Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Swat

At Swarthmore College, the average acceptance rate over the past 5 years is 13.47%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 10.70%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Swarthmore College than the previous year. Swarthmore College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 41.38%, and the 2018 yield is 39.04%.

The number of Swat applicants increased by 21.58% (1,665 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 13.47%, and this year's acceptance rate is 10.70% at Swarthmore College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 15.52% and women students' rate is 11.98%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Swarthmore College than the previous year. Swarthmore College has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Swarthmore College over the past 5 years (2013-2018).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	14.32%	16.74%	12.60%
2014-15	17.02% 2.71%	19.60% 2.86%	15.20% 2.60%
2015-16	12.48% -4.54%	13.97% -5.63%	11.36% -3.83%
2016-17	12.80% 0.32%	14.80% 0.83%	11.35% -0.01%
2017-18	10.70% -2.10%	12.51% -2.28%	9.41% -1.94%
Average	13.47%	15.52%	11.98%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 5 years is 41.38% where the current academic year yield is 39.04%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Swarthmore College from 2013 to 2018.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.97%	42.27%	39.75%
2014-15	43.16% 2.19%	46.00% 3.73%	40.57% 0.81%
2015-16	41.70% -1.46%	41.28% -4.72%	42.09% 1.53%
2016-17	42.00% 0.30%	40.54% -0.74%	43.39% 1.30%
2017-18	39.04% -2.96%	39.67% -0.87%	38.45% -4.95%
Average	41.38%	41.95%	40.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,414, the average number of admitted is 972, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 402.

The number of Swat applicants increased by 21.58% (1,665 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Swarthmore College from 2013 to 2018.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	6,615	947	388
2014-15	5,540 -16.25%	943 -0.42%	407 4.90%
2015-16	7,818 41.12%	976 3.50%	407
2016-17	7,717 -1.29%	988 1.23%	415 1.97%
2017-18	9,382 21.58%	1,004 1.62%	392 -5.54%
Average	7,414	972	402

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Swarthmore College and similar schools.