Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bemidji State

At Bemidji State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.54%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 71.01%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bemidji State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 29.14%, and the 2024 yield is 23.98%.

The number of Bemidji State applicants increased by 5.03% (137 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.54%, and this year's acceptance rate is 71.01% at Bemidji State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 75.76% and women students' rate is 75.22%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Bemidji State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	66.78%	66.19%	67.29%
2014-15	93.53% 26.75%	92.49% 26.30%	94.42% 27.13%
2015-16	93.80% 0.28%	92.58% 0.10%	94.71% 0.29%
2016-17	64.08% -29.72%	65.15% -27.44%	63.28% -31.43%
2017-18	66.20% 2.12%	65.18% 0.03%	67.09% 3.81%
2018-19	66.67% 0.46%	68.42% 3.25%	65.34% -1.74%
2019-20	64.90% -1.77%	66.30% -2.12%	64.04% -1.30%
2020-21	69.44% 4.54%	70.97% 4.67%	68.41% 4.37%
2021-22	74.99% 5.55%	76.96% 5.99%	73.97% 5.56%
2022-23	77.52% 2.53%	77.11% 0.15%	77.90% 3.93%
2023-24	71.01% -6.51%	92.03% 14.92%	90.97% 13.07%
Average	73.54%	75.76%	75.22%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 29.14% where the current academic year yield is 23.98%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	34.80%	36.19%	33.62%
2014-15	40.22% 5.42%	41.38% 5.19%	39.24% 5.63%
2015-16	31.08% -9.14%	34.22% -7.16%	28.80% -10.45%
2016-17	30.82% -0.26%	33.88% -0.34%	28.45% -0.35%
2017-18	28.61% -2.20%	31.97% -1.91%	26.18% -2.27%
2018-19	28.23% -0.38%	31.75% -0.22%	25.45% -0.73%
2019-20	28.49% 0.26%	34.03% 2.28%	24.69% -0.76%
2020-21	24.09% -4.40%	26.61% -7.42%	22.33% -2.36%
2021-22	28.01% 3.92%	32.02% 5.41%	25.04% 2.72%
2022-23	22.17% -5.84%	27.25% -4.78%	19.26% -5.78%
2023-24	23.98% 1.81%	27.06% -0.19%	21.97% 2.71%
Average	29.14%	32.40%	26.82%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 3,191, the average number of admitted is 2,291, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 669.

The number of Bemidji State applicants increased by 5.03% (137 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	3,606	2,408	838
2014-15	2,132 -40.88%	1,994 -17.19%	802 -4.30%
2015-16	2,566 20.36%	2,407 20.71%	748 -6.73%
2016-17	4,137 61.22%	2,651 10.14%	817 9.22%
2017-18	4,033 -2.51%	2,670 0.72%	764 -6.49%
2018-19	4,017 -0.40%	2,678 0.30%	756 -1.05%
2019-20	3,413 -15.04%	2,215 -17.29%	631 -16.53%
2020-21	3,043 -10.84%	2,113 -4.60%	509 -19.33%
2021-22	2,571 -15.51%	1,928 -8.76%	540 6.09%
2022-23	2,723 5.91%	2,111 9.49%	468 -13.33%
2023-24	2,860 5.03%	2,031 -3.79%	487 4.06%
Average	3,191	2,291	669

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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