DePauw University's admit rate has fallen 8.7 percentage points across the 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 56.0% | 484 | 78.0% | 89.0% | 1,290 |
| 2024-2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 48.0% | 269 | 80.0% | 89.0% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 65.8% | 535 | 79.0% | 92.4% | 1,260 |
| 2021-2022 | 64.7% | 500 | 82.0% | 88.2% | — |
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.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools DePauw University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 19.6% admit to 79.0% admit — a 59.5 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 8.6 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
DePauw University's admit rate fell from 64.7% (2021-2022) to 56.0% (2025-2026) — a 8.6 pp drop. Year-over-year: 64.7 → 65.8 → 48.0 → 56.0. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 22 percentage points.
DePauw University's 78.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 21.7 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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