Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Vanderbilt

At Vanderbilt University, the average acceptance rate over the past 8 years is 8.84%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 11.62%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 32.35%, and the 2021 yield is 39.87%.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 8.84%, and this year's acceptance rate is 11.62% at Vanderbilt University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 10.00% and women students' rate is 7.93%.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	12.74%	14.99%	10.97%
2014-15	13.09% 0.35%	15.17% 0.18%	11.45% 0.47%
2015-16	11.68% -1.42%	13.60% -1.57%	10.16% -1.29%
2016-17	10.75% -0.93%	12.34% -1.26%	9.53% -0.62%
2017-18	10.85% 0.11%	11.38% -0.96%	10.42% 0.89%
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	11.62% -	12.50% -	10.89% -
Average	8.84%	10.00%	7.93%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 8 years is 32.35% where the current academic year yield is 39.87%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Vanderbilt University from 2013 to 2021.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	40.70%	38.17%	43.43%
2014-15	41.53% 0.82%	40.23% 2.06%	42.89% -0.54%
2015-16	43.74% 2.21%	43.19% 2.96%	44.32% 1.43%
2016-17	45.91% 2.17%	43.73% 0.54%	48.06% 3.74%
2017-18	47.06% 1.14%	46.82% 3.08%	47.27% -0.79%
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	39.87% -	39.63% -	40.10% -
Average	32.35%	31.47%	33.26%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 24,079, the average number of admitted is 2,833, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,216.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	31,099	3,963	1,613
2014-15	29,518 -5.08%	3,865 -2.47%	1,605 -0.50%
2015-16	31,464 6.59%	3,674 -4.94%	1,607 0.12%
2016-17	32,442 3.11%	3,487 -5.09%	1,601 -0.37%
2017-18	31,462 -3.02%	3,415 -2.06%	1,607 0.37%
2018-19	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-
2020-21	36,646-	4,259-	1,698-
Average	24,079	2,833	1,216

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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