
St. Mary College's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2023 stands at 81.1%, with 2,376 applicants and 1,928 admissions. This marks a slight decline from 84.2% in 2022 and 83.1% in 2021, reflecting a trend of decreasing acceptance rates over the last few years. Comparatively, the acceptance rates in previous years were 81.5% (2020), 81.2% (2019), and 81.9% (2018), showing a slight fluctuation around the low eighties range. In 2017, the rate was lower at 78.3%, indicating that while the current rates are high, there has been a recent uptick in the overall competitiveness of the applicant pool.