Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at St Olaf

At St Olaf College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 48.91%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 52.00%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into St Olaf College than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 28.90%, and the 2024 yield is 26.99%.

The number of St Olaf applicants increased by 7.82% (432 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 48.91%, and this year's acceptance rate is 52.00% at St Olaf College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 44.36% and women students' rate is 54.19%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into St Olaf College than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	59.19%	59.62%	58.86%
2014-15	51.28% -7.91%	47.50% -12.13%	54.34% -4.53%
2015-16	35.97% -15.32%	25.24% -22.26%	53.48% -0.86%
2016-17	44.76% 8.79%	34.70% 9.46%	56.19% 2.71%
2017-18	43.22% -1.54%	32.27% -2.43%	56.04% -0.15%
2018-19	49.91% 6.69%	49.40% 17.12%	50.28% -5.76%
2019-20	47.51% -2.40%	47.48% -1.92%	47.52% -2.76%
2020-21	50.81% 3.31%	48.19% 0.71%	52.92% 5.39%
2021-22	47.00% -3.82%	45.01% -3.19%	49.00% -3.91%
2022-23	56.41% 9.41%	51.54% 6.53%	60.49% 11.48%
2023-24	52.00% -4.41%	46.99% -4.55%	57.00% -3.48%
Average	48.91%	44.36%	54.19%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 28.90% where the current academic year yield is 26.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.68%	31.40%	31.89%
2014-15	30.60% -1.08%	30.08% -1.32%	30.97% -0.92%
2015-16	28.02% -2.58%	29.62% -0.46%	26.79% -4.18%
2016-17	30.47% 2.45%	33.45% 3.83%	28.38% 1.59%
2017-18	30.57% 0.10%	29.34% -4.11%	31.40% 3.02%
2018-19	29.49% -1.08%	30.39% 1.05%	28.85% -2.55%
2019-20	29.80% 0.30%	30.22% -0.18%	29.50% 0.66%
2020-21	27.43% -2.37%	28.33% -1.88%	26.66% -2.85%
2021-22	25.00% -2.43%	24.96% -3.37%	23.98% -2.67%
2022-23	27.89% 2.89%	30.03% 5.07%	26.37% 2.39%
2023-24	26.99% -0.89%	26.97% -3.06%	25.99% -0.38%
Average	28.90%	29.53%	28.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,713, the average number of admitted is 2,749, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 791.

The number of St Olaf applicants increased by 7.82% (432 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,011	2,374	752
2014-15	4,875 21.54%	2,500 5.31%	765 1.73%
2015-16	7,571 55.30%	2,723 8.92%	763 -0.26%
2016-17	6,041 -20.21%	2,704 -0.70%	824 7.99%
2017-18	5,949 -1.52%	2,571 -4.92%	786 -4.61%
2018-19	5,496 -7.61%	2,743 6.69%	809 2.93%
2019-20	5,694 3.60%	2,705 -1.39%	806 -0.37%
2020-21	5,231 -8.13%	2,658 -1.74%	729 -9.55%
2021-22	6,494 24.14%	3,052 14.82%	763 4.66%
2022-23	5,524 -14.94%	3,116 2.10%	869 13.89%
2023-24	5,956 7.82%	3,097 -0.61%	836 -3.80%
Average	5,713	2,749	791

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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