Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BSU

At Ball State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 67.52%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 72.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 24.98%, and the 2024 yield is 19.00%.

The number of BSU applicants increased by 25.41% (5,809 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 67.52%, and this year's acceptance rate is 72.00% at Ball State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 64.68% and women students' rate is 69.11%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	60.54%	57.36%	62.59%
2014-15	59.88% -0.67%	56.16% -1.20%	62.23% -0.36%
2015-16	60.50% 0.62%	58.21% 2.05%	61.89% -0.33%
2016-17	62.25% 1.75%	61.17% 2.96%	62.91% 1.01%
2017-18	62.08% -0.18%	60.39% -0.78%	63.04% 0.14%
2018-19	64.78% 2.70%	63.56% 3.17%	65.47% 2.43%
2019-20	76.71% 11.94%	73.64% 10.08%	78.34% 12.86%
2020-21	87.05% 10.33%	83.48% 9.85%	88.92% 10.58%
2021-22	68.00% -19.05%	63.00% -20.49%	71.00% -17.92%
2022-23	68.95% 0.95%	65.54% 2.55%	70.80% -0.20%
2023-24	72.00% 3.05%	69.00% 3.46%	73.00% 2.19%
Average	67.52%	64.68%	69.11%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 24.98% where the current academic year yield is 19.00%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.89%	35.96%	34.26%
2014-15	33.18% -1.71%	35.12% -0.84%	32.07% -2.19%
2015-16	26.14% -7.03%	27.91% -7.21%	25.13% -6.93%
2016-17	25.18% -0.97%	27.34% -0.57%	23.91% -1.22%
2017-18	26.54% 1.36%	28.65% 1.31%	25.38% 1.47%
2018-19	23.70% -2.83%	26.92% -1.73%	21.92% -3.45%
2019-20	22.78% -0.93%	26.10% -0.82%	21.13% -0.79%
2020-21	20.32% -2.46%	22.53% -3.57%	19.23% -1.90%
2021-22	21.00% 0.68%	25.00% 2.48%	19.00% -0.23%
2022-23	22.06% 1.06%	24.91% -0.09%	20.63% 1.63%
2023-24	19.00% -3.06%	20.00% -4.91%	18.00% -2.63%
Average	24.98%	27.31%	23.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 22,567, the average number of admitted is 15,273, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,689.

The number of BSU applicants increased by 25.41% (5,809 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	17,118	10,364	3,616
2014-15	18,107 5.78%	10,842 4.61%	3,597 -0.53%
2015-16	22,147 22.31%	13,399 23.58%	3,503 -2.61%
2016-17	24,735 11.69%	15,398 14.92%	3,877 10.68%
2017-18	24,191 -2.20%	15,017 -2.47%	3,985 2.79%
2018-19	23,988 -0.84%	15,539 3.48%	3,683 -7.58%
2019-20	23,305 -2.85%	17,878 15.05%	4,072 10.56%
2020-21	20,167 -13.46%	17,555 -1.81%	3,567 -12.40%
2021-22	22,947 13.78%	15,604 -11.11%	3,277 -8.13%
2022-23	22,859 -0.38%	15,761 1.01%	3,477 6.10%
2023-24	28,668 25.41%	20,641 30.96%	3,922 12.80%
Average	22,567	15,273	3,689

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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