Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Appalachian State

At Appalachian State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.95%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Appalachian State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.79%, and the 2024 yield is 20.00%.

The number of Appalachian State applicants increased by 7.85% (1,746 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.95%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Appalachian State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 69.30% and women students' rate is 77.08%. For 2024 admission, it was easier to get into Appalachian State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.23%	62.00%	64.24%
2014-15	62.66% -0.57%	58.97% -3.03%	65.43% 1.19%
2015-16	66.38% 3.72%	61.90% 2.93%	69.64% 4.21%
2016-17	68.32% 1.95%	62.10% 0.20%	72.62% 2.98%
2017-18	70.01% 1.68%	64.02% 1.92%	74.05% 1.42%
2018-19	69.46% -0.54%	63.76% -0.26%	73.33% -0.71%
2019-20	76.81% 7.35%	70.82% 7.05%	80.89% 7.56%
2020-21	79.51% 2.70%	73.78% 2.96%	83.54% 2.65%
2021-22	85.00% 5.49%	80.00% 6.22%	88.00% 4.46%
2022-23	83.08% -1.92%	78.94% -1.06%	86.12% -1.88%
2023-24	89.00% 5.92%	86.00% 7.06%	90.00% 3.89%
Average	73.95%	69.30%	77.08%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.79% where the current academic year yield is 20.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39.10%	42.47%	36.42%
2014-15	35.84% -3.26%	37.48% -5.00%	34.73% -1.69%
2015-16	35.11% -0.73%	37.33% -0.15%	33.67% -1.06%
2016-17	34.65% -0.47%	37.83% 0.50%	32.76% -0.91%
2017-18	33.71% -0.93%	36.81% -1.02%	31.90% -0.86%
2018-19	30.70% -3.01%	32.49% -4.32%	29.64% -2.26%
2019-20	27.35% -3.35%	28.74% -3.75%	26.52% -3.12%
2020-21	27.03% -0.33%	27.33% -1.41%	26.84% 0.31%
2021-22	23.00% -4.03%	25.00% -2.33%	21.00% -5.84%
2022-23	21.19% -1.81%	22.04% -2.96%	20.61% -0.39%
2023-24	20.00% -1.19%	21.00% -1.04%	19.00% -1.61%
Average	29.79%	31.68%	28.46%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,765, the average number of admitted is 12,727, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,519.

The number of Appalachian State applicants increased by 7.85% (1,746 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	12,248	7,744	3,028
2014-15	13,506 10.27%	8,463 9.28%	3,033 0.17%
2015-16	13,083 -3.13%	8,684 2.61%	3,049 0.53%
2016-17	13,202 0.91%	9,020 3.87%	3,125 2.49%
2017-18	14,009 6.11%	9,807 8.73%	3,306 5.79%
2018-19	16,154 15.31%	11,221 14.42%	3,445 4.20%
2019-20	16,664 3.16%	12,800 14.07%	3,501 1.63%
2020-21	18,178 9.09%	14,453 12.91%	3,906 11.57%
2021-22	21,120 16.18%	17,952 24.21%	4,129 5.71%
2022-23	22,255 5.37%	18,489 2.99%	3,917 -5.13%
2023-24	24,001 7.85%	21,361 15.53%	4,272 9.06%
Average	16,765	12,727	3,519

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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