Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BHSU

At Black Hills State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 90.11%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 94.00%. BHSU's acceptance rate has been lower every year for the past 3 years. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Black Hills State University than the previous year.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 39.58%, and the 2024 yield is 31.97%.

The number of BHSU applicants increased by 2.41% (38 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 90.11%, and this year's acceptance rate is 94.00% at Black Hills State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 89.50% and women students' rate is 90.58%. For 2024 admission, it was slightly harder to get into Black Hills State University than the previous year.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	89.24%	88.14%	89.88%
2014-15	94.10% 4.86%	92.54% 4.40%	95.12% 5.23%
2015-16	84.04% -10.06%	84.38% -8.16%	83.79% -11.32%
2016-17	79.76% -4.28%	78.70% -5.68%	80.42% -3.37%
2017-18	86.95% 7.18%	85.74% 7.04%	87.68% 7.26%
2018-19	88.32% 1.37%	87.64% 1.90%	88.76% 1.08%
2019-20	83.94% -4.38%	79.71% -7.93%	86.28% -2.48%
2020-21	97.14% 13.20%	97.79% 18.08%	96.83% 10.55%
2021-22	97.03% -0.11%	97.97% 0.18%	97.02% 0.19%
2022-23	96.64% -0.39%	96.80% -1.17%	96.57% -0.45%
2023-24	94.00% -2.64%	95.06% -1.74%	94.04% -2.53%
Average	90.11%	89.50%	90.58%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 39.58% where the current academic year yield is 31.97%.

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	72.48%	73.08%	72.14%
2014-15	39.97% -32.51%	39.52% -33.56%	40.31% -31.83%
2015-16	44.67% 4.70%	44.27% 4.75%	44.98% 4.67%
2016-17	43.89% -0.78%	41.12% -3.15%	45.57% 0.59%
2017-18	37.70% -6.19%	35.65% -5.47%	38.92% -6.65%
2018-19	29.80% -7.90%	26.18% -9.47%	32.10% -6.82%
2019-20	29.16% -0.64%	28.26% 2.09%	29.61% -2.49%
2020-21	40.20% 11.05%	38.70% 10.44%	40.93% 11.32%
2021-22	34.00% -6.20%	37.10% -1.60%	31.94% -8.98%
2022-23	31.52% -2.48%	32.44% -4.66%	31.09% -0.85%
2023-24	31.97% 0.45%	34.00% 1.56%	30.99% -0.10%
Average	39.58%	39.12%	39.87%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,517, the average number of admitted is 1,359, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 513.

The number of BHSU applicants increased by 2.41% (38 applicants) compared to the previous year.

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

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	957	854	619
2014-15	1,356 41.69%	1,276 49.41%	510 -17.61%
2015-16	1,385 2.14%	1,164 -8.78%	520 1.96%
2016-17	1,611 16.32%	1,285 10.40%	564 8.46%
2017-18	1,693 5.09%	1,472 14.55%	555 -1.60%
2018-19	1,858 9.75%	1,641 11.48%	489 -11.89%
2019-20	2,129 14.59%	1,787 8.90%	521 6.54%
2020-21	1,119 -47.44%	1,087 -39.17%	437 -16.12%
2021-22	1,382 23.50%	1,341 23.37%	456 4.35%
2022-23	1,579 14.25%	1,526 13.80%	481 5.48%
2023-24	1,617 2.41%	1,520 -0.39%	486 1.04%
Average	1,517	1,359	513

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between Black Hills State University and similar schools.