Yield for '19 will approximate 49 to 50 percent, an improvement from 2018’s 47.7 percent (which was also record setting). This will likely result in 2019 being Duke’s largest class, by a few dozen. It is also a further enhancement to a key competitive indicator.
Likely improved by this year’s NCAA championship win? Who knows but this is great for the University.
Total acceptances = 815 (ED) + 2650 (RD) = 3465
Enrollments = 1745 - 1755
So shouldn’t the yield be 1745/3465 - 1755/3465 = 50.3%- 50.6%? How could it be in the 49.x% ballpark?
@MBVLoveless Maybe summer melt where students might decide to withdraw or defer enrollment (unless the 1745 number accounts for that already).
@MBVLoveless and @Jwest22: Summer “melt” and conservative estimations are (I believe) the correct answers. Further, I suspect Undergraduate Admissions would understandably rather announce a “final” yield rate with a slight gain than with a marginal reduction. In any case, as we all know there simply is NO meaningful difference between (for example) 49.7, 50.2, and 50.5 percentage yields. However, this clearly is additional “good news” for Duke.