Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Sewanee

At The University of the South, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 55.20%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 51.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 21.70%, and the 2024 yield is 18.01%.

The number of Sewanee applicants increased by 9.61% (440 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 55.20%, and this year's acceptance rate is 51.00% at The University of the South. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 51.72% and women students' rate is 58.42%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.27%	56.42%	63.71%
2014-15	64.70% 4.42%	59.35% 2.93%	69.15% 5.44%
2015-16	40.59% -24.11%	37.71% -21.64%	43.41% -25.74%
2016-17	43.64% 3.05%	42.02% 4.32%	45.15% 1.74%
2017-18	46.73% 3.09%	42.22% 0.20%	51.18% 6.03%
2018-19	65.17% 18.44%	64.58% 22.36%	65.65% 14.47%
2019-20	66.71% 1.55%	65.31% 0.73%	67.86% 2.22%
2020-21	56.07% -10.64%	53.40% -11.91%	58.44% -9.42%
2021-22	60.00% 3.92%	56.01% 2.61%	63.98% 5.54%
2022-23	52.32% -7.68%	46.94% -9.07%	57.03% -6.95%
2023-24	51.00% -1.32%	44.99% -1.95%	57.02% -0.02%
Average	55.20%	51.72%	58.42%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 21.70% where the current academic year yield is 18.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24.65%	28.72%	21.43%
2014-15	24.20% -0.45%	25.03% -3.69%	23.60% 2.17%
2015-16	25.63% 1.43%	26.13% 1.10%	25.20% 1.60%
2016-17	26.63% 1.00%	28.75% 2.62%	24.78% -0.42%
2017-18	22.73% -3.90%	23.95% -4.79%	21.73% -3.05%
2018-19	21.12% -1.60%	22.73% -1.23%	19.82% -1.91%
2019-20	18.52% -2.60%	20.23% -2.50%	17.17% -2.65%
2020-21	20.85% 2.33%	20.82% 0.59%	20.88% 3.71%
2021-22	18.98% -1.87%	20.00% -0.82%	17.99% -2.89%
2022-23	17.37% -1.61%	19.32% -0.68%	15.96% -2.03%
2023-24	18.01% 0.65%	18.99% -0.34%	15.98% 0.02%
Average	21.70%	23.15%	20.41%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,034, the average number of admitted is 2,187, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 467.

The number of Sewanee applicants increased by 9.61% (440 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,285	1,980	488
2014-15	2,977 -9.38%	1,926 -2.73%	466 -4.51%
2015-16	4,509 51.46%	1,830 -4.98%	469 0.64%
2016-17	4,423 -1.91%	1,930 5.46%	514 9.59%
2017-18	4,218 -4.63%	1,971 2.12%	448 -12.84%
2018-19	3,465 -17.85%	2,258 14.56%	477 6.47%
2019-20	3,545 2.31%	2,365 4.74%	438 -8.18%
2020-21	4,191 18.22%	2,350 -0.63%	490 11.87%
2021-22	4,162 -0.69%	2,497 6.26%	474 -3.27%
2022-23	4,578 10.00%	2,395 -4.08%	416 -12.24%
2023-24	5,018 9.61%	2,559 6.85%	461 10.82%
Average	4,034	2,187	467

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between The University of the South and similar schools.