Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Austin Peay State

At Austin Peay State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 91.33%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 96.01%. Austin Peay State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 34.39%, and the 2024 yield is 30.99%.

The number of Austin Peay State applicants decreased by -12.62% (803 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 91.33%, and this year's acceptance rate is 96.01% at Austin Peay State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.94% and women students' rate is 92.22%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	85.95%	84.13%	87.14%
2014-15	89.27% 3.31%	86.28% 2.14%	91.12% 3.99%
2015-16	87.71% -1.56%	86.47% 0.19%	88.56% -2.57%
2016-17	88.86% 1.15%	90.16% 3.70%	87.26% -1.29%
2017-18	90.13% 1.27%	87.59% -2.57%	91.65% 4.39%
2018-19	93.78% 3.65%	91.95% 4.36%	94.78% 3.13%
2019-20	94.98% 1.20%	93.82% 1.87%	95.68% 0.90%
2020-21	91.15% -3.83%	88.61% -5.21%	92.51% -3.17%
2021-22	92.99% 1.84%	91.98% 3.37%	94.99% 2.48%
2022-23	93.82% 0.83%	92.33% 0.35%	94.70% -0.29%
2023-24	96.01% 2.18%	96.01% 3.68%	95.99% 1.29%
Average	91.33%	89.94%	92.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 34.39% where the current academic year yield is 30.99%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	53.14%	57.84%	50.20%
2014-15	50.61% -2.53%	57.13% -0.71%	46.77% -3.43%
2015-16	49.29% -1.32%	53.12% -4.01%	46.72% -0.05%
2016-17	35.52% -13.77%	23.59% -29.54%	56.45% 9.74%
2017-18	30.62% -4.90%	34.86% 11.27%	28.19% -28.26%
2018-19	27.74% -2.88%	32.27% -2.59%	25.35% -2.84%
2019-20	24.36% -3.38%	27.46% -4.81%	22.54% -2.82%
2020-21	21.48% -2.89%	23.86% -3.60%	20.26% -2.28%
2021-22	30.01% 8.53%	36.00% 12.14%	27.00% 6.74%
2022-23	24.54% -5.46%	28.73% -7.27%	22.33% -4.67%
2023-24	30.99% 6.45%	32.98% 4.25%	30.00% 7.67%
Average	34.39%	37.08%	34.16%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 5,736, the average number of admitted is 5,269, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,655.

The number of Austin Peay State applicants decreased by -12.62% (803 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,332	2,864	1,522
2014-15	3,307 -0.75%	2,952 3.07%	1,494 -1.84%
2015-16	3,595 8.71%	3,153 6.81%	1,554 4.02%
2016-17	6,220 73.02%	5,527 75.29%	1,963 26.32%
2017-18	7,185 15.51%	6,476 17.17%	1,983 1.02%
2018-19	7,722 7.47%	7,242 11.83%	2,009 1.31%
2019-20	7,416 -3.96%	7,044 -2.73%	1,716 -14.58%
2020-21	7,346 -0.94%	6,696 -4.94%	1,438 -16.20%
2021-22	5,053 -31.21%	4,699 -29.82%	1,410 -1.95%
2022-23	6,362 25.91%	5,969 27.03%	1,465 3.90%
2023-24	5,559 -12.62%	5,337 -10.59%	1,654 12.90%
Average	5,736	5,269	1,655

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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