Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at TLU

At Texas Lutheran University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 60.70%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.98%. TLU's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 7 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 30.44%, and the 2024 yield is 19.99%.

The number of TLU applicants decreased by -15.31% (281 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 60.70%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.98% at Texas Lutheran University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 59.01% and women students' rate is 62.56%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	50.87%	47.14%	54.98%
2014-15	55.87% 5.01%	52.83% 5.69%	59.91% 4.93%
2015-16	50.72% -5.15%	48.00% -4.84%	54.05% -5.86%
2016-17	42.61% -8.12%	40.65% -7.35%	44.62% -9.42%
2017-18	48.53% 5.92%	46.58% 5.93%	50.70% 6.08%
2018-19	54.28% 5.74%	55.27% 8.69%	53.23% 2.52%
2019-20	55.75% 1.47%	55.69% 0.42%	55.77% 2.54%
2020-21	59.30% 3.55%	58.50% 2.81%	59.90% 4.13%
2021-22	63.00% 3.70%	59.98% 1.48%	65.97% 6.08%
2022-23	91.83% 28.82%	90.48% 30.50%	92.99% 27.02%
2023-24	94.98% 3.16%	94.01% 3.53%	96.02% 3.03%
Average	60.70%	59.01%	62.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 30.44% where the current academic year yield is 19.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.23%	44.29%	34.44%
2014-15	36.48% -2.75%	37.42% -6.87%	35.38% 0.95%
2015-16	41.80% 5.32%	45.82% 8.41%	37.44% 2.06%
2016-17	41.52% -0.28%	46.92% 1.10%	36.46% -0.98%
2017-18	38.19% -3.33%	40.47% -6.45%	35.86% -0.60%
2018-19	30.51% -7.68%	34.29% -6.18%	26.36% -9.50%
2019-20	25.04% -5.47%	30.65% -3.65%	20.58% -5.78%
2020-21	22.69% -2.35%	26.97% -3.67%	19.57% -1.02%
2021-22	19.01% -3.68%	21.97% -5.01%	16.98% -2.59%
2022-23	20.42% 1.41%	25.32% 3.36%	16.28% -0.69%
2023-24	19.99% -0.43%	20.00% -5.32%	18.96% 2.68%
Average	30.44%	34.01%	27.12%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 2,127, the average number of admitted is 1,268, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 358.

The number of TLU applicants decreased by -15.31% (281 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,734	882	346
2014-15	1,516 -12.57%	847 -3.97%	309 -10.69%
2015-16	1,863 22.89%	945 11.57%	395 27.83%
2016-17	2,131 14.39%	908 -3.92%	377 -4.56%
2017-18	2,250 5.58%	1,092 20.26%	417 10.61%
2018-19	2,198 -2.31%	1,193 9.25%	364 -12.71%
2019-20	3,001 36.53%	1,673 40.23%	419 15.11%
2020-21	2,683 -10.60%	1,591 -4.90%	361 -13.84%
2021-22	2,630 -1.98%	1,657 4.15%	315 -12.74%
2022-23	1,835 -30.23%	1,685 1.69%	344 9.21%
2023-24	1,554 -15.31%	1,476 -12.40%	295 -14.24%
Average	2,127	1,268	358

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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