Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at U of Puget Sound

At University of Puget Sound, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 82.92%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 75.99%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Puget Sound than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of Puget Sound have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 12.40%, and the 2024 yield is 11.01%.

The number of U of Puget Sound applicants increased by 3.80% (203 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 82.92%, and this year's acceptance rate is 75.99% at University of Puget Sound. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 77.61% and women students' rate is 87.30%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into University of Puget Sound than the previous year. The acceptance rate at University of Puget Sound have not been tight and applicants have much more chance to admit.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.22%	81.51%	88.16%
2014-15	79.29% -5.93%	73.95% -7.56%	83.25% -4.92%
2015-16	79.22% -0.08%	72.77% -1.18%	83.94% 0.70%
2016-17	78.90% -0.32%	72.24% -0.53%	83.81% -0.13%
2017-18	83.87% 4.97%	80.10% 7.86%	86.89% 3.08%
2018-19	88.31% 4.44%	84.62% 4.53%	91.10% 4.21%
2019-20	83.81% -4.50%	78.88% -5.74%	87.41% -3.69%
2020-21	86.85% 3.04%	80.74% 1.85%	92.17% 4.76%
2021-22	88.00% 1.15%	83.99% 3.26%	93.00% 0.84%
2022-23	82.66% -5.34%	74.93% -9.06%	89.55% -3.45%
2023-24	75.99% -6.67%	70.00% -4.93%	81.00% -8.56%
Average	82.92%	77.61%	87.30%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 12.40% where the current academic year yield is 11.01%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17.14%	17.60%	16.79%
2014-15	14.98% -2.16%	16.25% -1.36%	14.14% -2.65%
2015-16	14.12% -0.85%	13.50% -2.75%	14.52% 0.38%
2016-17	13.35% -0.77%	13.71% 0.21%	13.12% -1.40%
2017-18	11.87% -1.48%	12.57% -1.14%	11.39% -1.74%
2018-19	12.91% 1.04%	12.77% 0.19%	13.00% 1.61%
2019-20	14.16% 1.26%	14.83% 2.06%	13.72% 0.72%
2020-21	8.70% -5.46%	8.65% -6.18%	8.73% -4.99%
2021-22	9.00% 0.30%	10.02% 1.37%	8.02% -0.71%
2022-23	9.17% 0.17%	8.68% -1.34%	9.53% 1.51%
2023-24	11.01% 1.84%	13.02% 4.34%	10.02% 0.49%
Average	12.40%	12.87%	12.09%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,490, the average number of admitted is 4,543, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 562.

The number of U of Puget Sound applicants increased by 3.80% (203 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,588	3,910	670
2014-15	5,583 21.69%	4,427 13.22%	663 -1.04%
2015-16	5,827 4.37%	4,616 4.27%	652 -1.66%
2016-17	6,398 9.80%	5,048 9.36%	674 3.37%
2017-18	5,958 -6.88%	4,997 -1.01%	593 -12.02%
2018-19	5,730 -3.83%	5,060 1.26%	653 10.12%
2019-20	5,182 -9.56%	4,343 -14.17%	615 -5.82%
2020-21	5,202 0.39%	4,518 4.03%	393 -36.10%
2021-22	5,025 -3.40%	4,422 -2.12%	398 1.27%
2022-23	5,345 6.37%	4,418 -0.09%	405 1.76%
2023-24	5,548 3.80%	4,216 -4.57%	464 14.57%
Average	5,490	4,543	562

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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