Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SMC

At Spartanburg Methodist College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 72.22%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 80.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 42.70%, and the 2024 yield is 27.98%.

The number of SMC applicants decreased by -0.66% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 72.22%, and this year's acceptance rate is 80.99% at Spartanburg Methodist College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 71.98% and women students' rate is 72.33%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	88.12%	85.77%	90.57%
2014-15	65.63% -22.49%	68.00% -17.77%	63.40% -27.17%
2015-16	69.63% 4.00%	74.14% 6.14%	64.94% 1.54%
2016-17	65.19% -4.44%	64.96% -9.18%	65.40% 0.45%
2017-18	61.10% -4.09%	59.64% -5.32%	62.44% -2.95%
2018-19	57.95% -3.15%	59.06% -0.58%	57.10% -5.35%
2019-20	61.10% 3.16%	62.24% 3.18%	60.00% 2.90%
2020-21	82.64% 21.54%	81.02% 18.78%	83.81% 23.81%
2021-22	79.98% -2.66%	79.00% -2.02%	81.00% -2.81%
2022-23	82.13% 2.15%	80.93% 1.93%	82.92% 1.92%
2023-24	80.99% -1.15%	76.99% -3.93%	84.00% 1.07%
Average	72.22%	71.98%	72.33%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 42.70% where the current academic year yield is 27.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	38.32%	41.05%	35.61%
2014-15	54.85% 16.53%	61.18% 20.13%	48.46% 12.85%
2015-16	50.11% -4.73%	49.16% -12.02%	51.24% 2.79%
2016-17	47.60% -2.52%	50.93% 1.77%	44.49% -6.75%
2017-18	46.07% -1.53%	49.30% -1.62%	43.21% -1.28%
2018-19	51.86% 5.79%	54.57% 5.27%	49.72% 6.51%
2019-20	50.79% -1.06%	53.36% -1.21%	48.21% -1.51%
2020-21	34.85% -15.94%	41.43% -11.93%	30.57% -17.64%
2021-22	35.98% 1.13%	42.95% 1.52%	31.05% 0.48%
2022-23	31.32% -4.66%	35.83% -7.12%	28.44% -2.61%
2023-24	27.98% -3.34%	34.97% -0.85%	25.00% -3.44%
Average	42.70%	46.79%	39.64%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,638, the average number of admitted is 1,191, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 484.

The number of SMC applicants decreased by -0.66% (13 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,389	1,224	469
2014-15	1,289 -7.20%	846 -30.88%	464 -1.07%
2015-16	1,261 -2.17%	878 3.78%	440 -5.17%
2016-17	1,373 8.88%	895 1.94%	426 -3.18%
2017-18	1,748 27.31%	1,068 19.33%	492 15.49%
2018-19	1,674 -4.23%	970 -9.18%	503 2.24%
2019-20	1,653 -1.25%	1,010 4.12%	513 1.99%
2020-21	1,809 9.44%	1,495 48.02%	521 1.56%
2021-22	1,918 6.03%	1,534 2.61%	552 5.95%
2022-23	1,959 2.14%	1,609 4.89%	504 -8.70%
2023-24	1,946 -0.66%	1,576 -2.05%	441 -12.50%
Average	1,638	1,191	484

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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