Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Ursinus

At Ursinus College, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 79.58%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 86.99%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 16.22%, and the 2024 yield is 12.99%.

The number of Ursinus applicants increased by 6.36% (206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 79.58%, and this year's acceptance rate is 86.99% at Ursinus College. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 76.44% and women students' rate is 82.49%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.33%	63.97%	68.32%
2014-15	83.16% 16.83%	80.72% 16.75%	85.30% 16.99%
2015-16	82.61% -0.55%	79.67% -1.05%	85.17% -0.14%
2016-17	82.42% -0.20%	77.25% -2.42%	87.39% 2.22%
2017-18	78.21% -4.21%	74.88% -2.37%	81.08% -6.31%
2018-19	70.87% -7.34%	67.37% -7.51%	73.96% -7.11%
2019-20	79.09% 8.22%	75.26% 7.90%	82.69% 8.73%
2020-21	80.44% 1.34%	76.56% 1.30%	84.19% 1.50%
2021-22	83.00% 2.56%	79.00% 2.44%	86.02% 1.84%
2022-23	82.21% -0.80%	81.14% 2.14%	83.25% -2.78%
2023-24	86.99% 4.78%	84.98% 3.84%	90.03% 6.78%
Average	79.58%	76.44%	82.49%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 16.22% where the current academic year yield is 12.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16.23%	18.02%	14.82%
2014-15	22.37% 6.13%	22.40% 4.37%	22.34% 7.52%
2015-16	19.72% -2.65%	21.52% -0.88%	18.25% -4.09%
2016-17	18.61% -1.11%	19.28% -2.24%	18.03% -0.22%
2017-18	14.74% -3.87%	16.74% -2.54%	13.15% -4.89%
2018-19	15.87% 1.13%	18.94% 2.21%	13.40% 0.25%
2019-20	15.44% -0.43%	17.09% -1.85%	14.02% 0.62%
2020-21	14.17% -1.27%	16.69% -0.40%	11.95% -2.07%
2021-22	14.01% -0.16%	14.97% -1.72%	11.97% 0.02%
2022-23	14.32% 0.31%	15.47% 0.50%	13.35% 1.37%
2023-24	12.99% -1.33%	14.97% -0.50%	12.03% -1.32%
Average	16.22%	17.83%	14.85%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,314, the average number of admitted is 2,625, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 418.

The number of Ursinus applicants increased by 6.36% (206 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,947	2,618	425
2014-15	2,672 -32.30%	2,222 -15.13%	497 16.94%
2015-16	2,634 -1.42%	2,176 -2.07%	429 -13.68%
2016-17	2,491 -5.43%	2,053 -5.65%	382 -10.96%
2017-18	3,488 40.02%	2,728 32.88%	402 5.24%
2018-19	3,361 -3.64%	2,382 -12.68%	378 -5.97%
2019-20	3,530 5.03%	2,792 17.21%	431 14.02%
2020-21	3,834 8.61%	3,084 10.46%	437 1.39%
2021-22	3,818 -0.42%	3,169 2.76%	444 1.60%
2022-23	3,237 -15.22%	2,661 -16.03%	381 -14.19%
2023-24	3,443 6.36%	2,995 12.55%	389 2.10%
Average	3,314	2,625	418

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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