Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Suffolk

At Suffolk University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 84.67%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 15.66%, and the 2024 yield is 14.00%.

The number of Suffolk applicants increased by 4.14% (402 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 84.67%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Suffolk University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 81.85% and women students' rate is 86.48%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	82.50%	78.51%	85.39%
2014-15	83.91% 1.40%	82.24% 3.74%	85.07% -0.32%
2015-16	82.37% -1.53%	79.52% -2.72%	84.36% -0.71%
2016-17	84.42% 2.05%	81.74% 2.22%	86.32% 1.96%
2017-18	83.55% -0.87%	80.85% -0.90%	85.48% -0.84%
2018-19	85.33% 1.78%	83.10% 2.25%	86.85% 1.37%
2019-20	83.63% -1.70%	80.19% -2.91%	86.01% -0.84%
2020-21	85.90% 2.26%	83.97% 3.78%	87.14% 1.13%
2021-22	88.00% 2.11%	85.02% 1.05%	90.00% 2.86%
2022-23	86.79% -1.21%	83.18% -1.84%	88.66% -1.35%
2023-24	85.00% -1.79%	82.00% -1.18%	86.00% -2.65%
Average	84.67%	81.85%	86.48%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 15.66% where the current academic year yield is 14.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15.53%	15.87%	15.30%
2014-15	14.72% -0.81%	15.21% -0.65%	14.38% -0.92%
2015-16	19.07% 4.35%	21.35% 6.14%	17.57% 3.18%
2016-17	16.56% -2.51%	17.94% -3.41%	15.64% -1.93%
2017-18	15.68% -0.88%	16.80% -1.15%	14.93% -0.71%
2018-19	17.46% 1.77%	18.19% 1.39%	16.98% 2.05%
2019-20	15.83% -1.62%	16.61% -1.58%	15.33% -1.65%
2020-21	13.48% -2.35%	13.40% -3.21%	13.53% -1.80%
2021-22	15.00% 1.52%	16.00% 2.60%	14.01% 0.48%
2022-23	14.97% -0.03%	14.72% -1.28%	15.09% 1.08%
2023-24	14.00% -0.97%	12.99% -1.74%	15.00% -0.09%
Average	15.66%	16.28%	15.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 8,603, the average number of admitted is 7,283, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,138.

The number of Suffolk applicants increased by 4.14% (402 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	9,275	7,652	1,188
2014-15	8,786 -5.27%	7,372 -3.66%	1,085 -8.67%
2015-16	8,492 -3.35%	6,995 -5.11%	1,334 22.95%
2016-17	8,481 -0.13%	7,160 2.36%	1,186 -11.09%
2017-18	8,097 -4.53%	6,765 -5.52%	1,061 -10.54%
2018-19	8,325 2.82%	7,104 5.01%	1,240 16.87%
2019-20	8,194 -1.57%	6,853 -3.53%	1,085 -12.50%
2020-21	7,686 -6.20%	6,602 -3.66%	890 -17.97%
2021-22	7,501 -2.41%	6,601 -0.02%	990 11.24%
2022-23	9,699 29.30%	8,418 27.53%	1,260 27.27%
2023-24	10,101 4.14%	8,586 2.00%	1,202 -4.60%
Average	8,603	7,283	1,138

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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