Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SU

At Southwestern University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 46.48%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 39.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southwestern University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.88%, and the 2024 yield is 16.00%.

The number of SU applicants increased by 18.50% (1,028 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 46.48%, and this year's acceptance rate is 39.00% at Southwestern University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 43.26% and women students' rate is 49.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Southwestern University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	52.17%	47.97%	55.43%
2014-15	48.52% -3.65%	44.63% -3.34%	51.52% -3.91%
2015-16	44.22% -4.30%	39.51% -5.12%	47.98% -3.54%
2016-17	45.03% 0.81%	43.61% 4.11%	46.12% -1.85%
2017-18	43.14% -1.89%	40.83% -2.79%	44.83% -1.29%
2018-19	45.02% 1.88%	43.17% 2.35%	46.52% 1.69%
2019-20	49.03% 4.01%	44.42% 1.25%	52.47% 5.95%
2020-21	49.37% 0.33%	44.67% 0.25%	52.90% 0.42%
2021-22	51.00% 1.63%	49.00% 4.33%	52.99% 0.09%
2022-23	44.79% -6.21%	43.99% -5.01%	45.39% -7.60%
2023-24	39.00% -5.79%	34.02% -9.97%	42.99% -2.39%
Average	46.48%	43.26%	49.01%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.88% where the current academic year yield is 16.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26.54%	30.42%	23.94%
2014-15	22.58% -3.96%	25.11% -5.31%	20.89% -3.05%
2015-16	21.73% -0.85%	23.97% -1.14%	20.26% -0.63%
2016-17	22.43% 0.69%	23.43% -0.54%	21.69% 1.43%
2017-18	20.30% -2.12%	23.17% -0.26%	18.39% -3.30%
2018-19	21.57% 1.27%	24.57% 1.40%	19.32% 0.92%
2019-20	19.00% -2.57%	21.90% -2.67%	17.17% -2.15%
2020-21	15.97% -3.03%	19.15% -2.75%	13.98% -3.19%
2021-22	15.00% -0.97%	16.96% -2.19%	12.97% -1.01%
2022-23	17.52% 2.51%	19.85% 2.89%	15.84% 2.87%
2023-24	16.00% -1.51%	17.00% -2.85%	13.98% -1.85%
Average	19.88%	22.32%	18.04%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,497, the average number of admitted is 2,073, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 403.

The number of SU applicants increased by 18.50% (1,028 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,546	1,850	491
2014-15	3,487 -1.66%	1,692 -8.54%	382 -22.20%
2015-16	3,736 7.14%	1,652 -2.36%	359 -6.02%
2016-17	3,773 0.99%	1,699 2.85%	381 6.13%
2017-18	4,133 9.54%	1,783 4.94%	362 -4.99%
2018-19	4,551 10.11%	2,049 14.92%	442 22.10%
2019-20	4,766 4.72%	2,337 14.06%	444 0.45%
2020-21	4,578 -3.94%	2,260 -3.29%	361 -18.69%
2021-22	4,757 3.91%	2,426 7.35%	364 0.83%
2022-23	5,557 16.82%	2,489 2.60%	436 19.78%
2023-24	6,585 18.50%	2,568 3.17%	411 -5.73%
Average	4,497	2,073	403

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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