Sewanee — The University of the South's admit rate has fallen 13.1 percentage points across the 16 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | 50.9% | 449 | 82.4% | 88.5% | 1,290 |
| 2022-2023 | 52.3% | 416 | 81.5% | 88.8% | 1,280 |
| 2021-2022 | 60.3% | 474 | 80.2% | 89.5% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 56.1% | 490 | 80.3% | 86.5% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 66.7% | 438 | 79.1% | 87.8% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 15.8 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Sewanee — The University of the South's admit rate fell from 66.7% (2019-2020) to 50.9% (2023-2024) — a 15.8 pp drop. Year-over-year: 66.7 → 56.1 → 60.3 → 52.3 → 50.9. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 26 percentage points.
Sewanee — The University of the South's 82.4% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 26.1 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Sewanee — The University of the South applicants most commonly also apply to range from 48.2% admit to 89.8% admit — a 41.6 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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