Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Transylvania

At Transylvania University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 85.00%. Transylvania's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Transylvania University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 19.51%, and the 2024 yield is 17.00%.

The number of Transylvania applicants increased by 11.51% (205 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 85.00% at Transylvania University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.81% and women students' rate is 91.55%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Transylvania University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	96.15%	97.05%	95.54%
2014-15	82.62% -13.54%	83.53% -13.52%	81.98% -13.56%
2015-16	92.65% 10.04%	93.27% 9.74%	92.25% 10.27%
2016-17	94.82% 2.17%	94.30% 1.03%	95.13% 2.88%
2017-18	95.47% 0.65%	94.35% 0.05%	96.17% 1.03%
2018-19	88.81% -6.66%	88.58% -5.78%	88.94% -7.22%
2019-20	89.67% 0.87%	88.12% -0.46%	90.60% 1.66%
2020-21	92.12% 2.45%	91.22% 3.10%	92.60% 2.00%
2021-22	92.03% -0.09%	89.97% -1.25%	92.98% 0.37%
2022-23	90.79% -1.24%	87.45% -2.52%	92.89% -0.09%
2023-24	85.00% -5.80%	80.05% -7.40%	87.99% -4.90%
Average	90.92%	89.81%	91.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 19.51% where the current academic year yield is 17.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.06%	27.00%	20.29%
2014-15	21.96% -1.10%	21.73% -5.27%	22.13% 1.83%
2015-16	21.82% -0.14%	23.77% 2.04%	20.54% -1.59%
2016-17	20.99% -0.84%	22.09% -1.67%	20.33% -0.20%
2017-18	18.92% -2.07%	20.42% -1.67%	18.00% -2.34%
2018-19	20.19% 1.27%	22.99% 2.57%	18.60% 0.60%
2019-20	16.90% -3.29%	18.77% -4.22%	15.81% -2.79%
2020-21	17.43% 0.53%	19.79% 1.01%	16.18% 0.37%
2021-22	18.99% 1.56%	23.02% 3.24%	17.02% 0.84%
2022-23	17.38% -1.61%	21.12% -1.90%	15.21% -1.81%
2023-24	17.00% -0.38%	18.93% -2.19%	15.00% -0.21%
Average	19.51%	21.78%	18.10%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,600, the average number of admitted is 1,450, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 280.

The number of Transylvania applicants increased by 11.51% (205 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,326	1,275	294
2014-15	1,444 8.90%	1,193 -6.43%	262 -10.88%
2015-16	1,538 6.51%	1,425 19.45%	311 18.70%
2016-17	1,216 -20.94%	1,153 -19.09%	242 -22.19%
2017-18	1,567 28.87%	1,496 29.75%	283 16.94%
2018-19	1,662 6.06%	1,476 -1.34%	298 5.30%
2019-20	1,782 7.22%	1,598 8.27%	270 -9.40%
2020-21	1,663 -6.68%	1,532 -4.13%	267 -1.11%
2021-22	1,631 -1.92%	1,501 -2.02%	285 6.74%
2022-23	1,781 9.20%	1,617 7.73%	281 -1.40%
2023-24	1,986 11.51%	1,688 4.39%	287 2.14%
Average	1,600	1,450	280

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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