Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Biola

At Biola University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.30%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 60.01%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.45%, and the 2024 yield is 31.02%.

The number of Biola applicants decreased by -5.23% (221 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.30%, and this year's acceptance rate is 60.01% at Biola University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.43% and women students' rate is 68.79%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.86%	68.57%	75.20%
2014-15	75.40% 2.54%	72.20% 3.63%	76.89% 1.69%
2015-16	69.85% -5.55%	63.25% -8.94%	72.92% -3.97%
2016-17	64.85% -5.00%	63.47% 0.22%	65.47% -7.45%
2017-18	71.98% 7.13%	72.04% 8.57%	71.96% 6.48%
2018-19	73.47% 1.49%	71.86% -0.18%	74.23% 2.28%
2019-20	69.85% -3.62%	69.48% -2.38%	70.04% -4.19%
2020-21	64.38% -5.47%	62.25% -7.23%	65.44% -4.59%
2021-22	61.00% -3.38%	55.03% -7.22%	63.99% -1.46%
2022-23	56.63% -4.37%	53.57% -1.46%	58.60% -5.39%
2023-24	60.01% 3.38%	57.03% 3.46%	62.00% 3.41%
Average	67.30%	64.43%	68.79%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.45% where the current academic year yield is 31.02%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	25.73%	27.64%	24.79%
2014-15	32.35% 6.62%	35.81% 8.17%	30.79% 6.01%
2015-16	30.64% -1.72%	33.93% -1.88%	29.31% -1.49%
2016-17	30.61% -0.03%	35.70% 1.76%	28.41% -0.90%
2017-18	31.53% 0.92%	32.89% -2.81%	30.90% 2.49%
2018-19	31.08% -0.44%	34.93% 2.05%	29.32% -1.58%
2019-20	30.80% -0.29%	35.08% 0.15%	28.69% -0.63%
2020-21	25.68% -5.12%	28.48% -6.61%	24.37% -4.32%
2021-22	25.00% -0.68%	28.99% 0.51%	22.03% -2.33%
2022-23	29.52% 4.52%	32.96% 3.97%	27.49% 5.46%
2023-24	31.02% 1.50%	34.02% 1.07%	29.02% 1.53%
Average	29.45%	32.77%	27.74%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 4,163, the average number of admitted is 2,798, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 822.

The number of Biola applicants decreased by -5.23% (221 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	4,816	3,509	903
2014-15	3,874 -19.56%	2,921 -16.76%	945 4.65%
2015-16	3,874	2,706 -7.36%	829 -12.28%
2016-17	4,393 13.40%	2,849 5.28%	872 5.19%
2017-18	3,926 -10.63%	2,826 -0.81%	891 2.18%
2018-19	3,792 -3.41%	2,786 -1.42%	866 -2.81%
2019-20	4,216 11.18%	2,945 5.71%	907 4.73%
2020-21	4,324 2.56%	2,784 -5.47%	715 -21.17%
2021-22	4,354 0.69%	2,656 -4.60%	664 -7.13%
2022-23	4,224 -2.99%	2,392 -9.94%	706 6.33%
2023-24	4,003 -5.23%	2,402 0.42%	745 5.52%
Average	4,163	2,798	822

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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