Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at SAU

At St. Andrews University, the average acceptance rate over the past 10 years is 50.01%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 64.80%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into St. Andrews University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 36.10%, and the 2023 yield is 15.63%.

The number of SAU applicants decreased by -18.35% (397 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 50.01%, and this year's acceptance rate is 64.80% at St. Andrews University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 48.95% and women students' rate is 50.90%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into St. Andrews University than the previous year.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at St. Andrews University over the past 10 years (2013-2023).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	64.48%	61.99%	66.60%
2014-15	57.13% -7.35%	54.35% -7.63%	59.05% -7.55%
2015-16	57.32% 0.19%	54.15% -0.20%	59.34% 0.29%
2016-17	56.22% -1.09%	57.58% 3.43%	54.59% -4.75%
2017-18	41.23% -15.00%	42.75% -14.84%	39.02% -15.57%
2018-19	40.68% -0.55%	40.22% -2.53%	41.36% 2.34%
2019-20	45.33% 4.65%	45.49% 5.28%	45.13% 3.77%
2020-21	60.86% 15.53%	58.39% 12.89%	63.70% 18.57%
2021-22	12.01% -48.85%	13.01% -45.38%	12.01% -51.69%
2022-23	64.80% 52.78%	61.55% 48.54%	68.16% 56.14%
Average	50.01%	48.95%	50.90%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 10 years is 36.10% where the current academic year yield is 15.63%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at St. Andrews University from 2013 to 2023.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30.74%	37.89%	25.08%
2014-15	28.92% -1.82%	35.44% -2.45%	24.77% -0.31%
2015-16	28.07% -0.85%	34.39% -1.05%	24.38% -0.39%
2016-17	32.00% 3.93%	42.71% 8.32%	18.45% -5.94%
2017-18	41.67% 9.67%	48.57% 5.86%	30.68% 12.24%
2018-19	43.08% 1.42%	49.81% 1.24%	33.52% 2.83%
2019-20	23.25% -19.83%	27.29% -22.51%	18.37% -15.15%
2020-21	19.92% -3.33%	21.34% -5.95%	18.42% 0.05%
2021-22	97.69% 77.78%	99.24% 77.90%	97.12% 78.71%
2022-23	15.63% -82.06%	16.93% -82.31%	14.26% -82.86%
Average	36.10%	41.36%	30.50%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,410, the average number of admitted is 681, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 197.

The number of SAU applicants decreased by -18.35% (397 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at St. Andrews University from 2013 to 2023.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	898	579	178
2014-15	926 3.12%	529 -8.64%	153 -14.04%
2015-16	895 -3.35%	513 -3.02%	144 -5.88%
2016-17	1,245 39.11%	700 36.45%	224 55.56%
2017-18	1,106 -11.16%	456 -34.86%	190 -15.18%
2018-19	1,084 -1.99%	441 -3.29%	190
2019-20	1,670 54.06%	757 71.66%	176 -7.37%
2020-21	2,343 40.30%	1,426 88.38%	284 61.36%
2021-22	2,164 -7.64%	260 -81.77%	254 -10.56%
2022-23	1,767 -18.35%	1,145 340.38%	179 -29.53%
Average	1,410	681	197

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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