-24	64.97% -5.20%	64.98% -4.87%	65.90% -4.74%
Average	75.02%	74.57%	76.16%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 31.88% where the current academic year yield is 24.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32.74%	30.30%	36.25%
2014-15	31.87% -0.87%	27.85% -2.45%	38.26% 2.01%
2015-16	27.27% -4.59%	25.00% -2.85%	30.95% -7.30%
2016-17	49.73% 22.45%	46.99% 21.99%	55.65% 24.70%
2017-18	38.10% -11.62%	38.78% -8.21%	36.96% -18.70%
2018-19	39.62% 1.51%	41.39% 2.61%	37.19% 0.23%
2019-20	33.54% -6.08%	38.35% -3.05%	27.49% -9.70%
2020-21	28.50% -5.04%	29.34% -9.01%	27.30% -0.19%
2021-22	21.99% -6.51%	23.03% -6.31%	19.88% -7.42%
2022-23	23.33% 1.34%	22.28% -0.74%	25.34% 5.46%
2023-24	24.02% 0.69%	24.95% 2.67%	21.14% -4.20%
Average	31.88%	31.66%	32.40%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 840, the average number of admitted is 579, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 173.

The number of SC applicants increased by 7.50% (93 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	436	391	128
2014-15	439 0.69%	386 -1.28%	123 -3.91%
2015-16	362 -17.54%	330 -14.51%	90 -26.83%
2016-17	395 9.12%	364 10.30%	181 101.11%
2017-18	512 29.62%	496 36.26%	189 4.42%
2018-19	850 66.02%	472 -4.84%	187 -1.06%
2019-20	925 8.82%	477 1.06%	160 -14.44%
2020-21	1,410 52.43%	793 66.25%	226 41.25%
2021-22	1,338 -5.11%	923 16.39%	203 -10.18%
2022-23	1,240 -7.32%	870 -5.74%	203
2023-24	1,333 7.50%	866 -0.46%	208 2.46%
Average	840	579	173

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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